[Emblem of chemistry: Cherubs with a table of chemical or alchemical symbols]

Name:

Macquer, Pierre Joseph (1718-1784)

Date:

1756

Identifier:

540 M248.2 1756 V.1 TP

Subject:

Distillation; Furnaces (Stove, Oven); Receivers; Capital (Lat. Capitum, Head); Laboratories

Form/Genre:

Engravings

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

From the second 1756 printing of the second edition of Macquer's text; this printing was issued by a new publisher, with reset type. Furnace at right. At left is a vessel known as a gourd, with its capital and receiver for distillation. This image is used on the bookplate of the Smith Collection.; Print

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)