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Chemical and Engineering News profiling Dr. Betty J. Sullivan (1902-1999)
- 1948-Jul-12
Two-page article from the July 12, 1948 edition of Chemical and Engineering News profiling Dr. Betty J. Sullivan (1902-1999).
Betty J. Sullivan was born on May 31, 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and educated at the…
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Portrait of Herman Frasch (1851-1914)
- 1910s
Portrait of Herman Frasch (1851-1914), a chemist and engineer best known for his work in the petroleum industry.
Herman Frasch was born on December 25, 1851 in Gaildorf, Germany. Frasch was schooled at the Gymnasium in…
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Portrait of John Edgar Teeple (1874-1931)
- 1920s
Portrait of American chemist John Edgar Teeple (1874 – 1931), best known for his discovery of a process for separating potash from borax.
John Edgar Teeple was born on January 4, 1874 in Kempton, Illinois and educated…
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Portrait of George Oenslager (1873-1956)
- 1940s
Portrait of George Oenslager (1873-1956), research chemist for the B. F. Goodrich Company known for the discovery and industrial application of organic accelerators to rubber.
George Oenslager was born on September…
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Portrait of Martin Hill Ittner (1870-1945)
- 1910s
Portrait of American chemist Martin Hill Ittner (1870-1945), one of the first chemists in the United States to develop successful methods for the hydrogenation of fatty oils, which helps turn liquid oils into solids.
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Portrait of Francis Cowles Frary (1884-1970)
- 1950s
Portrait of American chemist Francis Cowles Frary (1884-1970), best known for his work with phosgene gas and the production of aluminium.
Francis Cowles Frary was born on July 9, 1884 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and…
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Portrait of Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931)
- 1910s
Portrait of American chemist Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931), inventor of the Acheson process to synthesize graphite and silicon carbide and later a manufacturer of carborundum and graphite.
Edward Goodrich Acheson…
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The Scholar
- Circa 1640 – 1677
In the warm light of a left-hand window, a scholar sits absorbed in his work. His desk is topped with a wooden lectern, small vials and vessels, a globe, and an apothecary's jar with a red cloth lid. The room in which…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas
- Subject Apothecary jars, Globes, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Wijck, Thomas
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Penicillin fermentation vessel
- 1940 – 1949
This vessel is believed to be one of the original fermentation pans used by researchers at Oxford University to produce penicillin in the 1940s.
Rectangular porcelain vessel used for growing penicillin; sealed at all…
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Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
These three alchemical miniatures are believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and their relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen…
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The Flower of Wisdom
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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Allegory of Purification
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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The Seven Forms of Transmutation
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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The Power Plant by Night
- Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company power plant in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Circa 1916
A color illustration of a power plant at night.
A book about rubber sourcing, cultivation, processing, and the industry during the late colonial period. Published by a rubber goods company presumably for marketing. The…- Publisher The Boston woven hose & rubber company
- Subject Rubber industry and trade, Electric power-plants
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The Story of Rubber, What it Is and What it Does
- Circa 1916
A book about rubber sourcing, cultivation, processing, and the industry during the late colonial period. Published by a rubber goods company presumably for marketing. The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company was founded…
- Publisher The Boston woven hose & rubber company
- Subject Rubber industry and trade
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The Brass Foundry
- Circa 1916
A color illustration of men in a factory creating brass couplings or nozzles. They are pouring molten metal into a mould.
A book about rubber sourcing, cultivation, processing, and the industry during the late colonial…- Publisher The Boston woven hose & rubber company
- Subject Rubber industry and trade
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Making a Hose by Hand
- Circa 1916
A man making a rubber hose by hand.
A book about rubber sourcing, cultivation, processing, and the industry during the late colonial period. Published by a rubber goods company presumably for marketing. The Boston Woven…- Publisher The Boston woven hose & rubber company
- Subject Rubber industry and trade
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Formaldehyde Gas as a Germicidal and Disinfecting Agent as Employed with the Sanitary Formaldehyde Regenerator
- 1897
A brochure about the value of using formaldehyde gas for disinfection measures created by a company that sold formaldehyde regenerators, the instrument used to produce and distribute formaldehyde gas. Includes tables of…
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Atomic Energy, How?
- 1950s
A booklet that describes and explains atomic energy in non-specialist terms with similes to common materials like a drop of water or a fireplace. Con Edison is the energy provider for the New York City metro area, they…
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AEC Handbook on Oak Ridge Operations
- 1961
This handbook includes a short history of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operations at the plant, the community of Oak Ridge, and short summaries of the Area Offices. Oak Ridge was built starting in late 1942.…
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear energy, Nuclear power plants
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The Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge
- 1961
This handbook includes a short history of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operations at the plant, the community of Oak Ridge, and short summaries of the Area Offices. During World War II all concentration was…
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear energy, Nuclear power plants
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Laboratory Experiments with Radioisotopes for High School Science Demonstrations
- 1958
A booklet containing twenty radioactivity experiments designed by New York City teachers to be performed in biology, chemistry, and physics high school classes. The experiments deal with topics such as radioactive…
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Plate 12: Cinchona bark
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color of two varieties of cinchona bark. No. 109 is Cinchona Flavae cortex or yellow cinchona bark and No. 111 is Cinchonae Carthagenae cortex or Carthagena bark.
This manual identifies plants…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use
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Plate 9: Various medicinal plants based from trees of the sub-order Caesalpinieae
- 1886
Illustrations of medicinal plants printed in color. No. 70 is a cassia pulp, No. 73 is a catechu nigrum or cutch made from the heart wood of the acacia. No. 81 is Amygdala amara or bitter almond, No. 83 is Amygdala…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Almond, Cassia (Genus), Materia medica, Vegetable
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Will's habitat map
- 1886
Foldout map of the geographical habitat of all the plants used in the British Pharmacopoeia. Includes list of plants indigenous to Great Britain.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Printer Of Plates Buck & Wootton, London
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable
