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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, January 1908
- 1908-Jan-01
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), encouraging him to take care of his health, giving him encouragement about his work, and commenting on other current chemists' work.
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 21, 1908
- 1908-Jul-21
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to update him on his personal and professional life. Arrhenius discusses his discontent with fellow chemist Walther Nernst (1864-1941) . This letter…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, September 1908
- 1908-Sep-06
Letter in which Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to discuss his recent travel plans, Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), and his thoughts on colloidal chemistry.
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1908
- 1908-Jul-06
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes about his new assistant Taylor, an American who studies fermentation, reactions of acids, and agglutination. Arrhenius also praises Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his work Old and New…
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Scientists, Chemists, Chemistry, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Agglutination
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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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Kolloides Silber und die Photohaloide [Frontispiece]
- Colloidal Silver and the Photohalides
- 1908
Frontispiece depicting an engraved portrait and signature of Matthew Carey Lea (1823-1897). Lea, a Philadelphian lawyer and scientist, was devoted to the chemistry of photography. He is known as the father of…
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Dyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971)
- 1900 – 1925
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971), a Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, who prepared the first insulin treatment given to a child with…
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Dirigeable Militaire Italien
- Italian Military Airship
- 1908 (Date attributed to airship design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of an Italian military airship. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Postcards, Military airships, Illustrated works
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Le Dirigeable Baldwin
- The Baldwin Airship
- 1908 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 designed by pioneer balloonist and U.S. Army major Thomas Scott Baldwin (1854-1923) for the United States Army. First flown on…
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Simple Exercises Illustrating some Applications of Chemistry to Agriculture
- 1908
Text includes illustrations as follows:
Fig. 1. Chemicals needed for the exercises in this bulletin
Fig. 2. Apparatus used in preparing oxygen
Fig. 3. Apparatus used in preparing nitrogen
Fig. 4. Apparatus used in… -
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Tallqvist's Hämoglobin scale
- 1900 – 1920
Developed circa 1900 and often called the Tallquist Method, it is used to compare a patient's blood color to a chart of red colors to diagnose possible anemia. The method is still used when more sophisticated equipment…
- Author Tallqvist, Theodor Waldemar, 1871-1927
- Publisher Sharp & Smith
- Subject Hemoglobin, Diagnosis, Medical care, Blood
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The Glaxo Feeder 8oz nursing bottle in original box
- 1900 – 1930
Banana-shaped bottle design enabled ease of cleaning, making this bottle widely known as the hygienic baby bottle.
A: Boat-shaped molded glass bottle. Embossed on one side of bottle are measurements in tablespoons;…
- Manufacturer Glaxo Laboratories
- Subject Infants--Care, Glassware
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The Alchimist
- Circa 1900 – 1965
Color reproduction of a painting by Wijck from the collections of the Rijksmuseum. The alchemist, seated at his desk before the window, looks down to survey the progress of his assistant. The young boy holds up a basin…
- After Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Ascent of James Sadler at Oxford
- 1900 – 1950
This 20th-century color lithograph reproduction of an early-19th-century engraving shows a pink and white striped balloon rising above a pastoral landscape. In the balloon basket are two small figures. The campus of…
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Bellows
- After 1826 – before 1930
Pesticide bellows with wooden handles, expandable leather pouch, and tip. Instructions attached to object.
- Manufacturer Bateman Mfg. Co., Mfrs. Agts
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Standard Aerosol Insect Killer
- After 1870 – before 1972
Standard brand pesticide spray can with red and blue text on red, white, and blue label. Standard logo. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Aluminum necklace
- 1900s
Round silver aluminum necklace consisting of numerous triangular shaped pieces arranged in an overlapping pattern; hook and eye clasp are attached via thread to the main body of the necklace.
- Subject Aluminum, Jewelry, Electrochemistry
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man in profile
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the profile of an unidentified man; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the back.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the portrait of an unidentified man looking forward; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the…
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Alchemist seated in his laboratory
- Circa 1887 – circa 1963
The alchemist sits, stirring the contents of a crucible, as he carefully watches the progress of a distillation experiment. He is surrounded by alchemical apparatus, glassware, and open books. An hourglass at his side…
- Artist Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963
- Subject Alchemists, Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963, Alchemy in art, Alchemy
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Container of Brunswick Dental Floss
- 1900 – 1915
Metal canister/dispenser of waxed dental floss; 150 yards; removable cap top.
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Quartz Spectrograph
- 1900 – 1925
A spectrograph is an instrument used to obtain and record a light spectrum—it splits the light from an object into its component wavelengths so that it can be analysed. The spectral lines of a chemical element is…
- Subject Spectrograph, Optics