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Letters from the Secretary of the Wetterauischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammte Naturkunde [Society of Natural History] to James Curtis Booth
- 1839-Oct-26
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is elected a member of the Wetterauische Gesellschaft für der Naturkunde zu Hanau, one of the oldest natural history societies in Germany and Hesse's oldest registered association.…
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to his mother, Ann Booth
- 1837-Jul-28
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to his mother, Ann Booth née Bolton (1772-1855), mentioning an afternoon spent with James Bolton and a bottle of Duff Gordon’s Conversation-Wine. Then Booth discusses his upbringing.
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Addressee Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
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Letter from the Academy of Natural Sciences to James Curtis Booth
- 1837-Jan-31
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to his mother, Ann Booth
- 1836-Sep-18
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) declares his intention to resign his position as Assistant State Surveyor to devote his time to chemistry.
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Addressee Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
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Letter from Henry D. Rogers to James Curtis Booth, April 20, 1836
- 1836-Apr-20
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is appointed as Henry Darwin Rogers' (1808-1866) assistant.
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Letter from Professor Phillips to Mr. Heacock
- 1835-Aug-20
- Addressee Heacock, Mr.
- Author Phillips, Professor
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Letter from Henry D. Rogers to James Curtis Booth, April 12, 1837
- 1837-Apr-12
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is appointed as an assistant of Henry Darwin Rogers (1808-1866), an American geologist. Rogers provides Booth with expectations for his assistantship.
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Letter from Professor Hoffmann to James Curtis Booth
- 1835-Jul-08
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Hoffmann, Professor
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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Letter to James Curtis Booth from his minister, William H. Van Vleck
- 1834-Jan-24
An encomium to Germany, where James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) was studying, as "the cradle of the Reformation and the nurse of science and literature" and a caution to diligence.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to his brother-in-law, Conrad William Faber
- 1833-May-12
Mentions translating portions of Jöns Jacob Berzelius' 1779-1848 Chemistry.
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Letter from Lewis H. Gause to James Curtis Booth
- 1832-Feb-27
Lewis H. Gause, a student, explains to his professor, James Curtis Booth (1810-1888), that he is financially constrained from continuing his studies in chemistry with Booth.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Gause, Lewis H.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Chemistry teachers, Chemistry
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Letter to James Curtis Booth from his mother, Ann Booth
- 1824-Dec-29
A description of the funeral service for Lewis XVIII of France (1755-1824), held at Old St. Augustine’s Church in Philadelphia and some criticism of the doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Booth, Ann, 1772-1855, Religious life
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Letter to James Curtis Booth from his mother, Ann Booth
- 1824-Jul-30
A letter exhorting James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to piety and discussing a theological controversy between Mssrs. Kneeland and McCalla on the subject of eternal salvation.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Religious life, Faith, Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
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Frontispiece: Fifty one male scientists of Great Britain living in the years 1807-8
- 1821
Foldout frontispiece illustration entitled "Key to the Engraving of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain 1807-8" depicts all fifty one scientists whose biographies are included in this work. They are…
- Author Walker, William, 1821-
- Publisher W. Walker & Son
- Subject Scientists--Biography, Scientists, Chemists, Astronomers, Engineers, Naturalists, Portraits, Portraits, British, Portraits, Group
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Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8
- 1821
Contains fifty one biographies of scientists living in Great Britain during the years 1807-8. Scientists include astronomers, chemists, engineers, naturalists, and other men of science.
- Author Walker, William, 1821-
- Publisher W. Walker & Son
- Subject Scientists--Biography, Scientists, Chemists, Astronomers, Engineers, Naturalists
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Woman with passion flower
- Part of The Young Botanist
- 1835
Frontispiece illustration depicts a woman holding passion flowers with the caption "The passion flower belongs to the class monadelphia and order pentandria. See page 165." The flower she holds is painted yellow…
- Author Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
- Subject Botany, Plants, Natural history, Textbooks, Women in art, Women botanists
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The Young Botanist
- 1835
The cover and frontismatter have been digitized from this work that serves as an introduction to botany. Digitized table of contents lists an introduction to plants along with various plants and classes of plants.…
- Author Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
- Publisher Robinson, Pratt & Company
- Subject Botany, Plants, Natural history, Textbooks
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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons
- 1822
The title page is digitized from the fourth edition of this seminal work responsible for exposing dangerous adulterations to foods and beverages. Food and drug purity legislation followed later in the nineteenth…
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The Alchemist
- 1800 – 1899
A man dressed in peasant garb holds a gold scale in right hand and reaches with left for red substance in open paper packet. At left through window are building roofs; the light illuminates a dark, cluttered workshop…
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The Dentist and his Patient
- 1800 – 1899
This small painting on metal is a copy of Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) [artist unknown] popular dentist scene in Dresden. Through the illusionistic frame of a large window, we see a dentist in a red…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Dentistry, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Teeth--Extraction
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Alchemist at work (with book resting on skull)
- 1800 – 1899
In this small copy in the style of David Teniers II (artist unknown), an elderly, bearded alchemist closely reads an open book with an expression of absorbed contemplation. He is seated at his desk beside a skull and…
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The School Master
- The Quill Cutter
- 1800 – 1899
In this copy after Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) popular "The School Master" composition (artist unknown), the old man at the window niche sharpens his pen while his pupils are busy at work in the…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Art, Dutch
