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Frau Ernestine Bredig
- After 1847 – before 1930
Seated black and white portrait of Frau Ernestine Bredig (1847-1930). Little is known about Bredig as an individual, except that she was the mother of physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Ernestine, 1847-1930, Portraits
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15 items
Copper Smelting in Japan
- After 1830 – before 1870
A finely illustrated Japanese scroll on paper with manuscript notes depicting the Nanban-Buki method of separating copper from silver (copper smelting). The scroll depicts every step of smelting using the "Nanban-Buki"…
- Subject Copper smelting, Forging, Scrolls, Japanese, Copper, Metallurgy
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 5
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume five of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 4
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume four of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 3
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume three of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 2
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume two of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The collection…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 1
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume one of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The collection…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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6 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment
- Circa 1820 – 1870
A description of the steps in Ramie cloth production written to accompany a five-volume, brocade-bound set of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing…
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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222 items
The Annual Report of the Physician and Superintendent of the Eastern Asylum, in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, for 1842
- 1843 – 1865
Volume containing several publications bound together: The Annual report of the court of directors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum (1851); Twenty-fourth annual report of the President and Directors of the Western Lunatic…
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Notebook containing an advertisement for The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical
- 1850
A notebook containing handwritten references to various recipes and uses for ingredients. The first page includes an advertisement for The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: Embracing Its Application…
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36 items
Section from the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical
- 1850
Pages 944 through 974, title pages, and preface of The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: Embracing Its Application to the Arts, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Geology, Medicine, and Pharmacy (1850) by James…
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2 items
Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists letterhead and envelope
- 1850s (Letterhead)
- After 1878 (Envelope)
Letterhead for the Laboratory for Practical and Analytical Chemistry and envelope for Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists.
In 1836, James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) started a student laboratory in…
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Chemists, Letterheads
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to Richard Sears McCulloh, November 28, 1850
- 1850-Nov-28
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Richard Sears McCulloh (1818-1894) regarding his method for…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, November 21, 1850
- 1850-Nov-24
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), remonstrates with Booth for the sharpness of his tone.
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, October 24, 1850
- 1850-Oct-24
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 to suggest the possible sale of their gold-refining patent…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, October 8, 1850
- 1850-Oct-08
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 to discuss a pending report.
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, September 29, 1850
- 1850-Sep-29
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 to discuss the fate of some legislation.
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, September 19, 1850
- 1850-Sep-29
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. Letter contains an early example of a "smiley face" in a…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Emoticons
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, August 19, 1850
- 1850-Aug-19
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 commenting on a controversy with Richard Sears McCulloh…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, July 9, 1850
- 1850-Jul-09
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), requests missing numbers for the encyclopedia from Booth.
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, June 26, 1850
- 1850-Jun-26
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), sends Booth a copy of his process for analyzing cast iron for comment and…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, June 18, 1850
- 1850-Jun-18
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), requests input from Booth to ensure “a continuance of the appropriation for…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, March 24, 1850
- 1850-Mar-24
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 to discuss Booth's wages and pose a query on missing…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, March 11, 1850
- 1850-Mar-11
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), encloses a check for Booth's wages.
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 15, 1850
- 1850-Feb-15
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), requests that Booth send combustion tubes.
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists
