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Telescopic view of moon and stars
- 1665
Engravings from Schem. 38 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…
- Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
- Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
- Subject Lunar surface, Telescopes, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Stars, Scientific illustration, Moon
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Title page from Robert Hooke's Micrographia
- 1665
The engraving on the lower-half of the title page depicts the coat of arms of the Royal Society, founded in November 1660 by royal charter of King Charles II. The coat of arms consists of a shield argent featuring the…
- Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
- Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
- Subject Royal Society (Great Britain), Microscopy, Heraldry, Title pages
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L'explication des caracteres chymiques
- The explanation of the chemical characters
- Part of Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 1
- 1669
A key to alchemical and chemical symbols.
The second edition of Nicaise Le Fèvre's (1610-1669) seminal work was augmented shortly before the death of the author. Popularizing the science of chemistry, select plates…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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La calcination Solaire de L'antimoine
- Solar calcination of antimony
- Part of Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 2
- 1669
Plate depicts a man standing at a table where sunlight is projected past a mirror, causing the heating of antimony, as illustrated by the plume of smoke emanating from the antimony specimen located on the table. A…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Antimony, Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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Tractatus de Corde : item de motu et colore sanguinis, et chyli in eum transitu
- Treatise on the Heart : likewise, on the movement and color of the blood, and the passage of chyle into it
- 1669
Work on the anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system. Explores the structure and function of veins and arteries. Correctly describes the heart as a four-chambered organ and accurately describes the flow of the…
- Author Lower, Richard, 1631-1691
- Publisher Apud Danielem Elzevirium
- Subject Heart, Blood--Circulation, Blood, Cardiovascular system, Veins, Arteries, Medicine, Human anatomy
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21 items
Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 1
- A Compendious Body of Chymistry
- 1669
The second edition of Nicaise Le Fèvre's (1610-1669) seminal work was augmented shortly before the death of the author. Popularizing the science of chemistry, select plates have been digitized from both volumes of this…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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6 items
Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 2
- A Compendious Body of Chymistry
- 1669
The second edition of Nicaise Le Fèvre's (1610-1669) seminal work was augmented shortly before the death of the author. Popularizing the science of chemistry, select plates have been digitized from both volumes of this…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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An Alchemist's Workshop with Children Playing
- 1670 – 1702
The alchemist's wife looks on in dismay as the alchemist himself makes a demonstration before the furnace. Behind the couple, an assistant stokes the flames with a large bellows. At left, the alchemist's children play…
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Bateau volant
- Flying boat
- 1670 (Date attributed to boat design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying boat. The illustration is based on the design proposed by Italian mathematician, naturalist, and aeronautics pioneer Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687)…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Lana Terzi, Francesco, 1631-1687, Postcards, Illustrated works, Aeronautics, Ballooning
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Isaac Newton's copy of the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] Stone
- Praeparatio Mercurii ad Lapidem per Regulu/am ♂ [Martis] ✱tum [Stellatum] et Lunam, ex MSS. Phi Americani
- After 1670 – before 1678
The manuscript—"On the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] stone by means of the stellate regulus of Mars [i.e. iron] and Luna [i.e. silver] from the Manuscripts of the American Philosopher"—was…
- Author Starkey, George, 1627-1665
- Creator Of Work Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
- Subject Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, Starkey, George, 1627-1665, Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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A Table of Chymicall & Philosophicall Charecters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chymicall Authors both Printed & Manuscript
- A Table of Chemical & Philosophical Characters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chemical Authors both Printed and Manuscript
- 1671
Table of alchemical symbols from The last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet. These and other symbols are common throughout alchemical literature and were used to denote some…
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Alchemy, Chemistry--Abbreviations
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Kunst Buch von allerhandt rahren undt schönen inventionen so wohl in der Feuerwerckerey Künst als auch in der Büchsenmeisterey zusammen
- 1671
A manuscript work from Andreas Räbel, a 17th-century pyrotechnician, containing formulas and recipes for the creation of fireworks, explosives, rockets, detonators, flares, bombs, and other armament. The recipes call…
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Portrait of William Salmon
- 1671 (date of portrait plate)
- 1685 (date of publication)
Engraved portrait frontispiece of author William Salmon depicts the bust of Salmon inside a vignetted frame that reads in Latin "Ætatis SuÆ 26 Anno 1670 Guilielmus Salmon Medicinae Professor," which roughly translates…
- Author Salmon, William, 1644-1713
- Engraver Sherwin, William
- Publisher Printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain
- Subject Art metal-work, Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800, Drawing--Technique, Palmistry, Materia medica--Early works to 1800, Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Workshop recipes, Perfumes, Dyes and dyeing, Portrait painting--Technique, Formulas, recipes, etc.--Early works to 1800, Painting--Technique, Cosmetics, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Medicine, Popular, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Herbs, Beauty, Personal, Sherwin, William, Art--Early works to 1800, Herbals
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Portrait of John Mayow
- 1674 (Date of engraving)
- 1919 (Date of publication)
Portrait plate of John Maynow (1641-1679) reproduced from an engraving by William Faithorne. Maynow was an English chemist, physician, physiologist and pneumatic chemist who is known for his early research on the nature…
- Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Publisher The Century Co.
- Engraver Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
- Subject Textbooks, Mayow, John, 1641-1679, Portraits, Scientists
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8 items
Tractatus Quinque Medico-Physici : quorum primus agit de sal-nitro, et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalibus. Ultimus de rhachitide.
- Five Medical-Physical Treatises : the first of which deals with salt-nitro and spirit of nitro-air. The second on respiration. Third on the respiration of the fetus in the womb and the egg. Fourth on muscular motion and animal spirits. The last on rickets.
- 1674
John Mayow (1643–1679) was an early researcher of respiration and the nature of air. Mayow published tracts on respiration and rickets while studying at Oxford in 1668; in 1674 these were edited and reprinted with three…
- Author Mayow, John, 1641-1679
- Publisher E Theatro Sheldoniano
- Engraver Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
- Subject Physiology, Oxygen--Physiological transport, Oxygen in the body, Respiration, Cardiovascular system, Medicine, Muscles, Fetus--Development, Combustion, Oxygen
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II. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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III. Clavis
- Third Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IV. Clavis
- Fourth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IX. Clavis
- Ninth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum
- 1678
Bound volume contains a compilation of earlier famous alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus). Also…
- Author Philaletha, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius
- Engraver Merian, M.
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Apud Hermannum a Sande, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius, Merian, M., Philaletha, Alchemy
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Prima Clavis
- First Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VI. Clavis
- Sixth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VII. Clavis
- Seventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
Bound volume contains a collection of alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus).
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VIII. Clavis
- Eighth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy