Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874. Artist: Unknown

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Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874. Sectional view showing the process from beginning to end from the furnace (left) to the denitrating (or Glover) tower (right), incorporating Gay-Lussac's (1778-1850) and John Glover's (1817-1902) refinements. Sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04) was one of the most important of industrial chemicals. From The Popular Encyclopedia. (London, 1874).

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