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172 items
The Theory and Technique of Quantitative Analysis
- 1928
A textbook of analytical chemistry for undergraduate students. Content emphasizes the technique and theory of analytical labwork, stating in the forward "The true analyst must analyze his method before he can analyze…
- Author Farnsworth, Marie
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Subject Analytical chemistry, Analytical chemistry--Quantitative, Women in chemistry, Women in science, Farnsworth, Marie
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19 items
Oral history interview with Thomas C. Alber
- 1993-Mar-15
- 1993-Apr-09
- 1993-Jul-16
- 1993-Jul-23
- 1993-Jul-28 – 1993-Jul-29
- 1993-Dec-15
Thomas C. Alber grew up as an American in post World War II Japan and had to deal with issues related to his bilingualism and biculturalism. After moving to Los Angeles with his mother in 1964, Alber was encouraged in…
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Oral history interview with Edgar S. Woolard Jr.
- 1999-Jun-10
Edgar Woolard begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Washington, North Carolina. Woolard's parents encouraged him to excel in both academic and social environments. As a high-school…
- Interviewee Woolard, Edgar S., Jr., 1934-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Woolard, Edgar S., Jr., 1934-, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Aluminum Company of America, Businesspeople, Executives, Chemical industry, Dacron, Polyesters
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31M 49S
Where There's A Need, There's Hercules
- 1970s
Promotional film for Hercules, Inc., formerly Hercules Powder Company. Although Hercules, Inc. was founded as a munitions and explosives company, this film focuses on its other products and services. These include…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Chemical industry, Polyester fibers industry
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230 items
Practical Automotive Lacquering
- 1928
Volume II of the Practical Finishing Series. This work "contains all the latest information on the mechanical part of the finishing process, while Volume I, Practical Color Simplified, places in the hands of the user...…
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174 items
The Chemistry of Crude Drugs : An Elementary Textbook for Students of Pharmacognosy
- 1928
A textbook intended to provide an overview of crude drugs for pharmaceutical students. Crude drugs are naturally occurring, unrefined substances used in medicine. The chapters of this work are organized by chemical and…
- Author Driver, John Edmund, 1900-
- Publisher Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Contributor Trease, George Edward, 1902-
- Subject Drugs, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmacology, Textbooks, Pharmacognosy
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154 items
The Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration
- 1928
Number 50 in a series of service monographs analyzing the various functions of the United States Government. The series was published by the Brookings Institute for Government Research, an "association of citizens…
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158 items
Copra and Coconut Oil
- 1928
The second of five publications from a research study on fats and oils conducted by the Food Research Institute of the University of Stanford. This work focuses on the economics of coconut oil and its rapid growth in…
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104 items
A Tale of Soap and Water
- 1928
A history of bathing and personal hygiene from the prehistoric age to present day. The author describes the religious and cultural significance of bathing around the world and describes methods of bathing used by…
- Author Hallock, Grace T. (Grace Taber), 1893-
- Publisher Cleanliness Institute
- Subject Hygiene, Bathing customs in literature, Baths, Soap
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32 items
A Quantitative Study of the Influence of Acetate and Phosphate on the Enzymic Activity of the Amylase of Aspergillus Oryzae
- 1928
Thesis by Marguerite Griffith Tyler (1881-1969) written in partial fulfillment of her doctoral degree in chemistry from Columbia University. Tyler earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan (1903) and…
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40 items
Alcohol Through the Ages
- 1928
A collection of advertisements for the Kentucky Alcohol Corporation. Each advertisement describes a point in history related to insdustrial alcohol and distillation. Together, the collection paints a picture of…
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189 items
Kingsport: A Romance of Industry
- 1928
A history of the development of Kingsport, Tennessee, a township home to fifteen major industrial corporations at the time of this work's publication. The work is split into three parts: Historical Background, the…
- Author Long, Howard
- Publisher Sevier Press
- Subject Chemical industry, Tennessee--Kingsport, Corporations, Commerce, Industries
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59M 39S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1987
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The video of the 1987…
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22 items
The Hercules Mixer
The Hercules Mixer is the company publication of the Hercules Powder Company. The periodical provides both historical and technical information and offers a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company.
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5 itemsExhibitions
Playing Dirty
Select digitized items from the outdoor exhibition Playing Dirty, on view April 25, 2023–October 30, 2023. Also available as a digital exhibition.
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11 items
Dyestuffs Journal
A journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964 (suspended briefly from 1916 to 1917). The journal contains…
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144 items
Chemical Laboratory Manual, prepared to accompany Bogert's "Fundamentals of Chemistry"
- 1927
Workbook corresponding to the textbook Fundamentals of Chemistry, a Textbook for Nurses and Other Students of Applied Chemistry, by Dr. L. Jean Bogert (1888-1970), a textbook for first and second-year undergraduate…
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328 items
Fundamentals of Chemistry : A Text-Book for Nurses and Other Students of Applied Chemistry
- 1924
Textbook for first and second-year undergraduate students of applied chemistry. Author Dr. Jean Bogert (1888-1970) states in her preface that this work is set apart from other chemical textbooks due to its emphasis on…
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Oral history interview with Harold T. Shapiro
- 2021-Feb-15
Harold Shapiro was born on June 8, 1935, in Montréal, Quebec. His father immigrated to the United States from Odessa, Russia just prior to World War I as a metal worker, but spent most of his adult life as a bootlegger,…
- Interviewee Shapiro, Harold T., 1935-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Evans, Kenneth M., (Kenneth Mellinger)
- Subject Economics, Princeton University, University of Michigan, Economic forecasting, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Science and state, College presidents, Executive advisory bodies, Research
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35M
The Influence of R. B. Woodward on Physical Organic Chemistry
- 1981
Filmed at the Woodward Memorial Symposium held at the 1981 ACS Annual Meeting in New York City, this is a discussion between three chemists remembering R. B. Woodward: Christopher S. Foote, Jerome A. Berson, and David…
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1H 12M 54S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1986-Dec-18
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1986 demonstrations focus on…
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Oeuvres Physiologiques, Volume 2
- Traité des Sensations et des Passions en Général, et des Sens en Particulier, Ouvrage Divisé en Deux Parties.
- La Théorie de L'ouie
- 1767
The second of three volumes by Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768), a French surgeon, lithotomist, researcher, and science communicator. Volume two was originally published as the Traité des sens in Rouen in 1740,…
- Author Le Cat, Claude-Nicolas, 1700-1768
- Publisher Chez Vallat-La-Chapelle
- Engraver Bacheley, Jacques, 1712-1781
- Subject Senses and sensation, Sense organs, Physiology, Le Cat, Claude-Nicolas, 1700-1768, Vision, Hearing, Smell, Touch, Taste
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1H 21M 31S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1985
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The video of the 1985 lecture…
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59M 12S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1983-Dec-06
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture focuses more on…
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58M 49S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1982
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1982 lecture includes…