Alchemical apparatus
Date
Late 17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p420
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 186mm
width (page): 153mm
width (page): 153mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Four diagrams of laboratory equipment. Above (left to right), glassware, a barrel and a pot with the glassware inside it. Below, an alembic. Each figure has a brief descriptive heading. From Robert Boyle's papers.
Michael Hunter, The Boyle Papers (2007) gives ‘hand unknown’ for the several sections of text by various authors within this small series of recipes and chemical processes.
Michael Hunter, The Boyle Papers (2007) gives ‘hand unknown’ for the several sections of text by various authors within this small series of recipes and chemical processes.
Transcription
Figure 1: ‘The glas for the worke’. Figure 2: ‘The barrell’. Figure 3. The pott with the glas in it’. Figure 4. ‘The sosterne [?] for the worke’
The short paper is inscribed verso: ‘A fixation of ? &?’
2pp of accompanying text describe the process of making the ‘fixation of mercury and silver’.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
The short paper is inscribed verso: ‘A fixation of ? &?’
2pp of accompanying text describe the process of making the ‘fixation of mercury and silver’.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place