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  Business correspondence

  Letter from C. P. Wornum to James Curtis Booth, March 23, 1853

  • 1853-Mar-23

  A request for course registration information.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Wornum, C. P.
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Chemistry teachers
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Charles E. Ferris to James Curtis Booth, March 21, 1853

  • 1853-Mar-21

  Charles Ferris requests information from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) concerning his courses of instruction in practical analytical chemistry.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Ferris, Charles
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Analytical chemistry, Chemistry teachers
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from T. Roberts Baker to James C. Booth, March 21, 1853

  • 1853-Mar-21

  T. Roberts Baker asks James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) questions concerning a gold assay and praises Booth for his magnanimity in regard to accusations by Richard Sears McCulloh (1818 – 1894).

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Baker, T. Roberts
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Assaying, United States Mint, Mint of the United States, Baker, T. Roberts
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from William Prescott Smith to James Curtis Booth, December 10, 1852

  • 1852-Dec-10

  William Prescott Smith confirms the date for a lecture to be given by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) at the Maryland Institute.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Smith, William Prescott
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Lectures and lecturing, Chemistry teachers, Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Peter Peterson to James Curtis Booth, November 6, 1852

  • 1852-Nov-06

  Peter Peterson, brother of Lewis Peterson, encloses a check for James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to pay for the water-sample analysis Booth completed.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Peterson, Peter
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Assaying, Water--Analysis
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Lewis Peterson to James Curtis Booth, October 18, 1852

  • 1852-Oct-18

  Lewis Peterson responding to his October 6th letter to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888), granting Booth permission to publish his analysis of Peterson's water sample.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Peterson, Lewis
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Assaying, Water--Analysis
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Lewis Peterson to James Curtis Booth, October 6, 1852

  • 1852-Oct-06

  Lewis Peterson asks James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) about the results of a requested assay.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Peterson, Lewis
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Assaying
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from James Bolton to James Curtis Booth, October 4, 1852

  • 1852-Oct-04

  James Bolton (1812-1869) requests a letter of introduction from his cousin, James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Bolton, James, 1812-1869
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Bolton, James, 1812-1869
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Conrad William Faber to James Curtis Booth, September 8, 1852

  • 1852-Sep-08

  Written to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from his brother-in-law, Conrad W. Faber concerning charges leveled against Booth by Richard Sears McCulloh (1818 – 1894). Booth allegedly left 5% silver content in with…

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Faber, Conrad William
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, McCulloh, R. S. (Richard Sears), 1818-1894, Metals--Refining, United States Mint, Mint of the United States
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from William Prescott Smith to James Curtis Booth, August 21, 1852

  • 1852-Aug-21

  James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) receives details regarding the lectures he has been invited to deliver at the Maryland Institute.

  • Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Author Smith, William Prescott
  • Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Lectures and lecturing, Chemistry teachers, Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Kurt Heinrich Meyer to Georg Bredig

  • 1929-Nov-11

  Thank you from Kurt Heinrich Meyer (1883-1952) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). In 1932, Meyer was the director and a professor of chemistry at the University of Geneva.

  • Author Meyer, Kurt Heinrich, 1883-1952
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Meyer, Kurt Heinrich, 1883-1952, Thank-you notes
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Kurt Heinrich Meyer to Georg Bredig

  • 1927-Nov-01

  Thank you from Kurt Heinrich Meyer (1883-1952) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). In 1932, Meyer was the director and a professor of chemistry at the University of Geneva.

  • Author Meyer, Kurt Heinrich, 1883-1952
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Meyer, Kurt Heinrich, 1883-1952, Thank-you notes
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Hans Meyer to Georg Bredig

  • 1912-Jan-01

  Letter from Hans Meyer (1858 -1929) a geographer and professor at the University of Leipzig. Meyer asks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) about the preparation of rhodium.

  • Author Meyer, Hans, 1858-1929
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Contributor Deutsche Universität in Prag. Mediz. Fakultät
  • Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Experiments, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Meyer, Hans, 1858-1929
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Georg Lunge to Georg Bredig

  • 1900-Feb-18

  Georg Lunge (1839-1923) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending him a monograph on the colloidal forms of mussels.

