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Athanor or 'Slow Harry', a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature, 1683.

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Smelting of copper, 1683.

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Checking the quality of saltpetre (nitre, potassium nitrate, or KN03), 1683.

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Refining copper using the 'Hungarian' process, 1683.

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Preparation of copper and silver to be alloyed for production of coins, 1683.

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Distillation of Oil of Vitriol (sulphuric acid or H2S04), 1651.

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Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874.

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Athanor or 'Slow Harry', a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature, 1683.

Athanor or 'Slow Harry', a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature, 1683. Centre: 1) Athanor or 'Slow Harry'; 2) side chambers containing reagents; 3) glass receivers. Back: 5) furnace heating retort. Bottom: 7) long furnace. This plate shows the distillation of nitirc acid (also known as Aqua Fortis or Parting Acid) which was used in the refining and assaying of metals. From a 1683 English edition of Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt by Lazarus Ercker. (Prague, 1574).

Unique Identifier AR925255

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Purpose Public

Size 3699px × 4720px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Chemical industry

industrial chemistry

Oxford Science Archive

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SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

SIXTEENTH CENTURY