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Hanckwitz, Ambrose Godfrey

Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz, 1660-1741. In this portrait by George Vertue (1718), the bust of Hanckwitz is shown surrounded by his apparatus. At the left are shown the furnace and receiver used in the manufacture of phosphorus. The molten product was removed with a ladle to the molds in which it was cast into sticks, the entire operation being carried out under water. Flaming phosphorus and the phoenix, emblem of fire and immortality, figure prominently in the foreground. [Pg.113]

Ambrose Godfrey. According to Ince (Ref. IS) tlus represents Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz, but according to Pilcher (Ref. 22) it is Hanckwitz s son, Ambrose Godfrey (1685-1756). Since the portrait was made from life m 1738 it must... [Pg.128]

Robert Boyle also developed a method and described it at the Royal Society in 1680. He and his assistant Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz improved the method to a commercial process and exported English phosphorus to the continent... [Pg.994]

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.113 , Pg.114 , Pg.128 ]



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