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A Blacksmith's Shop
- 1771-Aug-25
The glow of heated metal on the anvil and the distant light of the moon are placed into dramatic parallel in this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright's use of deep shadow and chiaroscuro light…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
- Publisher Boydell, John, 1720-1804
- Subject Blacksmithing, Forge shops, Forge shops in art
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An Iron Forge
- 1773-Jan
The white-hot glow of molten iron casts radiant light and deep shadow across this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. The scene shows the workings of an iron foundry and showcases the recent…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
- Publisher Boydell, John, 1720-1804
- Subject Blacksmithing, Forge shops, Forge shops in art, Women in art
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L'art du Distillateur d'Eaux-Fortes, &c.
- 1773
Part of a series published between 1761 and 1788 by the Parisian Académie des Sciences entitled Descriptions des arts et métiers, or Descriptions of the Arts and Trades. The full series comprises 113 folio volumes and…
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Nouvelle Chymie du goût et de l'odorat, ou, L'art de composer facilement et à peu de frais les liqueurs à boire et les eaux de senteurs
- L'art de composer facilement et à peu de frais les liqueurs à boire et les eaux de senteurs
- 1774
The third edition of a work concerning the operations of infusion, distillation, composition, and filtration used in the preparation of spirits, flavors, perfumes, and essential oils. The work also discusses the…
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L'art du Distillateur Liquoriste: Contenant le Bruleur d'Eaux-de-vie, le Fabriquant de Liqueurs, le Débitant ou le Cafetier-Limonnadier
- The Art of the Liqueur Distiller: Containing the Brandy Burner, the Liqueur Maker, the Bartender or the Lemonade Maker
- 1775
Part of a series published between 1761 and 1788 by the Parisian Académie des Sciences entitled Descriptions des arts et métiers, or Descriptions of the Arts and Trades. The full series comprises 113 folio volumes and…
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The Discovery of Phosphorus
- 1775
This mezzotint by William Pether, after the 1771 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, shows a kneeling alchemist in his laboratory, gazing in wonder at the results of his latest experiment. The painting's full original…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Pether, William
- Subject Chemiluminescence, Phosphorus, Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Pether, William
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A Dictionary of Chemistry, Vol. I
- 1777
Volume 1 of 3 of the second English edition of Pierre Joseph Macquer's (1718-1784) first edition Dictionniare de chymie (1766), translated by James Keir (1735-1820). Macquer's Dictionnaire was one of the most…
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Gases, Chemistry--Dictionaries, Science--Terminology, Chemistry--Study and teaching
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A Dictionary of Chemistry, Vol. II
- 1777
Volume 2 of 3 of the second English edition of Pierre Joseph Macquer's (1718-1784) Dictionniare de chymie (1766), translated by James Keir (1735-1820). Macquer's Dictionnaire was one of the most significant chemical…
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Gases, Chemistry--Dictionaries, Science--Terminology, Chemistry--Study and teaching
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A Dictionary of Chemistry, Vol. III
- 1777
The 3rd and final volume of the second English edition of Pierre Joseph Macquer's (1718-1784) Dictionniare de chymie (1766), translated by James Keir (1735-1820). Macquer's Dictionnaire was one of the most significant…
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Gases, Chemistry--Dictionaries, Science--Terminology, Chemistry--Study and teaching
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A Table of Chemical Characters
- 1777
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Engraver Westwood
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Alchemy, Chemistry--Abbreviations, Chemistry--Dictionaries
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A Table of the Solutions of Bodies, by Mr. Gellert; A Table of Affinities between several substances, by Mr. Geoffroy
- 1777
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Chemical affinity, Chemistry--Dictionaries
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L'Alchymiste en Méditation
- The Alchemist in Meditation
- Circa 1777 – 1864
An alchemist in scholar's clothes sits in contemplation at his desk, bent over an open text with quill in hand. His workroom is cluttered with texts and earthenware vessels, a large globe, trunks and barrels. At right,…
- After Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Artist Gianni
- Engraver Texier, André Louis Victor, 1777-1864
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Plate I: Retorts, alembics, aludels, distillation apparatus, etc.
