Metallica Prints

Roasting copper in a furnace: C. A: cakes of smelted copper, B: wooden faggots for heat
From £69.98

Lead smelting. From Agricola De re metallica, Basel 1556. Woodcut
From £69.98

Blast furnace for smelting iron ore. From Agricola De re Metallica, Basle, 1556. Woodcut
From £69.98

Rag-and-chain pump for draining a mine operated by men in treadmill. From Agricola
From £69.98

Evaporating pots of brine in a natural hot spring in order to obtain salt. From Agricola
From £69.98

Separating lead from silver or gold in a cupellation furnace. From Agricola (Georg
From £69.98

Miners hammers of various sizes. From Agricola (George Bauer) De re metallica, Basle, 1556
From £69.98

Stamping and roasting ore to extract metal (lead copper)
From £69.98

Smelting of ores (gold, silver)
From £69.98

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel. At right
From £69.98

Evaporating sea water in iron pots to obtain salt. Straw being used as fuel. From
From £69.98

Producing salt by evaporating natural brine by pouring it into a pit of burning charcoal
From £69.98

Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians
From £69.98

Bellows operated by camshaft powered by water wheel. (just visible at extreme right)
From £69.98

Refining copper: removing cakes of copper from the crucible and quenching in a tub of water
From £69.98

Steel production: Forge, A with bellows to produce draught. Foreground bars are being
From £69.98

Sectional view of German mine showing method of sinking shafts and driving horizontal galleries
From £69.98

Furnace for refining copper with all the tools necessary to carry out the process
From £69.98

A set of 24 touch needles. These were made of the purest obtainable gold and each
From £69.98

Crane for lifting of copper / lead alloy from moulds. From De re metallica, by Agricola
From £69.98

Refining copper in a furnace. In the foreground a coating of copper is being hammered
From £69.98

Mine ventilation. Hollow wooden drum, top, which had two blowholes opposite each
From £69.98

A rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel being used to drain a mine
From £69.98

Mine drainage. Man in centre left of picture is boring lengths of wood with borers
From £69.98

Draining mine workings with a bank of three suction pumps
From £69.98

Three devices for ventilating mines with bellows
From £69.98

Multiple suction pumps, powered by an overshot water wheel through a spur wheel and lantern
From £69.98

Draining a mine using a duplex suction pump. The box ABCD, shown in detail on the right
From £69.98

Cross-section of a mine, showing shaft and galleries at two different levels. In
From £69.98

Suction pumps arranged in three tiers and linked by cranks. Powered by a water wheel
From £69.98

Ore which has been broken up in a stamping mill being reduced further by passing
From £69.98

Ventilating a mine using bellows
From £69.98

Overshot water wheel turning the cam-shaft of a stamping mill being used to turn
From £69.98

Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel being used to crush ore to begin
From £69.98

Carpenters constructing a stamping mill for breaking up ores and extraction of metals
From £69.98

Various devices for ventilating mines
From £69.98

Rag-and-chain pump being used to raise water from a mine. Two men are turning
From £69.98

Washing for gold by laying pieces of turf in a frame. Gold-bearing sand is placed
From £69.98

Ventilating a mine. Hollow drum with air holes, B, at opposite sides, mounted on an axle
From £69.98

Mine ventilation shaft topped with a device to extract the stale air from the mine
From £69.98

Mine ventillation: Carpenters assembling a device to be fitted at top of mine shaft
From £69.98

Revolving wooden wind vanes fitted to the top of mine ventilation shafts. When they
From £69.98

Means of transporting ore which has been won from a mine
From £69.98

Draining a mine by means of a suction pump. The man in the top right of the picture
From £69.98

Chain of dippers (wooden buckets)
From £69.98

Raising water from a mine using two sets of overshot water wheels and suction pumps
From £69.98

Printed to Order and Licensed for Personal Use