Apparatus for amending metals by nitre (saltpetre) mb-width 2818 View of the north entrance

View of the north entrance to the arcade

'Sardanapalus'

'Anglo-Gallic salutations in London

View with horse-drawn vehicles in front

This pic was deliberately taken to have a grainy texture which will be more obvious as the size increases

Apparatus for amending metals by nitre (saltpetre) mb-width 2818 View of the north entranceBoth pictures on this plate are part of Johann Rudolf Glauber's treatise on the 'Continuation of Miraculum Mundi'. The upper image depicts 'A Gift offered to all diligent Physicians The manner of concentrating and amending of Metals by Nitre' (the distilling vessel is designed as 'a Man made of Iron, having two noses on his head'). The lower picture shows the furnace used in 'a Gift presented to rich Merchants', again involving the use of nitre