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Plate XXXVII: Scrophularia Nodosa
- Carpenter's Square
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Scrophularia Nodosa, commonly known as "Carpenter's Square," including leaves and blooming flowers. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Figworts
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Plate XXXVIII. Illustration of Erecthites Hieracifolia.
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of flowers, leaves, and stems of Erecthites Hieracifolia. Common name: fireweed.
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Pharmacy, Materia medica
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Plate XXXVI: Lobelia Syphilitica
- Blue Lobelia
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a flowering spike of Lobelia Syphilitica, commonly known as "Blue Lobelia," including leaves and blooming flowers. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Lobelia, Pharmacy, Materia medica
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Plate XXXV: Microscopic drawing of Lobelia
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Printed illustration of the stem and leaf of the Lobelia inflata plant under different levels of magnification.
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Microscopy, Lobelia, Pharmacy, Materia medica
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Plate XXXIV: Lobelia Inflata
- Indian Tobacco
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Lobelia Inflata, commonly known as "Indian tobacco," including leaves and blooming flowers. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Lobelia, Pharmacy, Materia medica
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Plate XXXIII: Asimina Triloba
- Pawpaw
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Asimina Triloba, commonly known as "pawpaw," including leaves and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the illustration…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Pawpaw
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Plate XXXII: Transverse section of the bark of magnolia glauca
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Printed illustration of a section of bark from the magnolia glauca with accompanying explanation providing a key to the layers of the bark. The illustration is magnified 150 diameters.
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Microscopy, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXXI: Map showing the distribution of the genus Magnolia in the United States
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Printed map depicts the eastern half of the United States of America with the distribution of genus magnolia, spanning from northern Florida west to Texas all the way north through Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Phytogeography--Maps, Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXX: Magnolia Macrophylla
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Magnolia Macrophylla, including leaves and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the illustration was drawn to scale. Per…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXIX: Magnolia Acuminata
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Magnolia Acuminata, including leaves and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the illustration was drawn to scale. Per…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXVIII: Magnolia Glauca
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a Magnolia Glauca flower and leaves.
The parts used medicinally are the bark. "This is a common shrub in swampy situations near the coast, from New Jersey southward."- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica
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Plate XXVII: Map showing the distribution of Liriodendron Tulipifera
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Printed map depicts the eastern half of the United States of America with the distribution of Liriodendron Tulipifera, or tulip tree, spanning from the Florida Panhandle west to Arkansas all the way north through…
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Plate XXVI: Liriodenron Tulipifera
- Tulip tree
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Liriodenron Tulipifera, commonly known as “tulip tree,” including a leaf and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the…
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Beckman, First in Hybrid Software
- Circa 1964
A commercial solid-state computer system, including a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems 920 digital computer, was released in 1964. Beckman developed programming and utility systems, including…
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Beckman/SDS 2220/920 Integrated Computer System
- Circa 1964
The photograph showing the full view of the computer bears the Moss Photography stamp; the other is unattributed.
The integrated computing system, including a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems…
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American Chemical Society album of new members, 1938-1939
- 1938 – 1939
Photographic album containing approximately 440 black and white portraits of new members of the American Chemical Society for the years 1938-1939. The names and institutional affiliation of each individual are inscribed…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject Chemists, American Chemical Society, Students, Learned institutions and societies
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The Shockley 4-Layer Bistable Transistor Diode
- Circa 1959
This brochure highlights the transistor diode's use for computers, telephony, control, and pulse circuitry.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Pulse circuits, Computers, Computer industry, Diodes, Semiconductor, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Shockley 4-Layer Diode
- Circa 1959
This brochure highlights sawtooth oscillator, pulse generator, bistable, and ring counter applications for the NPNP silicon switch.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Computers, Computer industry, Diodes, Semiconductor, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Unique Properties of the 4-Layer Diode
- Technical Bulletin T-400
- 1957-Aug
This staple-bound booklet was a reprint from Electronic Industries & Tele-Tech. It was part of the in-house research library of Beckman Industries; a pocket for a library checkout card is affixed to the back cover.
In…
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La Femme Hydropique
- The Dropsical Woman
- After 1800 – before 1821
This engraving, by the French printmaker Jean Baptiste Fosseyeux, reproduces an original painting by Gerrit Dou. The work, titled "The Dropsical Woman," shows a young but finely-robed doctor examining the urine of a…
- After Dou, Gerard
- Artist Fosseyeux, Jean Baptiste, Gianni, Felice
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Chirurgien de Campagne
- 1747
This engraving by Thomas Major, after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, shows a "country surgeon" at work, treating the foot of a patient. As the surgeon bends down to apply a leech to the man's foot,…
- After Teniers II, David
- Artist Major, Thomas
- Subject Animals--Symbolic aspects, Alchemy, Surgery
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Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate
- The Hippocratic Grimoire
- 1740 – 1790
An engraving by F. Basan, after the painting by David Teniers II. The inscription below this work, Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate, refers to Hippocrates, a Greek physician often called the father of medicine in Western…
- After Teniers II, David
- Artist Basan, François, 1723-1797
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Ein Chemiker in seinem Laboratorium (A Chemist in his Laboratory)
- 1835 – 1840
This lithograph by Carl Straub, after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, shows the interior of a chemist's laboratory with a man seated in front of a furnace. He tends a glowing fire with a pair of…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Creator Of Work Straub, Carl
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Philosophe en Contemplation (The Philosopher in Contemplation)
- 1700s
This etching, by the Italian engraver and etcher Giuseppe [Joseph] Longhi, reproduces a work by the Dutch master of chiaroscuro, Rembrandt van Rijn. The original painting traveled to France in the 18th century and…
- After Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
- Creator Of Work Longhi, Giuseppe, 1766-1831
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Philosophers
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The Laboratory
- 1755
Engraved by Thomas Major after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, this print shows a young alchemist in a cap and apron working a pair of bellows before an open hearth. Distillation vessels, open books,…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Major, Thomas, 1720-1799
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art