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Office of Hiram Walker and Sons, Walkerville, Ont. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: UnknownOffice of Hiram Walker and Sons, Walkerville, Ont. between 1905 and 1915. View of waterfront from pergola
"Looking Out" - painted by F. W. Topham - from the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Co Creator"Looking Out" - painted by F. W. Topham - from the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1856
Turpentine "stiller" near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTurpentine "stiller" near Valdosta, Georgia
Turpentine worker, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTurpentine worker. Georgia
Woman preparing tarasun, 1890. Creator: UnknownWoman preparing tarasun, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats
Wallachians Distilling Slievovitz; A Visit to the Danubian Principalities, 1875. Creator: Nelson BoydWallachians Distilling " Slievovitz" ; A Visit to the Danubian Principalities, 1875. [Slivovitz is a type of spirit made from plums
The Alchemist, 1663. Creator: Cornelis BegaThe Alchemist, 1663
A Theatrical Chymist, May 1786. May 1786. Creator: Thomas RowlandsonA Theatrical Chymist, May 1786
There Are No Poison Scares In The Dominions Of The Tsar, 1901 Creator: UnknownThere Are No Poison Scares In The Dominions Of The Tsar. The Government Analyst Tests All The Liquor During Its Manufacture, 1901. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich (1868-1918) was Tsar at this time
This Is The Interior Of One Of The Tsars Distilleries. 1901. Creator: UnknownThis Is The Interior Of One Of The Tsars Distilleries. 1901. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich (1868-1918) was Tsar at this time. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI
Gold, late 19th century. Creator: George GreatbachGold, late 19th century. A 16th-century alchemist showing some gold that he has supposedly just made. For hundreds of years, attempts were made to create gold alchemically by transforming base metals
Adams still, 1886. Illustration from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, by Charles Tomlinson, Volume I, (Jamess Virtue, London, 1886)
Platinum still for concentrating sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844. The view shown here was at the Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From British Manufacturers by George Dodd
Distillation of Oil of Vitriol (sulphuric acid or H2S04), 1651. An iron retort with cover, detail at C, D, is placed in a furnace and connected to a receiver at A
Distillation of Nitric Acid, 1683. Also known as Aqua Fortis or Parting Acid, nitric acid was widely used in the refining and assaying of metals
Athanor or Slow Harry, a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature, 1683. Centre: 1) Athanor or Slow Harry ; 2) side chambers containing reagents; 3) glass receivers
Distillation, 1500. The Rosenhut, a form of still. From Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus by Hieronymus Braunschweig. (Strasbourg, 1500)
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651. The marriage of the alchemical king (gold) and queen (silver)
Distillation of nitric acid (Aqua fortis or parting acid) in an iron man with two noses, 1689. From Philio-Chemico-Medicus by Christopher Packe (1689)
Distillers, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis DiderotDistillers of brandy, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection
Distillation, 1882. Cross-section showing a furnace heating a still. Matter distilled is discharged through the beak of the alembic and is condensed in the worm that runs through the refrigerator
Chemist, 1508. A chemist or alchemist is using bellows to heat up the fire under a crucible. Behind him an alembic standing on a furnace is being used for distillation
