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Lead chamber for production of sulphuric acid, 1866.
Lead chamber for production of sulphuric acid, 1866. Also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04, sulphuric acid was one of the most important industrial chemicals. Sulphur is being burned in an open hearth at O and the vapour is seen passing under and over lead curtains. B is the boiler supplying the chamber with steam. From Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts by Charles Tomlinson. (London, 1866).
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AR925831
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Public
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5918px × 2949px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
acid
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
BOILER
Britain
British
CHAMBER
CHARLES
Charles Tomlinson
CHEMICAL
Chemical industry
CHEMICAL REACTION
Chemicals
Chemistry
concept
country
cross-section
ELEMENT
England
English
Engraving
Fire
industrial chemistry
Industry
INNOVATION
Lead, Metal
LOCATION
Manufacturing
Metal
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
oil of vitriol
Oxford Science Archive
Print Collector1
Science
Steam
sulphur
sulphuric acid
Technology
Tomlinson
TRADE
Victorian