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Start Over Date 1850 to 1899 Genre Illustrations

Publications, Illustrations

Figure 90. Machinery for Filling Bottles with Artificial Mineral Waters
- Part of Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals
- 1884
Color plate illustration depicting a man and young boy operating machinery used to fill bottles with artificial mineral waters.

This plate is from John Howard Appleton's (1844-1930) Chemistry, Developed by Facts and…
- Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
- Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
- Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Scientific illustration, Mineral waters, Mineral water industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments
Publications, Illustrations

Seltzer-water Manufactory
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the manufacture of seltzer or soda water by use of a wheel to force gas into bottled water.
- Author Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Carbonated beverages, Machinery, Selters water
Illustrations

Fairy Picture of Water
- Part of Fairy Land of Chemistry: Explorations in the World of Atoms
- 1887
- Author Meyer, Lucy Rider, 1849-1922
- Publisher Lothrop Publishing Company
- Subject Physical sciences, Chemistry, Science, Fairies, Water