Apparatus for amending metals by nitre (saltpetre) mb-width 2818 York Street Chapel

York Street Chapel

Sutton (1532-1611) was the founder of the hospital at Charterhouse

This pic was deliberately taken to have a grainy texture which will be more obvious as the size increases

View of the north entrance to the arcade

Apparatus for amending metals by nitre (saltpetre) mb-width 2818 York Street ChapelBoth pictures on this plate are part of Johann Rudolf Glauber's treatise on the 'Continuation of Miraculum Mundi'. The upper image depicts 'A Gift offered to all diligent Physicians The manner of concentrating and amending of Metals by Nitre' (the distilling vessel is designed as 'a Man made of Iron, having two noses on his head'). The lower picture shows the furnace used in 'a Gift presented to rich Merchants', again involving the use of nitre