<i>Caracteres / de 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. It is the fourth of four plates that connected chemicals with their symbols, and runs from “Acide” to “Zinc.”
label: Description
content: “Pl. IV” 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 “Niodot Sculp” 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.319743.05
label: catalog number
content: 319743.05
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