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Postcard from Abraham Kronstein to Georg Bredig
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Postcard from Abraham Kronstien to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The postcard features a black and white portrait of Kronstien. Abraham Kronstien was a chemist from Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Author Kronstien, Abraham
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Chemists, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Kronstien, Abraham
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Isaac Newton
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Depicts Isaac Newton.
- Artist Lalau, Maurice
- Engraver Munier, Pierre
- Subject Postage stamps, Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, France, Postcards, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
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Postage stamp commemorating German porcelain, German Democratic Republic
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Stamp from the series on the Leipzig Spring Trade Fair in 1950. Commemorates first porcelain on the trade fair in 1710.
- Artist Gruner, Erich
- Engraver Wolf, Karl
- Subject Postage stamps, Germany (East), Trade shows, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Porcelain, German
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Portraits of Joseph Coulter, Jr.
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Joseph R. Coulter, Jr. (1924-1995) co-founded Coulter Corporation with his brother, Wallace, in the 1950s. The company was acquired by Beckman Instruments in 1997.
- Subject Executives, Portraits
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Portraits of John Dalton
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Profile etching of John Dalton (1766-1844).
Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research on meteorology resulted in its acceptance as…
- Engraver Jeens, Charles Henry, 1827-1879
- Publisher Macmillan & Co.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Jeens, Charles Henry, 1827-1879
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Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
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Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A., The Association, Hoag, Hank, Elson-Alexandre
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Portraits, American
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Portrait of an unidentified scientist
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Black and white printed portrait of a scientist with an indecipherable autograph beneath.
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Portrait of an unidentified man
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Black and white portrait of an unidentified man wearing a suit. The photograph was taken at a studio owned by Wilhelm Höffert (1832-1901).
- Subject Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of an unidentified man
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Black and white portrait of a man wearing a suit. Taken by F. Hundt in Münster, Germany.
- Photographer Hundt, Friedrich, 1807-1887
- Subject Hundt, Friedrich, 1807-1887, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of an unidentified man
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Orange-toned photograph of a seated man at a table with an opened book. The man's gaze is directed at the viewer.
- Subject Portraits
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Portrait of an Julius Thomsen
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Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826-1909) was a Danish chemist noted in thermochemistry for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle.
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Portrait of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
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Portrait of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907). William Thomson was a British mathematician, physicist, and engineer. He became Baron Kelvin in 1892 and the first British scientist to be elevated to the…
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Portrait of William Ramsay
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Portrait of William Ramsay (1852-1916).
The Scottish chemist William Ramsay (1852–1916) is known for his work introducing the noble gases (Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon) as a new group on the periodic…
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Ramsay, William, 1852-1916, Chemists, Portraits, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Portrait of Wilhelm Pfeffer
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Engraving of Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845-1920). Pfeffer was a German botanist and pioneer in plant physiology. In 1887, he became a professor at the University of Leipzig and the director of its botanical garden.
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), taken by Georg Brokesch's studio in Leipzig, Germany.
Ostwald was a German chemist and philosopher. In 1909, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis…
- Photographer Brokesch, Georg, 1849-1896
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
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- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Chemists, Scientists
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
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Side profile of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932).
Ostwald was a German chemist and philosopher. In 1909, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental…
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Portrait of W. A. Schmidt
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Portrait of W. A. Schmidt taken at Albert Blanck's studio in Leipzig, Germany.
- Artist Blanck, Albert
- Subject Chemists, Scientists, Schmidt, W. A., Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Theodor von Grotthuss
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Theodor von Grotthuss was a German chemist from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is recognized for developing the first theory of electrolysis in 1806 and defining the first law of photochemistry in 1817. Grotthuss'…
- Artist Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), 1843-1909
- Subject Grotthuss, Theodor von, 1785-1822
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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius
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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927).
Svante Arrhenius is known as one of the founders of Physical Chemistry. In 1903, Arrhenius was the third person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his electrolytic…
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Portrait of Stanislao Cannizzaro
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Portrait of Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826-1910).
- Subject Cannizzaro, Stanislao, 1826-1910, Chemists
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Portrait of Sadi Carnot
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Nicolas Léonard "Sadi" Carnot (1796 – 1832) was a French mechanical engineer, physicist, and early pioneer in the field of thermodynamics.
- Artist Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), 1843-1909
- Subject Carnot, Sadi, 1796-1832, Physicists, Engineers