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L'Astronome
- The Astronomer
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of an astronomer posed with a telescope. An anthropomorphic rendering of a moon is visible in the background. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in…
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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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Plate IV: Showing the Effect of Antitoxin on the Local Diphtheritic Process
- 1909
Plate IV depicting the effect of antitoxin on the local diphtheritic process with description underneath the plate as follows:
The figures on the left show the gradual increase of the false membrane from the first to…
- Author Hare, H.A. (Hobart Armory), 1862-1931
- Subject Care of the sick, Therapeutics, Antitoxins
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Plate III: Stomach Corroded by a Poisonous Dose of Sulphuric Acid
- 1909
Plate III is a color illustration depicting the effects of a poisonous dose of sulphuric acid upon the stomach.
- Author Hare, H.A. (Hobart Armory), 1862-1931
- Subject Care of the sick, Therapeutics, Sulfuric acid
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Plate II: Phenol Gangrene
- 1909
Plate II illustrating in color the effects of phenol gangrene on the finger with description underneath the plate as follows:
Appearance of a finger four weeks after the application for twenty-four hours of a dilute…
- Author Hare, H.A. (Hobart Armory), 1862-1931
- Subject Care of the sick, Therapeutics
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A text-book of practical therapeutics, with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis
- 1909
Cover and three color plates illustrating the effects of remedial measures to disease upon the body.
- Author Hare, H.A. (Hobart Armory), 1862-1931
- Publisher Lea & Febiger
- Subject Care of the sick, Therapeutics
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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
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Ore stockpiles at American Vanadium Company plant
- After 1905 – before 1920
General view of stockpiles of ore at the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant was used to…
- Creator Of Work Vanadium Corporation of America
- Subject Smelting, Vanadium Corporation of America, Steel alloy industry, Vanadium, Mineral industries
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Furnace at American Vanadium Company plant
- After 1905 – before 1920
General view of a furnace used to smelt ore at the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant…
- Creator Of Work Vanadium Corporation of America
- Photographer Altwater & Bro.
- Subject Vanadium Corporation of America, Steel alloy industry, Metallurgical furnaces, Vanadium, Furnaces, Mineral industries, Smelting furnaces
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American Vanadium Company plant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
- After 1905 – before 1920
Elevated view of the exterior of the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant was used to…
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American Vanadium Company plant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
- After 1905 – before 1920
Elevated view of the exterior of the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant was used to…
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Bureau of Chemistry Dust Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee utilizing an apparatus in the Bureau of Chemistry's Dust Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Development Work, the Dust Laboratory conducted research into the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees working in the Bureau of Chemistry's Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oil, Fat, and…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee operating an apparatus used to study ammonia at the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations…