  • Author Lunge, Georg, 1839-1923
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Lunge, Georg, 1839-1923, Chemists, Colloids
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from C.J. Lintner to Georg Bredig

  • 1900-Jan-22

  Karl Josef Ludwig Lintner (1855-1926) was a German scientist who specialized in fermentation and brewing chemistry. His father, Carl Lintner (1828-1900), was also a brewing scientist who founded the Scientific Station…

  • Author Lintner, Karl Josef Ludwig (1855-1926)
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Lintner, Karl Josef Ludwig (1855-1926), Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Gilbert N. Lewis to Georg Bredig

  • 1906-Oct-09

  Thank you note from Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875-1946) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Bredig had previously sent Lewis copies of his papers.

  Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist and, at the time of…

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946
  • Subject Chemists, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Thank you note from Richard Kuhn to Georg Bredig

  • 1934-Jun-11

  Thank you note from Richard Kuhn (1900-1967) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

  • Author Kuhn, Richard, 1900-1967
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Kuhn, Richard, 1900-1967, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Chemie, Thank-you notes
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  2 items
  Illustrations, Drawings

  Illustration of Sansoucci Park by C. Jensen

  • Undated

  Illustration by C. Jensen of a gate located in Sanssouci park, Potsdam Germany. Illustration was gifted from Mariele Krieger to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

  • Artist Jensen, C.
  • Subject Germany--Potsdam, Schloss Sanssouci (Potsdam, Germany), Germany--Potsdam--Sanssouci Park, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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  2 items
  Photographs, Postcards

  Blank postcard of Myron’s Athena

  • Undated

  Blank postcard featuring an illustration of a statue of the goddess Athena, created by the early classical sculptor Myron (5th cen., B.C.). The artist cast the original sculpture in bronze with another figure of the…

  • Publisher Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main
  • Subject Sculpture, Sculpture, Greek, Myron, active 5th century B.C.
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  2 items
  Photographs, Postcards

  Blank postcard of Myron’s Athena

  • Undated

  Blank postcard featuring an illustration of a statue of the goddess Athena, created by the early classical sculptor Myron (5th cen., B.C.). The artist cast the original sculpture in bronze with another figure of the…

  • Publisher Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main
  • Subject Sculpture, Myron, active 5th century B.C., Sculpture, Greek
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Rudolf Kobert to Georg Bredig

  • 1900-Mar-24

  Rudolf Kobert (1854-1918) asks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) questions regarding his essay on inorganic fermentation. Kobert was the chair of pharmacology and chemistry at the University of Rostock. He was a pioneer of…

  • Author Kobert, Rudolf, 1854-1918
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Fermentation, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Kobert, Rudolf, 1854-1918, Chemists
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  Personal correspondence

  Thank you letter from Vladimir Ipatieff to Georg Bredig

  • 1927-May-28

  Thank you letter from Vladimir Ipatieff (1867-1952) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Ipatieff, also spelled Iptyev, was a Russian chemist who made contributions in the field of petroleum chemistry and catalysts. In 1930, he…

  • Author Ipatieff, Vladimir N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1867-1952
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Ipatieff, Vladimir N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1867-1952, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Chemistry teachers
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from August Friedrich Horstmann to Georg Bredig

  • 1915-Feb-03

  August Friedrich Horstmann (1842-1929) asks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to visit him in Heidelberg.

  • Author Horstmann, August Friedrich, 1842-1929
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Horstmann, August Friedrich, 1842-1929, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from August Friedrich Horstmann to Georg Bredig

  • 1912-Dec-01

  Thank you from August Friedrich Horstmann (1842-1929) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) in response to birthday wishes. Horstmann expressed how much he appreciated the congratulations that were extended to him.

  • Author Horstmann, August Friedrich, 1842-1929
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Horstmann, August Friedrich, 1842-1929, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists
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  9 items
  Rare books, Charts, diagrams, etc

  A Translation of the Table of Chemical Nomenclature, Proposed by De Guyton, formerly De Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and De Fourcroy

  • With Explanations, Additions, and Alterations : to Which are Subjoined, Tables of Single Elective Attraction, Tables of Chemical Symbols, Tables of the Precise Forces of Chemical Attractions, and Schemes and Explanations of Cases of Single and Double Elective Attractions

  • 1799

  One of the first English chemists to adopt Antoine Lavoisier’s (1743-1794) new system of chemistry, George Pearson (1751–1828), published a shorter and very incomplete translation of the Nomenclature in 1794. The…

  • Publisher Cooper and Wilson
  • Author Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809
  • Contributor Pearson, George, 1751-1828
  • Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809, Hassenfratz, J. H. (Jean-Henri), 1755-1827, Adet, Pierre-Auguste, 1763-1832, Pearson, George, 1751-1828