Arsenic solutions
Date
1840
Object type
Library reference
RCN: R62595
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 256mm
width (print): 256mm
Subject
Description
Chemical chart of solutions and precipitates of arsenic salts in wine glasses, illustrating the colour of each. Figure 65 shows arsenic acid, white arsenic (arsenic trioxide) in seven solutions, including (number 7) with a zinc plate. Figure 66 shows arsenic acid in five solutions, including (number 5) with a zinc plate.
Figures 65-66 from Das Laboratorium…v.1 (Weimar, 1840). Inscribed above ‘Taf: LXV. LXVI.’ Both sets of figures are headed ‘ARSENIK’ and there is a numbered key to each solution beneath the images.
Figures 65-66 from Das Laboratorium…v.1 (Weimar, 1840). Inscribed above ‘Taf: LXV. LXVI.’ Both sets of figures are headed ‘ARSENIK’ and there is a numbered key to each solution beneath the images.
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