Sujet
Athanor or 'Slow Harry', a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature, 1683. Artist: Unknown
Légende
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).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1683
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_441
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 31,3cm x 40,0cm / 3699 x 4720 (300dpi)