- 1777
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Engraver Westwood
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Chemistry--Dictionaries, Chemical apparatus
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Plate II: Various furnaces
- 1777
- Author Macquer, Pierre Joseph, 1718-1784
- Contributor Keir, James, 1735-1820
- Engraver Westwood
- Publisher Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Subject Furnaces, Chemistry--Dictionaries
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Élémens de Chymie, Théorique et Pratique
- 1777 – 1778
Textbook by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) and his colleagues, written to accompany the course of chemistry they gave under the auspices of the Academy of Dijon. The work was hailed throughout Europe as an…
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Tratado Instructivo, y Práctico Sobre el Arte de la Tintura
- Instructive and Practical Treatise on the Art of Dyeing
- 1778
A Spanish manual on the theory and practice of dyeing in the textile industry in late eighteenth-century Madrid. The text discusses the treatment of silks, wools, and yarns; the preparation of the textiles; and the…
- Author Fernández, Don Luis
- Printer Imprenta de Blas Roman
- Contributor de la Cruz, Juan
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Industrial arts, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dye industry, Coloring matter, Copperplates
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A man studying an anatomy text in a studio
- The Anatomist
- 1779
This etching by Anton Joseph von Prenner reproduces a painting by the German painter Christopher Paudiss, known as Baudiz. Working by the glow of candlelight, a seated man studies an anatomical text at a desk…
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Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier
- Description of the aerostatic machine experiments of Mr. & Mr. Montgolfier
- 1783
Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond’s Description des expériences assembles first-hand observations, research, technical descriptions, letters, tables, diagrams, and illustrations related to the groundbreaking experiments…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Robert, Nicolas Louis, 1761-1828, Airships, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Aeronautics, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Ballooning, Hot air balloons, Robert, Anne-Jean, 1758-1820, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810
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Frontispiece and title page (Plate 5) from Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier [Description of the aerostatic machine experiments of Mr. & Mr. Montgolfier]
- 1783
Inscribed: "Expérience faite à Versaille, en présence de leurs Mejestés et de la Famille Royale, par Mr. Montgolfier, le 19 Sept. 1873. La Machine Aérostatique avoit 57 Pieds de haut sur 41 de Diamètre."
On September…
- Artist Lorimier, Etienne Chevalier de, 1759-1813
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Engraver Delaunay, Nicolas, 1739-1792
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Frontispiece, Ballooning, Title pages, Hot air balloons
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Plate 1: Robinet
- Faucet
- 1783
This plate illustrates the parts and mechanism of the faucet used to control the gas in the first hydrogen-filled balloon, launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27, 1783. In the illustration on Plate 3,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 2: Case for producing inflammable gas
- 1783
This case was designed by the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean (1758-1820) and Nicolas Louis (1761-1828) Robert to quickly produce large quantities of hydrogen gas through the reaction of sulfuric acid with iron filings. The…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 3: Filing the balloon with hydrogen gas
- 1783
Illustration relating to the experiment that resulted in the world’s first hydrogen-filled balloon, conducted in Paris in August 1783, in which a taffeta balloon with a rubber coating was filled with hydrogen gas…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Engraver Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, ca. 1748-ca. 1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 4: Machine aerostatique
- Aerostatic machine
- 1783
Inscribed: "de Mr. Montgolfier, construite dans le Jardin de Mr. Reveillon, rue de Montreuil Fauxbourg St. Antoine, aux dépens de l’Académie Royale des Sciences."
Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) assembled this…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 6: Meusnier’s observations of the hydrogen balloon, August 27, 1783 (fig. 1)
- 1783
Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier (1754-1793), an officer in the French Royal Corps of Engineers and a mathematician, observed the flight of the hydrogen-filled balloon launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 7: Meusnier’s observations of the hydrogen balloon, August 27, 1783 (figs. 2-6)
- 1783
Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier (1754-1793), an officer in the French Royal Corps of Engineers and a mathematician, observed the flight of the hydrogen-filled balloon launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons