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20 items
Elektrochemie, Ihre Geschichte und Lehre
- Electrochemistry, its History and Teaching
- 1896
Fully illustrated work containing a comprehensive analysis of the history and pedagogy of electrochemistry. Digitization includes several printed figures, including a number of chapter headings that depict portraits of…
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Publisher Veit & comp.
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Electrochemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemists, Galvani, Luigi, 1737-1798, Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Fechner, Gustav Theodor, 1801-1887, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Schönbein, Christian Friedrich, 1799-1868, Joule, James Prescott, 1818-1889, Kohlrausch, Rudolf H. A. (Rudolf Hermann Arndt), 1809-1858, Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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7 items
Die moderne Chemie : Eine Schilderung der chemischen Grossindustrie
- Modern Chemistry : A Description of the Large-Scale Chemical Industry
- 1900
Work providing a comprehensive look at the German chemical industry at the turn of the twentieth century. Chapters range to discuss topics from phosphorus and mineral acids to glass fabrication and the chemical…
- Author Bersch, Wilhelm, 1868-1918
- Publisher Hartleben, A.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Employees, Women employees, Factories, Industrial sites, Chemical industry, Chemical workers
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23 items
Experimental Science : Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics
- 1898
Fully and elaborately illustrated publication concerned with introductory-level physics. As the author writes in his preface, "the design of this work is to afford to the student, the artisan, the mechanic, and in fact…
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A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day
- For the Use of Schools and Young Persons
- 1894
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This fifth edition of Buckley's…
- Author Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Publisher E. Standford
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929, Historians of science, Women in science, Science, Medieval, Science, Ancient, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Natural history
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The Fairy-Land of Science
- 1883
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This work, one of Buckley's…
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Michael Faraday : Man of Science
- After 1865 – before 1929
A biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Digitized content includes the work's…
- Author Jerrold, Walter, 1865-1929
- Publisher Fleming H. Revell
- Subject Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Physicists, Lectures and lecturing, Electromagnetism, Electrochemistry
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22 items
An Essay on the Chemical History and Medical Treatment of Calculous Disorders
- 1819
Alexander Marcet (1770-1822) was a Genevan physician who specialized in urinary calculi. Marcet was one of few medical practitioners of the time who used chemistry in their explanation and treatment of disease. He was…
- Author Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Calculi, Urinary organs--Calculi, Gallstones, Kidneys--Calculi, Bladder--Calculi, Therapeutics, Medicine, Urology
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, July 1, 1938
- 1938-Jul-01
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) provides professional advice to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), who recently emigrated from Germany to the United States to work at the University of Michigan. Georg additionally mentions…
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Letter from Siegmund Gabriel to Georg Bredig
- 1891-Dec-09
Siegmund Gabriel (1851-1924), a German chemist, provides information on a salt compound to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
- Subject Salts, Chemistry, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig and Marianne Homburger, February 12, 1936
- 1936-Feb-12
In a letter to his family, Max Bredig (1902-1977 ) describes his insecurity and future employment prospects after receiving news that he will likely be ousted from his position as a chemist at Bavarian Nitrogen Works…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to a colleague, February 2, 1899
- 1899-Feb-02
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks his colleague about a chemical substance.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry
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An Essay on Combustion : With a View to a New Art of Dying and Painting
- The Phlogistic and Antiphlogistic Hypotheses are Proved Erroneous
- 1794
Elizabeth Fulhame was an early British chemist who invented the concept of catalysis and discovered photoreduction. Fulhame’s interest was in the reduction reaction that led to the deposition of metals. As she notes in…
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Letter from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, December 14, 1937
- 1937-Dec-14
Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) offers words of encouragement to her brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), and describes her family life in Karlsruhe, Germany in late 1937.
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Letter from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, April 16, 1940
- 1940-Apr-16
Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) inquires about the well-being of her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), after his arrival in New York in early 1940. She additionally discusses the status of her family's affidavits of…
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Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig
- Circa 1941
After being freed from the Gurs internment camp in France, Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968) write a joint letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Lisbon,…
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Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, January 25, 1941
- 1941-Jan-25
Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp in France, thank Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending them food parcels. They…
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Postcard from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, January 2, 1940
- 1940-Jan-02
Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) asks her brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), about financial support for their father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Georg, who recently fled Nazi-occupied Germany, is currently a refugee in the…
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Postcard from Heinrich J. Goldschmidt to Georg Bredig
- 1918-Jul-13
Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt (1857-1937), an Austrian chemist who worked in Norway, provides a scientific reference to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and describes the negative impact of the First World War on his university.
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Letter from Heinrich J. Goldschmidt to Georg Bredig, January 6, 1899
- 1899-Jan-06
Heinrich Goldschmidt (1857-1937), an Austrian chemist working in Norway, thanks Georg Bredig (1864-1944) for his holiday greetings and discusses the difficulty of understanding a scientific treatise.
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Letter from Adolf Heilberg to Georg Bredig, September 30, 1924
- 1924-Sep-30
Adolf Heilberg (1858-1938), a respected lawyer and peace activist, tells Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that he is pleased of Bredig's support for peace developments in the international community. Heilberg additionally…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Heilberg, Adolf, 1858-1936
- Subject Heilberg, Adolf, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Peace-building, International relations
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, March 29, 1938
- 1938-Mar-29
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) inquires about the well-being of his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), in the United States and provides updates on his life in Germany as conditions deteriorate for German Jews under the Third…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Third Reich, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jews, German
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, March 21, 1939
- 1939-Mar-21
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) encourages his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), to continue helping their extended family members emigrate from Nazi Germany but to prioritize the Homburger family. Georg additionally asks Max about…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, May 1, 1936
- 1936-May-01
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) provides advice to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), on how to demonstrate his contribution to a scientific publication for which he was not given credit for. Georg additionally asks Max to…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Science publishing
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6 items
Dacron & Antron Colour Story
- Piece Dyed / Cross Dyed Jersey Fabrics
- 1950 – 1970
Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.
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"Sevron" Cationic Dyes on "Dacron" Type 801 Polyester Fiber
- 1972
Twenty-four dyed Dacron samples attached to a bi-fold cardstock brochure.