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Plate 7: Arrangements of elastic fluid particles
- 1810
Figs. 1-3 represent profile views of the disposition and arrangement of hydrogen, nitrous, and carbonic acid gas particles.
Fig. 4 is the representation of four particles of azote with their elastic atmospheres, marked…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Atomic theory
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Plate 6: Symbols of compound elements
- 1810
Continued from plate 5.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Plate 5: Elements
- 1810
This plate exhibits various symbols devised to represent simple and compound elements; they are nearly the same as in plate 4, only extended and corrected.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Plate 4: Elements
- 1808
This plate contains the arbitrary marks or signs chosen to represent several chemical elements, from simple elements such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, to septenary elements such as an atom of sugar.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Plate 3: Representations of water particles in water and ice
- 1808
Fig. 1 represents particles (balls) of water, the square form denoting the arrangement in water.
Fig, 2 represents particles (balls) of water, the rhomboidal form denoting the arrangement in ice.
Fig. 3 represents the…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Atomic theory, Water, Ice, Molecular structure
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Plate 2: The expansion of air by heat
- 1808
Fig. 1 represents an air thermometer, or the expansion of air by heat.
Fig. 2 is the logarithmic curve.
Fig. 3 is a device suggested by "Mr. Ewart," to illustrate Dalton's idea on the temperature of the atmosphere.
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Plate 1: Capacities of bodies for heat; views of mercurial and water thermometer divisions
- 1808
Fig. 1 is intended to illustrate Dalton's ideas on the subject of the capacities of bodies for heat.
Fig. 2 is a comparative view of the old and new divisions of the scale of the mercurial thermometer.
FIg. 3 is a…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Thermometers, Atomic theory, Temperature measurements
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976 items
A New System of Chemical Philosophy
- 1808 – 1827
First edition of a milestone work in the history of chemistry, in which Dalton announced his revolutionary atomic theory and laws of definite and multiple proportions. As outlined by Dalton, these fundamental laws…
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505 items
Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library
This collection consists of roughly 6,000 titles, some of which are digitized here, on chemistry and chemical industries, as well as other landmark books in the history of science and technology collected by Roy G.…
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Periodic table in style of helix drawn on one cylinder
- 1863 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a helix drawn on a single cylinder. This table was originated by French geologist and mineralogist…
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Right-side electronic configuration series table
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a right-side electronic configuration series table. While the design of this table is unattributed, it bears some similarity to Subtype…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Left-step series table with elements arranged according to their valences
- 1955 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a left-step series table with the symbols of the elements arranged according to their valences. This table was originated by chemist Edward…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Plate XVIII: Chymie
- Circa 1751 – 1772
Hand-colored engraving from the "Chimie" section of Volume 3 of the Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication, which consisted of illustrated plates to…
- Contributor Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784, Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783
- Subject Chemistry, Alchemy, Libavius, Andreas, -1616
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Portrait print of Dr. John Dalton, F.R.S.
- 1834-Oct-01
Half-length mezzotint portrait of Dr. John Dalton, chemist and physicist, with his right hand partially tucked into his vest.
Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English…
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Effigies Paracelsi Medici Celeberrimi
- Undated
An engraving of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus (born Theophrastus von Hohenheim) wearing a small medal around his neck.
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Jan Uytenbogaert
- The Gold Weigher
- Circa 1760 – 1790
This print, after a 1639 etching by Rembrandt, shows a well-dressed man of middle age seated before a pair of scales and an open ledger. He hands his young assistant a bag as customers stand waiting nearby. The scene is…
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Le Comité de l'Exposition Française à Copenhague en 1888
- The Committee of the French Exhibition in Copenhagen in 1888
- 1888
An etching by Felix Jasiński after the painting by P.S. Krøyer for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, a French art review. The etching depicts members of the committee that organized the French Art Exhibition in Copenhagen in…
- After Krøyer, Peder Severin, 1851-1909
- Engraver Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901)
- Subject Committees, Art, French--Exhibitions
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Portrait of Joseph Priestley
- Undated
A half-length seated portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), an English clergyman and natural philosopher who discovered oxygen.
- After Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
- Engraver Holl, William, 1771-1838
- Subject Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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College of Physicians
- 1724
- Publisher Bowles, John, 1701-1779
- Subject Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of London, Medical offices
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A chemist watching over distillation process
- 1875
An etching of a chemist watching over a distillation process. The apparatus being used includes a gas-fueled bunsen burner at far left heating liquids in glass retorts. The products of the distillation are being…
- Artist Ouler, Walter W.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemists, Distillation
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James Watt and the Steam Engine
- 1860
In this mezzotint print, James Watt sits in a small dark room, and he holds dividers on a table to the left of the composition. However, Watt has just turned in his chair to look over his shoulder at a pan of water…
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Mr. Ramsden
- 1791
This mezzotint print portrait of Jesse Ramsden was produced by printmaker John Jones after a painting by Robert Home at the Royal Society. Ramsden (1735–1800) was an English mathematician, and an astronomical and…
- After Home, Robert, 1752-1834
- Engraver Jones, John, -1797
- Subject Measuring instruments, Dividing-engine, Ramsden, J. (Jesse), 1735-1800
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Portrait of an unknown scientist
- Circa 1824 – 1904
The identity of the scientist in this lithograph is not currently known. The print was created by Robert Jacob Hamerton, who was a cartoonist and illustrator from County Longford, Ireland. He later moved to London,…
- Artist Hamerton, Robert Jacob
- Subject Scientists, Portraits, Caricatures and cartoons
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The Inventor
- 1889 – 1891
This photogravure reproduces a painting by American artist Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924), who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and also spent time in France. The photogravure was part of a massive study of…
- After Knight, Ridgway, 1839-1924
- Creator Of Work Goupil & Cie
- Publisher D. Appleton and Company
- Subject Inventors
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Portrait of Nicholas Kratzer
- Circa 1818
This engraving portrays Nicholas Kratzer (1487?-1550), a German mathematician, astronomer, and horologist (horology is the art or science of measuring time), surrounded with tools related to his professional interests.…