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Certificate releasing Levy family members from Prussian citizenship, 1887
- 1887-Jun-09
Certificate releasing Levy family members from Prussian citizenship., dated June 9, 1887.
The names are not all legible. The family includes a father, born September 4, 1834 in Festenberg; his wife, whose maiden name…
- Creator Of Work Hungary. Belügyminisztérium
- Subject Citizenship, Levy, Gabor B., 1913-, Germany--Prussia, Levy, Albert B., 1873-1951
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Letter from C.M. Potter to James Curtis Booth
- 1887-Apr-25
C.M. Potter writes James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) a thank-you note for a donation made to the Hobart College Library.
- Author Potter, C. M.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Charity, Hobart College
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Tailby-Nason's Mentho-Terpenol Pain Reliever
- After 1880 – before 1970
Blue glass bottle, stained by residue from its contents, with metal screw cap lid and white paper label. The topical ointment once held in this bottle was intended for pain relief. According to the label, the ointment…
- Creator Of Work Tailby-Nason Company
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Quacks and quackery, Tailby-Nason Company
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Hanson's Magic Corn Salve
- After 1884 – before 1925
Small orange box containing a topical rub intended to treat corns, bunions, and warts.
Willis Tracy Hanson, Sr. (1858-1933) was a New York businessman known for selling patent medicines. These remedies could be…
- Manufacturer W.T. Hanson Co.
- Subject Drugs, W.T. Hanson Co., Quacks and quackery, Pharmaceutical industry, Warts, Bunion
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2 items
Lydia E. Pinkham Menstrual Relief Tablets
- After 1882 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand menstrual pain relief tablets, containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Glycyrrhiza (Licorice), and Ferrous Sulfate.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née…
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Strychnine Sulfate Tablets
- After 1870 – before 1910
Bottle of Strychnine Sulfate tablets in a brown glass bottle with cork top closure.
Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, crystalline alkaloid used today as a pesticide for rodents or birds. When inhaled, swallowed,…
- Creator Of Work Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Strychnine, Strychnine--Toxicology, Drugs, Eli Lilly and Company
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32 items
Indigo MLB auf Baumwolle : Indigo MLB on Cotton
- After 1880 – before 1925
This sample book begins with a selection of recipes for the preparation of dye vats. Each recipe lists the solvents and solutes necessary to mix large-volume solutions of indigo textile dye using Indigo M.L.B. brand…
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Senshokuhō : Shinhatsumei jitchi keiken
- 染色法 : 新発明実地経験
- Dyeing Method : Practical Experience of New Invention
- 1887 (明 20)
First edition work on dyeing techniques. This work contains 12 plates illustrating reproductions of dyed fabrics and color palettes. Illustrations in the text depict machinery and other dyeing apparatus.
The author,…
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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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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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2 items
Kipp's Apparatus
- Circa 1880 – 1920
A Kipp's apparatus, also called a Kipp generator, was an instrument designed for the preparation of small volumes of gases. The instrument was invented around 1844 by the Dutch pharmacist Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864)…
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Newspaper article about Fritz Haber
- After 1868 – before 1934
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Mortar and Pestles
- After 1868 – before 1944
Two sets of mortar and pestles belonging to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The larger is made of white porcelain and the smaller is made from agate. Mortar and pestles are used to manually grind or crush a sample into a fine…
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Manual drafting set
- After 1868 – before 1944
Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) drafting set. The tools are held in a rectangular case, lined with dark blue velvet.
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Letter from H. W. Burch to James Curtis Booth
- 1887-May-18
H.W. Birch, an employee of the Melter and Refiners Department of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to request financial assistance to aid in the burial of a young…
- Author Burch, H. W.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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Delaware River Chemical Works
- 1887
Pamphlet containing product lists and descriptions of the various phosphate fertilizers manufactured by Baugh & Sons Company at the Delaware River Chemical Works facility.
Baugh & Sons Company was founded in 1855 by…
- Author Baugh and Sons Company. Fertilizer Department
- Publisher Arms & Mitchell
- Contributor Delaware River Chemical Works
- Subject Fertilizers, Bone-meal, Baugh and Sons Company, Delaware River Chemical Works, United States--Delaware River, Fertilizer industry, Baugh Chemical Company (Baltimore, Md.), Rivers, Phosphates, Fertilizer industry
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11 items
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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Envelope addressed to James Curtis Booth from the Assay Department, Mint of the United States at Philadelphia
- 1887-May-18
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) has noted on the envelope verso that the letter once contained by the envelope was sent by a Rev. Mr. Burch from the Seamen's Mission concerning the death of a female scholar.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to the Board of Managers of the Churchmen's Missionary Association of the Port of Philadelphia
- 1887-Oct-17
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) resigns his position in the Board of Managers of the Churchmen's Missionary Association of the Port of Philadelphia.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to President Grover Cleveland
- 1887-Jul-27
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) sends president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) a copy of Booth's resignation from his official position at the United States Mint.
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Letter from John Jordan Jr. to James Curtis Booth
- 1887-Dec-23
John Jordan Jr. writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) mentioning a textbook in passing.
- Author Jordan, John, Jr.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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Letter from B.T. Hatcher & Co. to James Curtis Booth, July 30, 1887
- 1887-Jul-30
B. T. Hatcher & Co. writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) requesting an explanation for Booth's delay in responding to their assay request.
- Author B. T. Hatcher & Co.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Assaying, Mint of the United States, United States Mint
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Letter from B.T. Hatcher & Co. to James Curtis Booth, August 3, 1887
- 1887-Aug-03
B. T. Hatcher & Co. writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) following their letter of July 30, anxiously awaiting a reply from Booth.
- Author B. T. Hatcher & Co.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Assaying, United States Mint, Mint of the United States
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Letter from Thomas H. Garrett to James Curtis Booth
- 1887-Nov-05
In 1836, James Booth started a student laboratory in Philadelphia where men could obtain practical training in chemistry - especially analytical chemistry - by personal instruction. With him were associated successively…
- Author Garrett, Thomas H.
- Contributor Booth, Garrett, and Blair Analytical and Consulting Chemists
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Garrett, Thomas H.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to J. L. Stadelman
- 1887-Dec-19
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888), writes to J.L. Stadelman, a dealer of coal and lumber in Ardmore Pennsylvania. Booth inquires about the purchase of a ton of Lehigh coal for his home in Haverford, Pennsylvania.…
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Addressee Stadelman, J. L.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
