Copper and lead solutions
Date
1840
Object type
Library reference
RCN: R62595
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 256mm
width (print): 256mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Chemical chart of solutions and precipitates of copper and lead salts in wine glasses, illustrating the colour of each. Figure 67 shows copper oxide salts in seven solutions, including (number 7) with an iron zinc plate. Figure 68 shows lead in seven solutions, including (number 7) with a zinc plate. Above are two inset figures intended to show the colours of copper oxide in weak and concentrated solutions contained in bottles.
Figures 67-68 from Das Laboratorium…v.1 (Weimar, 1840). Inscribed above ‘Taf: LXVII. LXVIII.’ Figures are headed ‘KUPFER’ and ‘BLEI’ and there is a numbered key to each solution beneath the images.
Figures 67-68 from Das Laboratorium…v.1 (Weimar, 1840). Inscribed above ‘Taf: LXVII. LXVIII.’ Figures are headed ‘KUPFER’ and ‘BLEI’ and there is a numbered key to each solution beneath the images.
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