Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.16120

    Furnace

    Date
    late 17th century
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p436
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 195mm
    width (page): 150mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Drawing of a mercurial furnace, with notes in English about how to set one up. The rest of the three pages of text are in Latin and are about the preparation of salis marini, or marine salt.

    The manuscript is part of the Robert Boyle Papers.
    Related fellows
    Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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