Furnace Collection

The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder Severin
Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

King Nebuchadnezzar and the Fiery Furnace. circa late 19th century

The Chemist 1827
A chemist with his apprentice in his laboratory. A copper alembic is on his left, to the right a sand heat and a furnace is in the middle. Date: 1827

Alchemists Laboratory
An alchemist studies an old instruction manual, while his assistant keeps the furnace going. His workshop is filled with state-of-the-art equipment for The Great Work

Govan Ironworks, Glasgow
Charging a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works in Glasgow

BOILERS
Babcock & Wilcox boilers at the Standard Oil Companys refinery at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York [USA]

A Blast Furnace in Action Date: circa 1920s

Iron Founder 1827
Founding molten iron straight from the furnace into a mould

Obsessed Alchemist
An alchemist, obsessed with his quest, works at his furnace while friends and neighbours drink and enjoy themselves

Birmingham Ironworks
Ironworks at Birmingham - tapping a furnace and running the molten metal into pigs

Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Smelting in a bloomery-type furnace in Sierra Leone, West Africa. circa 1910s

Iron smelting in a furnace, Bronze Age, Kazakhstan area
Craftsmen (blacksmiths) of the Bronze Age in the Kazakhstan area, smelting and shaping metal (iron) using an ancient furnace with bellows. 3000-1200 BCE

Cross section through a 19th century pottery kiln. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Iron processing in Bronze Age, Kazakhstan area
Bronze Age craftsmen (blacksmiths) processing iron with special tools, shaping the metal by hammering. In the background are yurts and a mountain landscape. 3000-1200 BCE

Blast furnace at steelworks Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Workington Steel Works Blast Furnace early 1900s

Blast furnace, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Old blast furnaces, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy, formerly the lower factory of the foundry at Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Blaise valley

Blast furnace, Parc Metallurgique, Dommartin-le-Franc
Blast furnace built 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Le Bachelle, at the Parc Metallurgique or Metallurgic Park, an interpretation centre for ancient and contemporary metallurgy

Hot steel being poured into a cast. Date: 1877

1916 Germans Burn Bodies Events World War One
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Babylonian court official SHADRACH, together with ABEDNEGO and MESHACH, are thrown into a fiery furnace when they refuse to bow before a gold image of Nebuchadnezzar Date: circa 550 BC

CREMATORIUM, DRESDEN 2
Siemens brothers crematorium at Dresden : 2 - the body lowered into the furnace Date: 1874

USA/DEATH VALLEY/CALIF
Death Valley, California: Furnace Creek Wash Date: early 20th century

Windmill and furnace, Alexandria, Egypt, c. 1880 s
Windmill and furnace, Alexandria, Egypt, c.1880 s

First-aid party training in Furnace Room of an Iron Foundry
A First-aid party training in the Furnace Room of an Iron Foundry. Date: circa 1941

Trades in Regency England: silk weaving, jewellery and iron forge. Man weaving silk cloth on a loom in Coventry 40, customers in a fancy jewellery shop in Birmingham 41

Front cover of a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine for the working classes founded by Thomas Bywater Smithies in 1855, committed to encouraging temperance, protestantism

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Enamelling furnaces, 18th century
Furnace for enamelling watch dial plates and Henry Bones enamelling furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary

Furnaces including common air furnace and portable furnaces
Furnaces including common air furnace, furnaces designed by Dr. Joseph Black, David Mushet and R. and G. Knight of Foster Lane, and portable furnaces by Dr. Joseph Black and R. and G. Knight

Plan and elevation of an iron forge, 18th century
Plan and elevation of an iron forge, with chafery, finery, blowing engine, and balling or pudding furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture
Sections and elevations of balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture, along with tools and pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees

Plans and elevations for a furnace, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Steel-converting furnace and mould for crucible manufacture. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Plan, elevation and section of an air vault, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Plan of a blast furnace works, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Elevation and section of a blast furnace works with water regulator, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Plan, elevation and section of a blast furnace works, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Cross-sections and plans of blast furnaces, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman

Sections through furnaces for the reduction of antimony. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst

Elevations and sections through an iron-smelting furnace, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Chinese distiller making Cho-Chou or brandy in a vat on a furnace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Chinese pottery firing, Qing Dynasty
Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven

Type founders making metal type near a furnace
Type founders making metal type for a printing press near a furnace. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Furnace for making cannon balls in the days of Trafalgar. circa 1805

Burning bits of wood in a mobile furnace on an area of wasteland. 1920s

Roman city of Bath, underfloor heating system

Franco-British Exhibition 1908 - Webb Glass - Making a Wine Glass - No. 1 Gathering the Bowl. 1908

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