Title
Producing salt by evaporating natural brine
Caption
Producing salt by evaporating natural brine by pouring it into a pit of burning charcoal. A rather impure product resulted. From Agricola 'De re metallica', Basel, 1556. Woodcut
Date
1556
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP15A00_383
License type
Rights managed
Available size
55,2Mb (4,6Mb) / 15,0in x 14,3in / 4500 x 4287 (300dpi)