Molten Collection

Mauna Loa Volcano - Hawaiian Islands, USA Date: circa 1930s

Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, France
A Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron

Industry / Metals / Steel
A modern steelworks - iron running out of the blast furnaces in which iron ore has been blasted to yield molten pig-iron

HELL
Those who were guilty of avarice during their lifetimes are punished by being boiled in cauldrons of burning oil and molten lead

A Blast Furnace in Action Date: circa 1920s

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

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

Workers in foundry pouring molten metal
Metal foundry workers pour molten metal from a ladle into moulds. Date: circa 1950s

Trades in Regency England: charcoal burning, Jew selling pencils, and fishing. Worker at a charcoal pit in Furness 64, Jewish pedlar selling pencils door to door in Borrowdale 65

Scene in a Bronze Age foundry, showing men pouring molten metal into a container, and various weapons on display. BCE

Brazen Sea
The Brazen Sea (also known as Molten Sea) was a large bronze basin for water located in the Temple In Jerusalem. Made by Solomon

Brazen Sea - Judaism
The Brazen Sea also known as the Molten Sea was a large basin in the Temple in Jerusalem made by Solomon for ablution (ritual washing) of priests

Young men spinning molten glass into a large cut glass bowl at Walsh Ltd. glassworks, Birmingham, England. Date: 1930s

Smelting Plant Date: 1950

SEALYHAM / MOLTEN CRACKER
NORTH MOLTEN CRACKER Date: 1914

BELL FOUNDRY
Bell making : pouring molten steel into the space between the core and the mould. Date: 1950s

Foundry worker Blists Hill
Iron furnace worker Grahan Collins takes a breather at Blists Hill Ironworks, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

The Royal Mint - Gold Melting House. Date: circa 1908

Porcelain vase and molten glass bottle from Hiroshima, Japan
ROYAL NAVY/MILITARIA/ICONIC EVENTS: Two astounding relics recovered near Ground Zero at Hiroshima, Japan, by Commander R W Pakeman RN OBE while serving onboard HMS Belfast at the end of WW2

Archean Landscape
An artists impression of an Archean landscape (3, 800 to 2, 500 million years ago), with the thin crust scarred by meteorite craters and dotted with pools of molten rock

Silver and copper works, Chile, South America

South Africa Cape Colony - Molten coal mine - Coal truck coming out of mine - miners sitting either side. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

Buildings / Plumber 1827
The original occupation of plumbing, which involved melting lead into drainpipes etc. Date: 1827

Bessemer converter in a steelworks
A Bessemer converter in a steelworks -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, removing impurities by oxidation by blowing air through the molten iron

Cover design, German heavy industry
Cover design for Das Plakat, an illustrated survey of German poster art, depicting an example of heavy industry. Date: September 1915

Copper Industry in Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1906

Molten lava - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Sent from The Volcano House Hotel, Hawaii on the slopes of Mauna Kea Date: 1921

Geological timescale
A diagram showing geological time on earth as expressed in a spiral starting with earth in a molten state and progressing through deserts to the rise of mountain ranges and volcanoes

Surface of the early Earth
An impression by Barry Evans of what the surface of the Earth may have looked like when it was very young, and still forming

Volcanoes on the early Earth
This is an artists impression of volcanoes frequently active on the surface of early Earth

Krakatoa in eruption
Krakatoa during an early stage of the eruption. Plate 1 from The Eruption of Krakatoa (1888) by G. J. Symons

Steel Production
Molten steel is processed at a Krupp-Konzern factory in West Germany using the Bessemer system. Date: 1960

Initiation of the Sovereign Inspector General
The recipient is required to wash his hands in a vase of molten lead aftering having been led three times round the vase. Date: 1890s

Exhibits in Dome of Discovery and Shot Tower, London
Various exhibits in the Dome of Discovery and the Shot Tower at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Top left shows a reconstruction of Captain Cooks ship, Endeavour

Pouring Molten Metal
A metalworker wearing protective eye goggles pours molten metal in to a mould from a huge crucible container, attached to an immense hook, into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten Metal on a Production Line
A beautifully composed and lit photograph showing two metalworkers pouring hot molten metal into a series of moulds on a factory production line. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten metal is poured in to a mould
Two factory workers pour molten metal into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Ranunculus Montanus (Montana Buttercup)
Ranunculus Montanus (Molten Gold Montana or Mountain Buttercup), a perennial of the Ranunculaceae family with bright yellow flowers. Seen here growing in a rocky setting

EARTHs INTERIOR, 1735
English geologist John Woodwards conception of the composition of the globe, with molten lava surrounded by a thick crust

Renault Motor Works 1932
A line of cylinder block moulds await being filled with molten metal

Molten Brass Furnace
Withdrawing a pot of molten brass from a furnace at a Birkenhead Brass Foundry, Cheshire

Industry / Glass 1827
A glass-blower rests the molten glass on a stool while he blows it into shape

A Bessemer converter in a German steelworks -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, removing impurities by oxidation by blowing air through the molten iron

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