Using bellows to increase the draught in a furnace, 1540. Artist: Unknown

Using bellows to increase the draught in a furnace, 1540. Artist: Unknown

1-156-425 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Using bellows to increase the draught in a furnace, 1540. Woodcut showing a workman using bellows to increase the draught in a furnace for refining copper. Beneath the bellows are cupellation cakes of partially refined copper. From De la Pirotechnia (The Pirotechnia), by Vannoccio Biringucci, (Venice, 1540).


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Vannoccio Biringucci: Italian: Author, writer

Medium
  1. Woodcut

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5858x2980
File Size : 51,144kb


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  1. 004019
  1. 004019
  1. 0390003180
  1. 1-156-425
  1. 1156425
  1. 3180

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