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Athanor or Slow Harry, a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature
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Athanor or Slow Harry, a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature
Athanor or Slow Harry, a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature. This plate displays the Athanor and side chambers (5, 5) for reagents in separate parts. One of the uses of the furnace was the production of nitric acid (also known as Aqua Fortis or Parting Acid) which was used in the refining and assaying of metals. From 1683 English edition of Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt, Lazarus Ercker, (Prague, 1574). Copperplate engraving
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1574 1683 Acid Allerfurnemisten Apparatus Assaying Beschreibung Chambers Chemical Chemistry Constant Copperplate Displays Edition Ercker Ertzt Furnace Harry Lazarus Maintaining Metals Mineralischen Parting Parts Plate Prague Production Refining Science Separate Side Slow Temperature Aqua Athanor Fortis Nitric Reagents
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