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  • Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Pottery: a large kiln, shown in elevations and sections. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.
  • Iron: rolling machine (top), and elevation and cross-section of two blast furnaces (below). Engraving c.1861.
  • A hand mill with four mortars operated by two assistants. Engraving, 16--, after J. Besson.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured mezzotint by H. Dawe after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a furnace (top), fuel wood on a barrow or handcart (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Two children wait nervously while an alchemist secretively concocts a mixture at his stove. Pen and wash drawing by G. Robinson.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The labelled interior of a boiler room at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushet.
  • An alchemist with his family in their dim dwelling, working a bellows at his furnace. Engraving by J.C. Bentley after A. van Ostade, 1661.
  • Interior of a pharmaceutical laboratory behind a shop, with people at work, the shop is visible through a doorway. Engraving, 1747.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, two vats (top), a wringer and other tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • An alchemist reading a book; his assistants stirring the crucible on the other side of the room. Engraving by P.F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Cross-sections of a furnace used in the processing of antimony. Engraving by Wilson Lowry, 1802.
  • A labelled section through a porter brewery. Engraving by Mutlow, c. 1812, after J. Farey.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers carrying and firing the tea. Engraving by A. Willmore, c. 1843, after T. Allom.
  • A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by T. Major, 1755, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The sacrifice of the son of King Moab. Engraving by H.R. Cook after P.P. Rubens.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushett.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat in an interior with dyers at work (top), washing cloth in a river (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.