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Portrait of Rudolf Clausius
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- Photographer Schafgans, Theo, 1892-1976
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Subject Clausius, R. (Rudolf), 1822-1888
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Portrait of Robert Wichard Pohl
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Postcard featuring a black and white portrait of Robert Wichard Pohl ( 1884-1976). Pohl was a German physicist and professor at the University of Göttingen. He is known for being a pioneer in the field of solid-state…
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen (1811-1899).
Bunsen, a German chemist, developed several techniques used for separating, identifying, and measuring chemical substances and is credited with the invention of the Bunsen burner.…
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Chemistry, Portraits, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen (1811-1899).
Bunsen, a German chemist, developed several techniques used for separating, identifying, and measuring chemical substances and is credited with the invention of the Bunsen burner.…
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Chemists
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Portrait of Max Planck
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Portrait of Max Planck (1858-1947). Max Planck is known as the father of quantum theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of energy quanta. Planck made significant contributions to the world…
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Physicists
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Portrait of Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779 - 1848) was a Swedish physician, chemist, and one of the founders of modern chemistry. He is particularly recognized for determining atomic weights in his experiments, which contributed to a…
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Artist Krüger, Franz, 1797-1857
- Subject Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Portraits
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Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs
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Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903). Gibbs, a Yale alumnus, was an American chemist and pioneer in the field of physical chemistry. Gibbs developed statistical mechanics and the concept of Gibbs free energy in…
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Portrait of Joseph Priestley
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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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Portrait 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.
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Portrait of John Hall Gladstone
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John Hall Gladstone (1827-1902) was a British chemist who worked on the bromination of rubber, optics, and
spectroscopy.- Publisher Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), 1843-1909
- Engraver Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Subject Gladstone, J. H. (John Hall), 1827-1902, Chemists
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Portrait of Jeremias Benjamin Richter
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Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762 – 1807) was a German chemist and mining official. He introduced the term stoichiometry, which is the study of the quantifiable relationships between two or more substances undergoing a…
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Portrait of Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen
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Portrait of Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen (1830-1911), a Dutch chemist who worked in agricultural chemistry.
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Portrait of Hermann von Helmholtz
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Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) was a German mathematician and physician who made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical physics, optics, acoustics, physiology, and psychology. The Helmholtz…
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Portrait of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
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Portrait of Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894).
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Portrait of Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp
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Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp (1817–92) was a German physical chemist and historian of chemistry. Kopp is well-known for his four volume work, Geschichte der Chemie (History of Chemistry), which was published between…
- Subject Kopp, Hermann, 1817-1892, Chemists
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Portrait of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Portrait of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1902) wearing a suit and a bow tie.
Lorentz was a Dutch physicist. In 1902, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman (1865-1943) for their discovery of the…
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Portrait of Hans Luggins
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Portrait of Hans Luggins (1863-1899), taken by Anna Edlund in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Photographer Edlund, Anna
- Subject Luggins, Hans, 1863-1899, Chemists
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Portrait of Hans Heinrich Landolt
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Portrait of Hans Heinrich Landolt (1831-1910). Landolt was a Swiss chemist who discovered the iodine clock reaction. He was additionally a co-founder of the Landolt–Börnstein database.
- Artist Jütte, H. F.
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Chemists, Landolt, H. (Hans), 1831-1910
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Portrait of H. Jermain Creighton
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Sepia toned photograph of H. Jermain Creighton. The lower right has a note from Creighton to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
Creighton was the head of the chemistry department at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania in 1928. He…
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Portrait of Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann
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Postcard featuring a photograph of Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann (1861-1938). Tammann was a Baltic German physical chemist. He worked in the fields of metallurgy and studied the physical properties of metals…
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Portrait of Friedrich Wöhler
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Friedrich Wöhler (1800 -1882) was a German chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Göttingen. He specialized in inorganic chemistry and was the first scientist to isolate beryllium and yttrium in pure…
- Subject Wöhler, Friedrich, 1800-1882, Chemists
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Portrait of Friedrich Kohlrausch
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Black and white portrait of Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840 -1910).
Kohlrausch was a German experimental physicist who researched electrolytes, elasticity, thermal conduction, and magnetic and electrical precision…