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Letter from Michael Faraday to James Curtis Booth, August 22, 1835
- 1835-Aug-22
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) solicits help from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) in securing permission for Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) to tour a Manchester factory.
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Letter from Michael Faraday to James Curtis Booth, August 22, 1835
- 1835-Aug-22
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) solicits help from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) in securing permission for Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) to tour a Manchester factory.
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Letter from Michael Faraday to James Curtis Booth, August 25, 1835
- 1835-Aug-25
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) solicits help from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) in securing permission for Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) to tour a Manchester factory.
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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, November 1903
- 1903-Nov-21
Jacobus van't Hoff (1852-1911), a Dutch physical chemist, writes to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), to inform him of a repair status for laboratory equipment. Van't Hoff additionally conveys greetings from a…
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Explosives for quarry blasting : practical information relating to the selection of explosives and methods of application to assure the most satisfactory results
- 1915
Catalog containing various quarry blasting explosives and equipment manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Provides a guide for selecting the proper explosive for quarrying work, detailing the…
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Jacobus van't Hoff's personal calling card
- Circa 1890
Calling card belonging to Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911).
Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “in…
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Handwritten answers to an immigration form belonging to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1939
This document contains handwritten answers to an immigration form. Georg Bredig (1868-1944) has headed the document "fragebogen", or questionnaire. His answers to questions 3-37 are written underneath his address,…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Emigration and immigration
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List of documents required for Georg Bredig's immigration
- Circa 1939
List of documents that are required for Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to immigrate to the United States.
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Emigration and immigration, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Jewish refugees, Visas
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Letter from Georg Bredig addressed to Harold Willis Dodds
- 1939-Dec-19
Letter from Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to Harold Willis Dodds (1889-1980), the president of Princeton University. Bredig thanks Dodds for the invitation to be a professor at Princeton and tells him he will be leaving as…
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Lists of dates regarding Georg Bredig's Immigration
- Circa 1939
List of dates and documents relating to Georg Bredig’s (1868-1944) immigration to the United States.
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Emigration and immigration, Jewish refugees
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Envelop addressed to the Consul General of the U.S.A
- Circa 1939
An envelope Georg Bredig (1868-1944) addressed to the American Consul General from his temporary stay with the Dutch chemist Ernst Cohen (1869-1944), in Utrecht. Cohen provided refuge to Bredig in 1940 as he awaited…
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Letter from R. Huestin to Georg Bredig
- 1940-Jan-12
A letter from a representative of the American Consul to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) regarding his application for a visa, and the hours of the Consul for Bredig to retrieve his materials.
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Conversions from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit
- Undated
Equations for converting degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Chemistry, Mathematics, Temperature measurements
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List of conversions
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List of conversions from the imperial system to the metric system
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Metric system, Mathematics, Physical measurements, Temperature measurements
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Lists of dates regarding Georg Bredig's Immigration
- 1939-Nov-23
This list of fifteen dates between November 22, 1939, and February 18, 1942 seems to correspond to significant dates related to the immigration of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Germany. For example, on January 16,…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Emigration and immigration
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Letter book belonging to James Curtis Booth
- 1844 – 1846
A collection of letters written by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Includes material related to a gold-refining patent.
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Postcard from Rudolf Höber to Georg Bredig, April 23, 1935
- 1935-Apr-23
Rudolf Höber (1873-1953), a German physician and physiologist, updates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his new life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Höber opposed National Socialism and was consequently removed from his…
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Letter from Arthur Croft Hill to the Georg Bredig
- Circa 1890
Arthur Croft Hill (1863-?), a chemist in the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for a copy of his paper on inorganic ferments.
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Autographed postcard from attendees of the Mendeleev Congress addressed to Georg Bredig
- 1934-Sep-14
Postcard to Georg Bredig from an unknown sender (perhaps an Adolf König?), sent from the 1934 Mendeleev Congress in Leningrad, signed by many of Bredig's colleagues and former students.
Signatories, from left to right,…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Contributor Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968, Svedberg, Theodor, 1884-1971
- Subject Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968, Svedberg, Theodor, 1884-1971, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Congresses and conventions, Brønsted, J. N. (Johannes Nicolaus), 1879-1947, Cameron, J. W. MacBain (James William MacBain), 1910-1975
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Autographed postcard from attendees of the 1928 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry conference addressed to Georg Bredig
- 1928-Jul-21
Postcard addressed to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) which has been autographed by attendees of the 9th annual International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry conference in The Hauge.
Signatures include but are not…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, Donnan, F. G. (Frederick George), 1870-1956, Bancroft, Wilder D. (Wilder Dwight), 1867-1953, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Ipatieff, Vladimir N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1867-1952, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Conference, Autographs, Chemists
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Postcard from attendees of a scientific congress in Kyoto addressed to Georg Bredig
- 1924-Dec-01
Postcard from the attendees of a scientific congress in Kyoto addressed to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
Names included on the postcard are Fritz Haber (1868-1934), Yukichi Osaka (1866-1950), Shinkichi Horiba (1886-1968),…
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Letter from Fritz Haber to Georg Bredig, June 1927
- 1927-Jun-16
Fritz Haber (1868-1934) tells Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that Hermann Mark (1895-1992) wrote him (i.e. Haber) on June 3, 1927, regarding Bredig's son Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Haber includes the relevant passage of…
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Visiting card from Fritz Haber including message to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1914 – 1934
Visting card from Fritz Haber (1868-1934), including a brief message to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
Haber thanks Bredig for the invitation, which he accepts with pleasure.
- Author Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Honorary Member Card to the City of London Club
- 1835-Aug-25 – 1846-Aug-07
Honorary membership card to the City of London Club. Established in 1832 it is one of the oldest extant gentlemen's clubs based in the City of London.
- Creator Of Work City of London Club
- Author Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Men--Societies and clubs, Private clubs, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Societies
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Everyday Miracles of Modern Chemistry : Man, a Chemical Compound who Lives in a Chemical World!
- 1925
An introduction to chemistry written for a general audience. Edited by George S. Clason, an American author famed for writing the book The Richest Man in Babylon, Everyday Miracles of Modern Chemistry provides an…
