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25m 52s
Chemistry: Serious Fun
- 1991
In this video produced by the American Chemical Society, two actors from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Alfonso Ribeiro and Tatyana Ali, prepare to attend a new semester at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).…
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26m 58s
Passing Through: An Introduction to Plastics
- Circa 1993
A high school student who is nervous about failing his chemistry test is transported to a vaguely Middle Ages, high fantasy castle where he meets a wizard trying to invent better armor for a knight. The student teaches…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Subject Educational films, Plastics, Middle Ages, Wizards
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6 items
Madame Curie, Descubridora del Radio
- Mujeres Célebres, Año 2, Número 18
- 1962-Sep-10
The colorful letterpress halftone illustrations of this comic book tell a biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Marie Curie (1867-1934), the French physicist and chemist who pioneered radioactivity…
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Letter from Rosa Fraenkel to Georg Bredig
- 1936-Dec-29
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) receives a letter from Rosa Fraenkel in Hamburg, Germany. Rosa is a relative of Georg's deceased wife, Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). She offers to help Georg with immigration inquiries for his son,…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig, November 15, 1937
- 1937-Nov-15
Max Bredig (1902-1977) updates his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), on his professional and personal life in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the late autumn of 1937. Max particularly encourages his father to write to Albert…
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, July 16, 1927
- 1927-Jul-16
Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) informs Max Bredig (1902-1977) that his grant application for funding to work in Fajan's laboratory in Munich will be delayed because of the summer holidays. Fajans anticipates that the…
- Author Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Laboratories
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Letter from Max Bredig to the German Consulate, February 13, 1938
- 1938-Feb-13
Max Bredig (1902-1977) requests a certificate of residence from the German Consulate in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Letter from Rosa Bredig to Max Bredig, May 30, 1927
- 1927-May-30
Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) gives her son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), advice regarding his future and suggests that he take better care of his well-being with nutritious food and exercise. She also looks forward to his visit…
- Author Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933
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Letter from Rosa Bredig to Max Bredig, June 1, 1927
- 1927-Jun-01
Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) consoles her son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), after he did not receive a Rockefeller Scholarship to undertake research in the United States. She additionally includes a passage from a letter from…
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Letter from Rosa Bredig to Max Bredig, July 8, 1927
- 1927-Jul-08
Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) thanks her son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), for writing and discusses the Bredig family's summer travel plans for 1927. She additionally mentions her health ailments and expresses her dislike of…
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933
- Subject Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Voyages and travels
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Letter from Rosa Bredig to Max Bredig, June 18, 1927
- 1927-Jun-18
Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) wishes her son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), happy birthday and good luck with his academic presentation.
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Letter from Max Bredig to Marianne and Viktor Homburger, February 5, 1939
- 1939-Feb-05
In a letter to Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), Max Bredig (1902-1977) discusses his efforts to help the Homburgers with immigration matters as they attempt to flee Germany under the…
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Notice from the British Consulate General in Frankfurt am Main, January 1939
- 1939-Jan
The British Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany provides information on the various categories of immigration visas mediated by The German Jewish Aid Committee in London. A note from Max Bredig (1902-1977) to his sister,…
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Postcard from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, April 14, 1937
- 1937-Apr-14
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) requests that his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), send his laundry from Berlin. Georg additionally provides updates on friends, family, and life in Karlsruhe. Georg's friend, Max, recently visited…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jews, German
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, September 21, 1937
- 1937-Sep-21
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) informs his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that his belongings have been packed and will be shipped to the United States from Germany.
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34 items
Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 2
- 1806
This book is volume 2 in a series of 4 travel logs originally written by William Camden in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. Camden traveled…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Nichols, John, 1745-1826
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Travel, Nichols, John, 1745-1826, Voyages and travels, Maps, Ruined buildings, England--London, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Naturalists, Natural history, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Coins, Roman, Coins, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants
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13 items
Othmer Manuscript Collection
A collection of ten manuscripts dating from the 15th to 17th centuries. Four of the listed manuscripts represent a portion of the Pseudo-Lullian alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts…
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147 items
Textile Colour Mixing; A Manual Intended for the Use of Dyers, Calico Printers, and Colour Chemists
- 1915
A second revised edition of a text on color science. According to the author in his preface, this work deals “in a practical manner with the science of mixing ordinary colours and dyes… thus made applicable to the…
- Author Paterson, David
- Publisher Scott, Greenwood
- Printer Aberdeen University Press
- Subject Colors, Dye and dyeing, Spectrum analysis, Light absorption, Paterson, David, Color--Study and teaching
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Unidentified employees of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- 1980s
Photograph of three unidentified female employees of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The employees are seated at a table, focused intently on the paperwork in front of them. The ISI was an academic…
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Group celebration of Eugene Garfield's 75th Birthday
- 2000-Sep-15
A color photograph of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) staff. The group of twenty, posed in two rows, had gathered to celebrate the 75th birthday of ISI's founder Eugene Garfield (1925-2017).
Eugene…
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Institute for Scientific Information exterior view
- 1979-Jun-10
Color photograph depicting the entrance to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in Philadelphia in 1956. ISI offered…
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Institute for Scientific Information Chestnut Street office entrance
- After 1971 – before 1975
A black and white photograph depicting the fifth-floor entrance to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Chestnut Street office. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield…
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Group meeting in the Institute for Scientific Information board room
- Circa 1985
A black and white picture of five men seated and standing around a table in the Institute for Scientific Information board room. Identified from left to right are Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008), George Poste (1944-),…
- Photographer Benson, Neil
- Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Lederberg, Joshua, Nobel Prize winners, Poste, George, Lasagna, Louis, 1923-2003, Hoffmann, Roald
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Eugene Garfield posed with an issue of "The Scientist"
- Circa 1986-Nov
Black and white photograph of Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) standing against a patterned wallpaper and holding an issue of The Scientist, a monthly magazine founded by Garfield in 1986. The monthly publication sought to…
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Unidentified employees of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- 1980s
A black and white photographic view depicting a room of employees at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…