Tabula Quarta [Mining operations; metallurgical apparatus]

Name:

Barchusen, Johann Conrad (1666-1723)

Date:

1698

Identifier:

QD27.B32 PL.4

Subject:

Refining; Furnaces (Stove, Oven); Mortars; Pestles

Form/Genre:

Engravings

Rights:

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Notes:

Metallurgy; mining. 4 furnaces, used for purifying sulphur and for separating tin from copper. Also shown: mine shafts; pathways for transportation of ores; shaft exhaust fan. Ovens used for separation of metals. Table 4 in Barchusen's Pyrosophia (London 1698); reprinted in Elementa Chemiae (London 1718).; Print

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)