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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 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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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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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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76 items
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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A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica
- 1886
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired through commerce in Britain and are illustrated as they would have been imported and bought, for example the opium…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable
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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 6: Guarana and Orange
- 1886
Illustration printed in color. Item no. 29. is guarana, which is made from the seeds of the paullinia sorbilis ground, made into a paste then molded into a cylindrical mass and dried. Guarana is known for its high…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Bitter orange oil, Oranges, Guarana--Therapeutic use, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Guarana
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Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- 1886
Advertisement for the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy with illustration of the school's building.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Universities and colleges
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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
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Plate 11: Red and pale cinchona bark
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color. Illustration No. 108 is Cinchonae rubrae cortex or red cinchona bark. Illustration No. 110 is Cinchonae pallidae cortex or pale cinchona bark.
This manual identifies plants used for…
- 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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Opium masses
- Plate 3.
- 1886
Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top, no. 16, is of a Smyrna Opium which is wrapped in…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium--Therapeutic use, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Opium masses
- Plate 4.
- 1886
Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top illustration, no. 18, is of Egyptian Opium which was…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium, Materia medica, Vegetable
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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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Plate 5: Medicinal roots from the family Polygalaceae
- 1886
Illustration printed in color of roots from plants in the Polygalaceae family. The top root, no. 23, is a Senegae Radix or Senega root. The lower two illustrations, no. 24, are of the Krameriae Radix or Rhatany root.
…- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Roots (Botany), Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Polygalaceae
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Illustration of Pareira root
- Pareirae radix
- 1886
A color lithograph of Pareirae radix, Pareira root.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired through commerce in Britain and are illustrated as they would…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Illustration of Aconite leaves and root, American may apple, star-anise root and calumba root
- 1886
Color lithograph of five botanical specimens: No. 1. Aconiti Folia. Aconite leaves (leaves and flowering tops of Aconitum Napellus or Monkshood; No. 2. Aconiti Radix. Aconite root; No. 3. Podophylli Rhizoma. Podophyllum…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 7: Limonis Cortex and Belae Fructus
- Plate 7.
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color of a lemon whole and a cross-section and a bael fruit whole as well as a cross-section.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Lemon, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Bael (Tree)--Therapeutic use, Bael (Tree), Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 8: Illustration of various leaves, bark, and seeds
- Plate 8.
- 1886
An Illustration printed in color of various leaves, a bark, and seed. No. 41 is Buchu Folia, No. 42 is Cuspariae vel Angusturae Cortex or Angustura bark, No. 64 is Physostigmatis Semen or calabar bean, No. 68 is Senna…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Angostura bark, Calabar bean, Senna alexandrina