Art Resource - AR925100

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Webb's chemical factory, Diglis, Worcestershire, c1860.

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Sectional view of lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1870.

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Lead chamber for production of sulphuric acid, 1866.

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist, c1895.

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist, physicist and balloonist, c1824.

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Webb's chemical factory, Diglis, Worcestershire, 1869.

Webb's chemical factory, Diglis, Worcestershire, 1869. The tall building to right behind chimney contains Gay-Lussac's lead chambers for the production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4), one of the most important of industrial chemicals. Invented in 1827, the lead chambers only came into practical use for the large-scale production of sulphuric acid after the invention by John Glover in about 1859 of the denitrating tower which can be seen on the end of the lead chambers. From The Illustrated Midland News, (Birmingham, 30 October 1869).

Unique Identifier AR925100

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4901px × 3565px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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