The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)
Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943 · London, The Scientific press, ltd. · leaf 256
0. A veryfine bell-shaped mortar of brass was found inChester about two years ago, and is now de- The Antiquity and History of the Mortar. 23/ posited in the museum of that city. It standsnearly two feet high, and dates from the earlypart of the eighteenth century. Small brass mortars were also… … FIG. 9. FIG 10. century Italian marble was largely employed formaking mortars, but with the introduction ofwedgewood and composition ware, which islighter, more durable, and less liable to be actedon by chemicals, marble mortars have now almostgone out of use with pharmacists. Small antique mortars…
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