Apparatus for melting ores and for pressing juice from wood Size:Large: 7 x 5in The last cab was made

The last cab was made in 1982

This model was only produced between 1931 and 1935

inscribed: 'Ignis adest apifex perfecit Arte Manus

This was to be the last lottery taking place in this country

Apparatus for melting ores and for pressing juice from wood Size:Large: 7 x 5in The last cab was madeThe upper picture on this plate is part of Johann Rudolf Glauber's 'Miraculum Mundi', and shows the furnace arrangement for 'the best and most profitable manner of melting the Ores of Gold, Silver, and Lead by the flame of wood only.' The lower illustration, part of the later 'Continuation of Miraculum Mundi', depicts 'the Press, by whose help the Juice is plentifully pressed out of Wood, without great labour, for the making of Salt Petre' (nitre).