Molten Collection (#3)

BELL FOUNDRY
Bell making : pouring molten steel into the space between the core and the mould. Date: 1950s

Foundry worker Blists Hill
Iron furnace worker Grahan Collins takes a breather at Blists Hill Ironworks, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

They have made them a molten calf and have worshipped it, 19th century Creator: H Robinson
They have made them a molten calf and have worshipped it, 19th century. Biblical scene, from Exodus 32: 8: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them

Warm Work!, c1930. Creator: Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd
Warm Work!, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

The Royal Mint - Gold Melting House. Date: circa 1908

Eyjafjallajkull volcano erupting, Fimmvruhls area, Iceland, 7th of April 2010

Men pouring molten metal in a foundry, School of Engineering and Navigation, London, 1931
Men pouring molten metal into a cast/mold in a foundry, School of Engineering and Navigation, London, 1931

Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century. Artist
Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century

Making money; pots of liquid metal being handled in the melting room, 20th century. A red hot pot containing liquid metal has been lifted out of the furnace in a clamp

2014 eruption of BarA'arbunga, Iceland
2014 eruption of Bar├░arbunga, Iceland

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The lave ocean entry on the Big Island of Hawaii lights up the darkness and spews a huge column of noxious gas in January 2017. Jim Lavrakas/Far North Photo

Tapping Steel Furnace Fireclay Plugs Removed
Editorial. Tapping a steel furnace. Fireclay plugs were removed from the bottom of the ladle by means of levers at the side, and the molten steel ran into the ingot moulds beneath

The Gipsy Who Used To Wash His Hands In Molten Lead. Facsimile Of A Woodcut In The Histoires Merveillesuses

Lava Fields At Mckenzie Pass; Sisters, Oregon, United States Of America

Hawaii, Big Island, Kilauea Volcano, Lava Meets The Sea Moon In Sky

Hawaii, Big Island, Lava Meets The Ocean, Steam, Rock

USA, Hawaii, Big Island, Steam cloud nearly hiding red hot lava flow pouring into Pacific Ocean; Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

USA, Hawaii, USA Volcanoes National Park; Big Island, Hawaii, Steam Clouds In Distance, Molten Lava Flow

USA, Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Big Island, East Rift Zone, Opening To Active Lava Tube Showing Orange Glow

USA, Hawaii, Volcanoes National Park; Big Island, Hawaii, Pahoehow Lava Flowing By Palm Trees, Near Kamoamoa, Eruption Of Kilauea Phase 52

Split Second Drop Of Gold Liquid

Rhapsody of Colors 73, Abstract art (Mixed Media)

Rhapsody of Colors 69, Abstract art (Mixed Media)

Rhapsody of Colors 70, Abstract art (Mixed Media)

Rhapsody of Colors 68, Abstract art (Mixed Media)

USA, Hawaii, Big Island, USA Volcanoes National Park; Kilauea, Hawaii, East Rift Zone, Close-Up Of Patterns In PahoehoeLava

Porcelain vase and molten glass bottle from Hiroshima, Japan
ROYAL NAVY/MILITARIA/ICONIC EVENTS: Two astounding relics recovered near Ground Zero at Hiroshima, Japan, by Commander R W Pakeman RN OBE while serving onboard HMS Belfast at the end of WW2

The very active lava lake of Mount Nyiragongo, Virunga National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

The crater with active lava lake of Mount Nyiragongo, Virunga National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Kilauea Pahoehoe lava flow, Big Island, Hawaii
October 25, 2004 - Kilauea Pahoehoe lava flow, Big Island, Hawaii

The sun seen from a molten earth 3 billion years from now
Billions of years from now, the Sun will expand into a red giant star, baking our planet in the process

Goodwin Sands
1st May 1948: As the tide begins to flood, the water rises through the sands, rendering it treacherous with all the firmness of molten wax

Molten steel at a foundry
Steelmaking. Streams of molten steel flowing into large vats at a steel works. Photographed at the Chusovskoy steel plant in the Perm District of central Russia

Iron-smelting furnace, artwork
Iron-smelting furnace. Artwork of the structure of a traditional smelting furnace. This stone or brick structure is filled with iron ore and coke (fuel with a high carbon content) and ignited

Czochralski silicon crystal growth
Silicon crystal growth. Artwork showing the industrial Czochralski process used to grow silicon crystals. Polycrystalline silicon (top left)

Archean Landscape
An artists impression of an Archean landscape (3, 800 to 2, 500 million years ago), with the thin crust scarred by meteorite craters and dotted with pools of molten rock

Silver and copper works, Chile, South America

Molten aluminium ore being poured
Aluminium production. Molten aluminium ore being poured into an electrolysis cell. The ore is aluminium oxide (alumina) which is melted with a mixture of synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminium fluoride)

Formation of the Earth, artwork
Formation of the Earth. Artwork showing stages in the formation of the Earth, up to the present day. The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago

Molten metal in a vat at the Magnitogorsk iron and steel works, one of the largest metal working plants in Russia. Magnitogorsk was named for its local mountain, Magnitnaya

Teeming (pouring) molten iron, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Iron is teemed from the crucible into moulds to make ingots

Molten steel being channelled at the Stanton Steel Works, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. Iron production had taken place in the Ilkeston area since Roman times

Testing temperature of molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Testing the temperature of molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker tests the temperature of molten steel with an imersion pyrometer

Molten steel being poured into rail trucks at the Stanton Steelworks, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. The blast furnace at the steelworks

Teeming (pouring) molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. Molten being teemed into ingots

Molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. Molten steel runs into a vessel prior to being teemed into ingots

Pouring molten iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Teeming iron into ingots, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steelworker in the process of teeming (pouring) molten iron into ingots

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