Historical Metallurgical Processes

Engravings depicting ancient methods of refining gold and producing firearms, illustrating historical techniques and tools used in metallurgy.

Printers at work by Abraham Bosse, etching, 1642, 1602-1676, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 26, 1x36, 2
Printers at work by Abraham Bosse, etching, 1642, 1602-1676, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 26, 1x36, 2
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Galileo Galilei showing Cosimo II the moons of Jupiter, engraving by Viaviani after a drawing by Pollastrini.
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science academic scholar in study room woodcut circa 1500,
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Pharmaceutical laboratory. Picture of the 'EnciclopŽdie' (1751). Engraving.
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WILLIAN HERSCHEL. ASTRONOMO BRITANICO.1738 - 1822. GRABADO DEL LIBRO " ASTRONOMIE POPULAIRE " DE CAMILLE FLANMMARION. PARIS 1880. WILLIAM WILLIAN HERSCHEL.
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Loading Magdeburg hemispheres suspended, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.
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Geometry and engineering. Vignette from a mulitiplication table published in 1650 showing military engineers at work. The man on the left is using compasses/dividers to measure a plan of fortification.
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CLASS OF ANATOMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS - ENGRAVING - 16th CENTURY. Author: VESALII ANDREAE. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.
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Drawing depicting Roman traders using weighing scales for baskets of goods
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'Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam', c1884, (1917). Artist: Marcus Stone.
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The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.
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Extraction of metals. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Munster's "Cosmographia universalis", published in Basel in 1552. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.
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Foolishness of astrology, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1782 print paper etching astrologer at work. telescope. horoscope
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Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by L. Flameng after Rembrandt, 1632.
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France, Paris, Distillation of the Elixir de Garus
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
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The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) together with the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Kepler accepted Brahe's invitation to work together in Prague. Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler in the observatory in Prague. Chromolithography. Historia Univesal, by César Cantú. Volume VIII. Published in Barcelona, 1886.
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
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Colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Ewil-Merodak dismembering his father's body, showing figures, gestures, and composition
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Watercolor depicting a basket maker at work, highlighting weaving techniques, figure posture, and tools.
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St. Jerome (340-420). St. Jerome in the Desert. Recorded by L. Chapon. The Universe Illustrated, 1882.
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The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) together with the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Kepler accepted Brahe's invitation to work together in Prague. Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler in the observatory in Prague. Chromolithography. Historia Univesal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VIII. Published in Barcelona, 1886.
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George-Louis Leclerc (1707-1788), Count of Buffon. Naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and French writer, reflecting sitting at his desk. Engraving, 1896.
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ASTRONOMY LESSON. Author: ROYBET. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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The Astronomer, with a Globe of the Starry Sky in his Study, c. 1800, Holland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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A native of Pondicherry, India, suspended on hooks through his skin from a moving beam in a dangerous initiation ceremony. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.
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Painter, Artist, Young Greek Woman Painting a Vase, Historical, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork
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Thomas Wijck (1617-1677), alchemist in its laboratory, 1631-1677
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Gilles Rousselet (French, 1610-1686) after Grégoire Huret (French, 1606 - 1670). Astronomy, 17th century. From The Seven Liberal Arts (Artes Liberales). Engraving.
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Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). Danish astronomer. Brahe at the Prague Observatory. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by César Cantú. Volume VIII. Published in Barcelona, 1886.
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Astronomer.
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STORIES OF OTHER WORLDS (George Griffith) The space travellers find relics of former inhabitants on the surface of the Moon. Date: 1899
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Picture series the preparation of medicinal plants, Ricinus, castor oil plant (Ricinus communis), in the oil press, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown
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William Harvey demonstrating with a stag the circulation of the blood to a group of students. Lithograph.
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Advertisement for Liebig products; the hunt for the giant tortoise and making hair combs out of their shells.
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A color illustration of Carl Hagenbeck's Anthropological and Zoological Exhibition showing Singhalese individuals, created around 1900, highlighting ethnographic presentation.
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Electricity demonstration, London, 1766, (c1900). Artist: Unknown
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A young female 'etheromane' (lover of ether) lying unconscious. Cocktails containing ether were a fashionable drink in Paris at the time. The face of a horned devil looks down at her. Date: 1913
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This circa 1890 color lithograph illustrates the book 'Popular Physics & Chemistry' by Alexis Clerc, published by Jules Rouff & Cie in Paris. It depicts scientific concepts and educational themes for 19th-century audiences.
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A color illustration by an anonymous artist around 1900 showing the Al Hugo Lhota factory producing wings, pianinos, harmoniums, and organs in Königgrätz, Vienna, Prague, and Brno.