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First Montgolfier brothers balloon
- Première Montgolfière, sans passagers
- 1783-Jun-04 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a globe-shaped flying balloon. The illustration depicts the first successful public hot air balloon demonstration on June 4, 1783 by French brothers Joseph-Michel…
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The Village Doctor
- 1700s
In this small copy of a larger painting by David Teniers II (artist unknown), a bearded physician examines a flask of urine as his patient, a middle-aged woman, looks on thoughtfully. Before him is an open book, likely…
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Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colours: With Observations
- 1794
Author John Dalton outlines his own red-green color blindness discovered through botanical studies of flower hues. Blank endpapers omitted during digitization.
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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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The History and Practice of Aerostation
- 1785
This volume by Tiberius Cavallo is considered one of the earliest and best works on aerostation published in eighteenth century England. Divided into two parts, this work details the history of aerostatics followed by…
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Plate II: Illustrating the chemical apparatus and balloons used for hydrogen generation
- 1785
Copperplate engraving illustrates the chemical apparatus and balloons used for hydrogen generation. In figure four, a hot air balloon and basket support a passenger.
Fig. 1: The set up for filling a balloon with…
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Plate I: Illustrating the chemical apparatus and balloons used for hydrogen generation
- 1785
Copperplate engraving illustrates the chemical apparatus and balloons used for hydrogen generation.
Fig. 1: Practical experiment to show the principle behind a rarified (hot) air balloon. A paper cone is suspended from…
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Traité Élémentaire de Chimie
- 1789
This work by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is widely considered the first of its kind in modern chemical literature. Select digitized content includes front cover, frontismatter, woodcut vignettes, as well as thirteen…
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An Alchemist at Work
- 1700s
Seated in a disorderly and rustic workshop, an alchemist examines a flask while scratching his head, deep in thought. Scattered about the floor are books, vessels, and a dog which has curled up in a pile of straw. More…
- Artist van Helmont, Mattheus
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, van Helmont, Mattheus
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An Alchemist's Laboratory
- 1700s
A bearded alchemist sits in the midst of a bustling workshop, tending a small brazier of coals with a hand-bellows. Objects for metalworking- including an anvil, crucible, furnace and hammer- are joined by vessels for…
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The Alchemist
- 1700s
A bearded, seated alchemist, wearing glasses and bright red shirt, bends over an open book on a desk stacked high with a mess of papers and glassware. The trail of books continues to the ground with broken and unbroken…
- Artist van Helmont, Mattheus
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, van Helmont, Mattheus
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The Medical Alchemist
- 1700s
A physician wearing the traditional physician's cap conducts a urinoscopy on the flask he holds. A woman is seated beside him, waiting for the results. In the foreground the alchemist's assistant is tending to a furnace…
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The Iatrochemist
- 1700s – 1900
In a large stone chamber, a young woman in a blue skirt leans close to study a flask held by an elderly, bearded iatrochemist. He rests against a table covered with an embroidered carpet, topped with other glass vessels…
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Alchemist with Monkey
- 1600 – 1800
The labors of an elderly alchemist are closely watched by a monkey which perches on the window above. The alchemist busies himself investigating samples wrapped in paper or notes in a cluttered workshop. The floor at…
- Manner Of Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Animals in art, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate
- The Hippocratic Grimoire
- 1740 – 1790
An engraving by F. Basan, after the painting by David Teniers II. The inscription below this work, Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate, refers to Hippocrates, a Greek physician often called the father of medicine in Western…
- After Teniers II, David
- Artist Basan, François, 1723-1797
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Philosophe en Contemplation (The Philosopher in Contemplation)
- 1700s
This etching, by the Italian engraver and etcher Giuseppe [Joseph] Longhi, reproduces a work by the Dutch master of chiaroscuro, Rembrandt van Rijn. The original painting traveled to France in the 18th century and…
- After Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
- Creator Of Work Longhi, Giuseppe, 1766-1831
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Philosophers
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Le bien, la pauvreté, l'âge mûr, la jeunesse. Qui fait ou l'infortune ou la félicité.
- Goodness, poverty, middle age, youth. Who makes of it misfortune or happiness.
- 1760 – 1800
This etching by Francesco Pedro, for Nicollo Cavalli of Venice, reproduces a painting by Francesco Maggiotto. The scene shows four individuals in a humble workroom, gathered around a brazier full of coals. The central…
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Le Docteur Alchimiste (The Alchemical Doctor)
- 1740 – 1790
This engraving by J. Tardieu reproduces a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II. An older man with a lined, wizened face sits in a chair before a table, intently reading an open book. Before him sits a globe,…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Tardieu, Jacques Nicolas, 1716-1791
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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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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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
- 1768-May-20
Wonder, curiosity, and deep thought: the audience in this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, models a range of possible responses to science. At center, a brass orrery--a device used to model the…
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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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Plate XVIII: Chymie
- Circa 1751 – 1772
Hand-colored engraving from the "Chimie" section of Volume 3 of the Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication, which consisted of illustrated plates to…
- Contributor Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784, Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783
- Subject Chemistry, Alchemy, Libavius, Andreas, -1616
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Jan Uytenbogaert
- The Gold Weigher
- Circa 1760 – 1790
This print, after a 1639 etching by Rembrandt, shows a well-dressed man of middle age seated before a pair of scales and an open ledger. He hands his young assistant a bag as customers stand waiting nearby. The scene is…
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Mr. Ramsden
- 1791
This mezzotint print portrait of Jesse Ramsden was produced by printmaker John Jones after a painting by Robert Home at the Royal Society. Ramsden (1735–1800) was an English mathematician, and an astronomical and…
- After Home, Robert, 1752-1834
- Engraver Jones, John, -1797
- Subject Measuring instruments, Dividing-engine, Ramsden, J. (Jesse), 1735-1800
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man in profile
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the profile of an unidentified man; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the back.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
