Date: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1820">1820</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1839">1839</span> - Science History Institute Digital Collections Search Results

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Manuscripts

Notes on lecture by Matthieu Orfila in Paris

1834

Lecture notes recorded by Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Stroehlin in Paris when he attended lectures given by Matthieu Orfila. The lectures are organized around specific chemicals, thus there are headings such as "Carbonates"…

Creator Of Work Stroehlin, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre, 1813-1889
Subject Forensic toxicology, Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853, Stroehlin, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre, 1813-1889, Clinical chemistry, Toxicology

Personal correspondence

Letter from Charles Hatchett to Edward Blakely

1831-Nov-14

Thank-you note for Blakely's birthday gift of "a most elegant reticule" for Hatchett's wife.

Business correspondence

Letter from Joseph Fourier to John Dalton

1827-Oct-08

Acknowledges receipt of Dalton's "A New System of Chemical Philosophy" and the bill for the publication. the book was placed in the library of the Royal Academy of Beaux Arts.

Widely known for introducing the atomic…

Addressee Dalton, John, 1766-1844
Author Fourier, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1768-1830
Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Fourier, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1768-1830, Atomic weights

Business correspondence

Letter from Michael Faraday to Henry Cullen

1836-Feb-14

Concerns articles that Faraday has to give to Collen.

Addressee Cullen, Henry
Author Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
Subject Cullen, Henry, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 17: Dr. Wollaston's Scale of Chemical Equivalents

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts William Hyde Wollaston's Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents from 1813, which is meant to give "the composiion of any weight whatever of any of the salts contained on the scale, the quantity of any other salt…

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Davies, Benjamin Rees
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 16: Various chemical apparatus and instruments

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts an assortment of chemical apparatus and equipment, including hoops, funnels, precipitating glasses, pans, pots, mortars and pestles, as well as cupellation and crucible furnaces, freezing apparatus, and…

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 15: Laboratory furnaces

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts assorted furnaces (fixed universal; portable; reverberatory; wind; assay; air).

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 14: Calorimeter; pyrometer; reflectors; barometers

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts a calorimeter, pyrometer, Pictet's reflectors for experiments with radiant heat in figure 10, and barometers.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 13: Thermometers; photometers; steam baths

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts assorted thermometers (differential and mercurial), photometers in figures 3 and 5, steam baths for a lamp furnace in figure 7, and a vertical compound distillatory apparatus in figure 8.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 11 (Frontispiece): Gasometers; precipitating jars; air holders

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts assorted gasometers (common and mercurial), as well as glass globes and receivers, precipitating jars, and air and gas funnels, holders, and bladders.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 12: Metallic still; distillatory apparatuses; oxy-hydrogen blowpipe

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts a metallic still in figure 1, compound distillatory apparatuses, cast iron bottle and tube, air jar, and an oxy-hydrogen blowpipe in figure 10.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 10: Crucible and blast furnaces; alkali decomposing apparatus

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts crucible and blast furnaces, thermometers, eudiometer, blowpipe spoon, and an apparatus for decomposing alkaline metals in figure 5.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 9: Various bottles, receivers, and vessels

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts assorted bottles (cast iron; gas; with various necks), adopters, pelican, matrass, air jars, compound distillatory apparatus, balloon receivers, and conducting tubes.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 8: Casting molds and cones; tongs; atmometer

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts casting molds and cones, cupel and crucible tongs, an anvil in figure 10, and an atmometer in figure 14.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 7: Lixiviating tubs; filtration fountain; chemical lamp furnace; distillatory apparatus; mortars

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts lixiviating tubs in figure 1, a filtration fountain in figure 5, chemical lamp furnace in figure 6, compound distillatory apparatus in figure 14, as well as an alembic, hydrostatic balance, hydrometer, and iron…

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 3: Blowpipes; apparatus for producing phosphoric acid

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts assorted blowpipes (self-adjusting candlestick; oxy-hydrogen), compound distillatory apparatus, furnace, and an apparatus for the production of phosphoric acid in figure 9.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 1: Various chemical apparatus and instruments

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts an assortment of chemical apparatus and equipment, including glass bottles, alembics, and flasks, as well as funnels, adopters, cupels, crucibles, muffles, blowpipes, eudiometers, syringes, siphons, spirit and…

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 4: Various chemical apparatus and instruments

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts an assortment of chemical apparatus and equipment, such as a levigating stone, air thermometer, granulating capsule, lamp furnaces, freezing apparatus, steam boiler, funnels, deflagrating jar, air jars, and…

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 5: Hygrometer; gasometers; mephitic water apparatus

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts a hygrometer, gasometers, blowpipe forceps, magnifier, a mephitic water apparatus in figure 9, "ill calculated for the purpose of impregnating water with carbonic acid," and an air furnace.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus, Water, Hygrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments

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Plate 2: Various chemical and pneumatic apparatuses

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts a filtration bag, file, rasps, balance, self-acting blowpipe, siphon, pan, furnaces, alembics, and pneumatic troughs or cisterns.

Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver Adlard, Henry
Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus

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Plate 6: Distillatory apparatus; gravimeters; Nooth's apparatus

Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry

1824

Depicts distillatory apparatuses, gravimeters, a boiler in figure 6, and Nooth's apparatus in figure 8, for preparing water containing carbon dioxide.