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52 items
Greene Family Account Book
- 1855 – 1876
Notebook containing dyed yarn samples and corresponding handwritten dye recipes.
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2 items
Photograph of Paula Haber
- Circa 1858 – 1868
Photographic negative of Paula Haber (1844-1868), mother of the Nobel Prize-winning German chemist, Fritz Haber (1868-1934). Paula died three weeks after childbirth due to complications with her pregnancy. Her son,…
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7 items
Anilin-Färberei
- 1867
The third edition of a work on dyeing and printing with aniline dyes on fabric, cotton, and silk. Contains 88 colored fabric samples. Only dye samples have been digitized.
- Author Beckers, A.
- Publisher Verlag von Theobald Grieben
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Coal-tar colors
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2 items
Barlow's Indigo Blue dye
- 1860s
Cardboard box which at one time contained two dozen, wooden dye containers sealed with paper labels. Each contained an indigo fabric dye puck.
Indigo is among the oldest dyes to be used for textile dyeing and printing.…
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5 items
Italian dyer's notebook
- Autograph manuscript
- Circa 1856 – circa 1866
This warped and worn nineteenth-century Italian manuscript appears to be a working manual and color inventory of a wool dyer in mid-nineteenth-century Italy. The handwritten entries are dated between 1856 and 1866,…
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Lectures on Coal Tar Colours and on Recent Improvements and Progress in Dyeing and Calico Printing
- Embodying Copious Notes Taken at the Last London International Exhibition and Illustrated with Numberous Patterns of Fabrics Dyed with Aniline and Other Colours
- 1860s
Frederick Crace Calvert (1819–1873) was a professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution, Manchester. From 1835 to 1846 he lived in France, studying chemistry under the chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), who…
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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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12 items
Michael Faraday : Man of Science
- After 1865 – before 1929
A biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Digitized content includes the work's…
- Author Jerrold, Walter, 1865-1929
- Publisher Fleming H. Revell
- Subject Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Physicists, Lectures and lecturing, Electromagnetism, Electrochemistry
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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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Études Sur Le Vin
- Ses Maladies, Causes Qui Les Provoquent, Procédés Nouveaux Pour le Conserver et Pour le Vieillir
- 1866
In 1863, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III of France (1808-1873) to research the conditions under which wine is converted to vinegar. The result of this work was incorporated into this…
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Lecture tickets and announcements
- 1852 – 1887
Includes two tickets and an announcement for various lectures given by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) at the University of Pennsylvania, an invitation to the wedding of Bessie and Arthur Van Harlingen, an advertisement…
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Letter from J. R. Loomis to James Curtis Booth
- 1867-Aug-08
Justin Rolph Loomis (1810-1898), president of the University of Lewisburg (now Bucknell University), writes to confer a Doctor of Law degree upon James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Loomis, Justin Rolph, 1810-1898
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Doctor of laws degree
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Letter from Rev. Washington B. Erben to James Curtis Booth
- 1867-Aug-01
Rev. William B. Erben (1833-1892), Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Philadelphia, writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to congratulate Booth on his completion of a Legum Doctoral (LL.D.) degree
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Erben, Washington B., Rev.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Doctor of laws degree
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Letter from Joseph E. Hoven to James Curtis Booth, June 29, 1867
- 1867-Jun-29
Joseph E. Hoven writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to congratulate Booth on his completion of a Legum Doctoral (LL.D.) degree
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Hoven, Joseph E.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Doctor of laws degree, Hoven, Joseph E.
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Letter from V. R. Allen to James Curtis Booth
- 1867-Jul-05
Letter to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from V. R. Allen regarding the price of Nickel.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Allen, V. R.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Nickel, Nickel industry
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Letter from Dr. William Curran to James Curtis Booth
- 1867-Jun
Dr. William Curran writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) concerning the sale of Booth's laboratory.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Curran, William
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Laboratories
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Letter from the Scovill Manufacturing Company to James Curtis Booth
- 1867-Jun-10
A representative from the Scovill Manufacturing Company writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) with an offer to supply Nickel to the United States Mint.
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Letter from Edwin Montell to James Curtis Booth, December 15, 1866
- 1866-Dec-15
Letter of thanks from Edwin S. Montell to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Booth notes on the verso of that he is "selling a little gold" for Montell.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Montell, Edwin
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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Letter from Edwin Montell to James Curtis Booth, December 6, 1866
- 1866-Dec-06
Edwin Montell informs James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) that he will send Booth a piece of gold to be coined.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Montell, Edwin
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
