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Jean Henri van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society
- 1800s
This engraving shows Dutch mathematician and physicist Jean Henri van Swinden (1746–1823) demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam. The Felix Meritis Society was founded in…
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Hydrophobia
- 1800s
Originally published in Vanity Fair on January 8, 1887, this chromolithograph depicts Louis Pasteur holding two white rabbits.
- Artist Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907
- Printer Of Plates Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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The Alchemist
- 1800s
A bearded man reading a book is standing in a great vaulted interior. A large window illuminates the room with warm daylight, reflecting against the glassware sparsely placed on upper shelves. At right, a long-necked…
- Artist Granet, François-Marius, 1775-1849
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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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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Can of Langlebert's Psyllium Seeds
- 1800s
Gold painted metal can and lid both with extensive dark blue lettering and decoration.The main label reads "LANGLEBERT'S PSYLLIUM SEEDS." The can is full of small brown psyllium seeds, a source of soluble dietary fiber.
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites
- After 1849 – before 1895
Handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the field of…
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Portrait of Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917)
- 1890s – circa
Portrait of Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917), son of industrialist Rowland Hazard (18729-1898) and second President of the Solvay Process Company.
Frederick Rowland Hazard was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island in…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (1 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
First page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (2 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
Second page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (4 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
Fourth page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (3 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
Third page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Professor Wohler
- After 1840 – before 1940
A half-length portrait of Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), a German chemist.
- Artist Cook, Conrad
- After L'Allemand, Conrad, 1809-1880
- Subject Wöhler, Friedrich, 1800-1882
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Overlooking the extensive salt fields of Solinen, Russia (20,000 tons of Salt)
- After 1895
View overlooking the extensive salt fields in Solinen, Russia, located along the Black Sea, containing approximately 20,000 tons of salt. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and…
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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A reservoir after evaporation – turning up the salt – salt fields, Solinen, Russia
- After 1895
View of a reservoir among the extensive salt fields in Solinen, Russia, located along the Black Sea, following evaporation. Women are seen breaking up the crust of salt formed by evaporation, while masses of salt…
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Rotary dryer for drying salt, Hutchinson, Kansas
- After 1895
View of a worker examining a rotary dryer for drying salt at an unknown facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Salt vats where water is evaporated by solar heat, Syracuse, New York
- After 1895
View of salt vats where water is evaporated by means of solar heat at an unknown facility in Syracuse, New York. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Powder man charging holes with dynamite sticks for blasting in rock salt mine, Kansas
- After 1895
View of a worker inserting sticks of dynamite into blasting holes at a rock salt mine in Kansas. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Drillers at work with compressed air drill, salt mine, Kansas
- After 1895
View of two workers operating a compressed air drill in a Kansas salt mine. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Drilling bolt holes in finished steel rails
- After 1895
View of a worker drilling bolt holes into finished steel rails at an unknown manufacturing plant. This photograph is one of a set of seven stereographs detailing the production of steel.
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Removing steel plate from great cutting machine (front view)
- After 1895
View of several workers removing a steel plate from a cutting machine at an unknown manufacturing plant. This photograph is one of a set of seven stereographs detailing the production of steel.
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Final rolling mill action forming finished steel rails
- After 1895
View of a worker using a rolling mill to produce steel rails at an unknown manufacturing plant. During the production of steel, mills are used to shape the steel into various forms, such as plates or rails. This…
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade, Manufacturing industries
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Rolling slab into thin plate in Homestead Mill, 4th stage in plate making
- After 1895
View of a rolling mill at the Homestead Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania rolling a slab of steel into a thin plate. This photograph is one of a set of seven stereographs detailing the production of steel.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade, Manufacturing industries
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Billet "blooms" for rails being further compressed and lengthened in rolling mill
- After 1895
View of two workers using a rolling mill to compress and lengthen billet blooms, a semi-finished steel product often transformed into finished products like rails or wire rods, at an unknown manufacturing plant. This…
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Electric machine drawing white hot billet from re-heating furnace
- After 1895
View of a worker using an electric machine to draw billet, a semi-finished steel product often transformed into finished products like wire rod, from a re-heating furnace at an unknown manufacturing plant. This…
