Chemical-Industrial Wallcharts

by G & J von Schroeder, Germany

50 charts 1884-1909

The original 15 charts in this series were created by G & J von Schroeder and published between 1884 and 1887. Various others continued the series into the 20th century. The aim was to show the latest chemical industrial processes with which Germany at that time led the world.

Table XXXVI - FURNACE FOR REFINING CAST IRON

This shows two sections of a muffle or reverbatory furnace used to reduce the malleability of iron by adding other elements.

Further details of this series can be found on the website of the Museo di Chimica at the University of Rome, Italy

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