EditorialLe Livre des simples medecines-translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius, physician in Salerno, Italy. Middle 15th, Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. A man digs for antimony in a rock. Fol.33 verso.
EditorialSections through furnaces for the reduction of antimony. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1802.
EditorialDensho, Japanese, late 18th century, Japan, Japanese, Leaded bronze with trace of antimony Material analyzed by Conservation Department, 20 August 1976. Tested by energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectometry, H. 68.6 cm (27 in.); Diam. 38.2 cm (15 ...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540?50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1530?40, Binary alloy (copper, tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); a brown to olive green patina and minor traces of gilding., H. overall 50 cm, h. of base 10.5 cm; h. of middle secti...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540?50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the...
EditorialMortar, 1551?80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century), Italian, Venice, Copper alloy with a high content of tin, some lead, and no trace of zinc; the usual trace elements of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony are present, ...
EditorialSections through furnaces for the reduction of antimony. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1802.
EditorialMetals including lead 1, iron 2,3,4, mercury 5,6, bismuth 7 and antimony 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.
EditorialPrecious metals including silver with calcite, silver with kongsbergite, hexahedral silver crystal, dendritic silver, antimony silver, argentite and pyrargyrite. Chromolithograph from Dr. Aldolph Kenngott's "Mineralogy" section in Gotthilf Heinrich von...
EditorialLe Livre des simples medecines-translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius, physician in Salerno, Italy. Middle 15th, Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. A man digs for antimony in a rock. Fol.33 verso.