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Portrait of Gustav Wiedemann
- 1891
Black and white portrait of Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826-1899). Wiedemann was a German physicist, scientific author, and professor. In 1877, he became the editor of Annalen der Physik und Chemie (Annals of Physics…
- Photographer Brokesch, Georg, 1849-1896
- Subject Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich, 1826-1899, Physicists, Carte de visite photographs
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Note from Campbell Morfit to Margaret M. Booth
- 1891 – 1892
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth's widow, Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza, with his "best…
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Letter from Margaret M. Booth to R.E. Preston
- 1890-Mar-04
Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza writes to Robert E. Preston (1836-1911) requesting he contacts the attorney Henry M. Baker on her behalf.
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, October 20, 1890
- 1890-Oct-20
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911) of the United States Mint Bureau, informs Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza that although her lawyer, Mr. Baker, successfully passed her relief bill through the Senate, it stalled…
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, October 17, 1890
- 1890-Oct-17
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911) of the United States Mint Bureau informs Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza that her lawyer, Mr. Baker, was successful in getting her relief bill approved by the Senate.
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, March 10, 1890
- 1890-Mar-10
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911), of the United States Mint Bureau, informs Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza that her lawyer, Mr. Baker, has received her signed contract and is going to work on her case with great…
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, March 7, 1890
- 1890-Mar-07
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911), of the United States Mint Bureau, to Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza enclosing a copy of a contract for the services of a lawyer, Mr. Baker, for Mrs. Booth to sign and return.
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, March 4, 1890
- 1890-Mar-04
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911), of the United States Mint Bureau, to Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza to inform Mrs. Booth that he has been looking into securing the services of an attorney for her, but is…
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, February 19, 1890
- 1890-Feb-19
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911), of the United States Mint Bureau, to Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza informing her that he is not having success getting a bill to relieve her husband's estate introduced through…
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Holiday card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a winter nighttime scene. The view shows a snow-covered Karlsruher Schloss, or Karlsruhe palace.
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Christmas, New Year, Greeting cards, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Greeting cards, Christmas, New Year, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Jacobus van't Hoff's personal calling card
- Circa 1890
Calling card belonging to Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911).
Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “in…
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Letter from Arthur Croft Hill to the Georg Bredig
- Circa 1890
Arthur Croft Hill (1863-?), a chemist in the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for a copy of his paper on inorganic ferments.
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Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
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Reflex Inverted Gas Light Catalog
- 1890 – 1930
Welsbach aimed its Reflex line at the middle of the gas mantle market, priced below its Welco line but above its biggest selling models like the Number 4 mantle. Images in this catalog illustrate Welsbach's imagined…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Rare earth industry, Rare earths, Advertising, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Interior lighting, Interior lighting--Design
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Carl Auer von Welsbach Cigarette Trading Card
- 1890 – 1930
Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) was a key figure in the history of rare earth elements. In 1885 he showed didymium was not an element, but an alloy of two elements that he named praseodymium and…
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The Gyroscope
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration of a gyroscope, an apparatus that exemplifies the laws of conservation of angular momentum, meaning it will maintain rotational movement in a plane of rotation in spite of the force of gravity. The…
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Preparation of Metallic Iron
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration showing an apparatus used to generate an environment in which iron is able to ignite with oxygen at room temperature. The illustration is labeled to indicate a source of hydrogenated gas, a desiccative…
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The Electric Stamp
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an electric stamp, a device used to deface stamps with a heated platinum wire in the form of a design or initial. The device is powered by electricity, using the hand of its user to complete the…
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Smee's Cell and Smee's Battery
- 1870 – 1900
Illustrations of the electric cell and battery apparatus developed by Alfred Smee (1818-1877). The cell consists of two positively charged zinc plates and one negatively charged platinized silver plate immersed in…
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The Electric Machine
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an Electric Machine, or a device used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy to store a static positive charge. The device operates by turning a glass plate between two metal-coated…
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Bessemer's Process
- 1870 – 1900
Black and white illustration depicting a chamber with bursts of heat emitting from either side. The scene represents an environment in which the Bessemer process may be conducted. The Bessemer process, developed by Sir…
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Will-O'-The-Wisp (Phosphuretted Hydrogen and Marsh Gas)
- 1870 – 1900
Black and white illustration depicting an evening marsh scene. The illustration demonstrates the natural occurrence of phosphoric compounds which become luminous in the presence of atmospheric gases. The illustration…
