Alchemical elements, 18th century
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Alchemical elements, 18th century
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Science Photo Library
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This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Chemical Heritage Foundation of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Alchemical elements. 18th-century artwork of an alchemist's laboratory and furnaces, with a list of alchemical elements in Latin. From top they are gold (aurum), mercury (argentum vivum), lead (plumbum), silver (argentum), bronze (aes), iron (ferrum), tin (stannum), water (aqua), and air (aer). At bottom are two biblical quotes from Psalms, chapter 12, verse 7. At left is 'Argenti excoctio', Latin for 'burning silver', and at right a similar quote in German refers to the melting of silver. An English translation of part of this psalm refers to 'silver tried in a furnace of earth'. The German engraver is Georg Lichtensteger (bottom right).
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