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Photographs from the Dr. Michael Somogyi Collection
This collection, a portion of which is digitized here, consists of slides and print photographs related to the career of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) and his research on insulin and diabetes. The bulk of the…
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14 items
Photographs and Ephemera from the Records of the Chemists' Club
This collection of records from the Chemists' Club primarily consists of photographs and ephemera depicting group members, events, and buildings spanning the 1940's through the 1990's. Digitized here are fourteen…
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David C. Milford's award winning 3-D Periodic Chart from I2R
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3-D Periodic chart designed to be cut out and folded.
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741 items
Oral History Collection
The Center for Oral History at the Science History Institute is dedicated to creating a collection of comprehensive, professionally edited interviews with remarkable figures in chemistry, chemical engineering, life…
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33 items
Robert J. Bauman collection
The Robert J. Bauman Collection contains chemical and petroleum industry currency collected by Robert J. Bauman. The contents of this collection consist of the various types of currency issued by chemical and petroleum…
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8 items
Papers of Walter O. Snelling
This collection consists of correspondence, reports, and research materials produced and collected by chemist Walter O. Snelling (1880-1965) over the course of his career as an industrial chemist primarily working with…
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135 items
BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records
This collection consists of the business records and printed and photographic materials of BetzDearborn, Incorporated, an American chemical company that manufactured water treatment chemicals for commercial and…
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104 items
Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection
This collection consists of print photographs and slides depicting the staff, facilities, and instrumentation of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1960's and 1970's.…
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121 items
Rohm & Haas Company Archives
This collection consists of corporate records, photographs, and artifacts related to the Rohm and Haas Company, an international chemical corporation founded in 1907 in Esslingen, Germany through the partnership of…
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12 items
Papers of Herbert H. Dow
This collection consists of a small selection of materials from the papers of Dow Chemical Company founder Herbert Henry Dow (1866-1930). Items of note include correspondence with Herbert H. Dow's father, Joseph Henry…
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Walter J. Hamer Electrochemical Artifact Collection
This collection was built by Walter J. Hamer, an electrochemist known for his contributions to the science of batteries, during his tenure as Chief of Electrochemistry at the National Bureau of Standards (now known as…
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How to Measure Soil pH
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Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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24 items
Ausfärbungen auf Federn
- Shades on Feathers
- Teintures sur Plumes
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Sample book with dyeing instructions and an 18-section foldout containing 143 dyed feathers.
- Creator Of Work Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Feathers, Dyes and dyeing--Feathers
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Saison-Farben
- Couleurs Mode
- Fashion Shades
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Sample book with dyeing instructions and 32 mounted fabric samples.
- Creator Of Work J.R. Geigy A.G.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Wool
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Records of Hercules Incorporated
This collection consists of correspondence, publications, advertisements, and other ephemera produced by the Hercules Powder Company, later Hercules Inc. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…
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Halite
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While its mineral name is halite, this substance is also commonly known as rock salt. Rock salt is composed of sodium chloride, an essential compound the human body uses to absorb nutrients and maintain blood pressure.
- Subject Salt, Precious stones, Minerals
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Olivine
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Olivine is a mineral with a distinct green color and granular-shaped crystals. It is one of the first minerals to cool and crystallize from magma. Recently, olivine has been used as an alternative to silica sand and…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Olivine
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Calcite
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Calcite is one of the most widely used minerals. It is primarily composed of the chemical compound calcium carbonate. Calcite is also often used in demonstrations of double refraction, in which light is split into two…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Calcite
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Fluorite
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Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the crystal form of the inorganic compound calcium fluoride. The term "fluorescence," a type of luminescence by a substance that has absorbed light or radiation, is derived from this…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Fluorspar
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Barite
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Barium (atomic symbol Ba) is an alkaline Earth metal. Barite (also spelled baryte) is a mineral composed of barium sulfate. It is used in paints, inks, paper, and rubber. It is also used in radiology for diagnostic…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Barite
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Tourmaline
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Boron (atomic symbol B), a naturally occuring Earth element, was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard in 1808. Tourmaline is a boron silicate. Opaque and black in…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Tourmaline
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Amazonite
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Amazonite is a potassium-based blue-green variety of microcline feldspar. Its color may be an indication of the presence of iron or lead. Amazonite has been used as a decorative gemstone in statues and jewelry.
- Subject Amazonite, Precious stones, Minerals
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Celestine
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Celestine is a mineral with a light blue color. It is a source of the element strontium (atomic symbol Sr). Strontium compounds are commonly used in fireworks, fluorescent lights, and dyes and paints.
- Subject Celestite, Precious stones, Minerals
