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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. This plate displays the Athanor and side chambers (5,5) for reagents in separate parts. One of the uses of the furnace was the production of nitric 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 AR925251

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Purpose Public

Size 3726px × 4690px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Oxford Science Archive

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SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

SIXTEENTH CENTURY