<i>Chymie</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1763
notes: label: Description
content: This engraving is from the “Chimie” section of vol. 3 of the <i>Recueil de Planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques</i> (Paris, 1763) of the <i>Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers</i> organized by Denis Diderot and other philosophes.
label: Description
content: This is the sixth of the series of plates representing chemical apparatus. The figures run from 66 to 75. Most pertain to distillation, and most derive from the work of Johann Rudolf Glauber, a German-Dutch alchemist/chemist of the 17th century.
label: Description
content: “Pl. VI” appears at the upper right. The “Goussier del.” signature at the bottom left refers to Jacques-Louis Goussier, the artist who drew more than 900 plates for the <i>Encyclopédie</i>. The “Desehrt fecit” signature at lower right refers to a French engraver of the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Chemistry
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319743.10
label: catalog number
content: 319743.10
label: accession number
content: 239020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 40.005 cm x 23.495 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 5/16 in x 9 1/4 in; 36.35375 cm x 23.495 cm