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Chemical Heritage, Volume 19 Number 3
- 2001 (Fall)
…Council, meet in the Othmer Library. Paul Anderson accepts a copy of the portrait of Robert Boyle that hangs in CHF’s lobby, in honor of finishing his three- year term on CHF’s Board. Presenting the portrait are Arnold Thackray, president of CHF, and Harold Sor- genti, chair … dealer in Scarborough, Maine, and former director of the National Portrait Gallery, and he told Cole what he had learned. Cole and Sadik corre…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 21 Number 3
- 2003 (Fall)
…with the emphasis on Paul- ing’s theoretical publications, it creates portraits of the chemistry division at Caltech in which the image of a Pauling … well as a 55- cent stamp bearing C. EF. W. Traut- schold’s famous portrait of Liebig, the five-bulbed Kaliapparat, and a jar of meat extract. …high- quality, glossy paper and contains full- page black-and-white portraits of 37 laureates as well as a complete list of ‘Nobel laureates from…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 21 Number 2
- 2003 (Summer)
…meeting. lan MacMillan, the February 2003 speaker, poses next to a portrait of the Joseph Priestley Society’s eponym. positions at Bio-Technical …interview is prefaced with a biographical sketch and includes one or more portraits of the scientist inter- viewed, many photographed by Hargit- tai …contains 176 illustrations of apparatus, formal and informal group portraits, notebooks, letters, models, commemorative post- age stamps, plaques…
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The History of Inoculation and Vaccination for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease
- Circa 1913
…him to pay a visit to the metropolis for the purpose of having his portrait painted, as the earliest inoculator of cowpox. The worthy farmer accepted …cowpox, but neither took effect.” Jesty was then invited to sit for his portrait to Mr. Sharpe, an artist, and the picture, when finished, was to be …be kept quiet by the artist’s wife playing to him on the piano. The portrait when completed was presented, together with a pair of very handsome…
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Princess & Fairy, or, The Wonders of Nature
- 1899
…know. Before the spinning began it was like this,’ and she drew the portrait of a long, stout caterpillar with legs and jaws. ‘When the spinning …delightful!’ said the Fairy. ‘And we will bring them home and _ paint their portraits.’ Renee aan nnn nee ne eee ane ‘De tions them ‘Tt plied, how alike ……
- Author Martyn, Lily
- Publisher W. & R. Chambers Ltd.
- Subject Natural history, Children's literature, Science, Science--Study and teaching
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 29 Number 1
- 2011 (Spring)
… …WILLIAMS HAYNES PORTRAIT COLLECTION, CHF COLLECTIONS Driving Forces STORIES FROM CHF’'S COMMUNITY … bride. Providing such portraits before marriage was a common practice during the Renaissance. But…
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Distillations, Volume 4 Number 2
- 2018
…INSTITUTE oe Ce COREE Re ee Sees See ee ESS A copy of Eugene Montgomery’s portrait of engineer Vannevar Bush, which accompanied Bush’s 1955 article for …access to the same archive of clip art. Often these are straightforward portraits, but occasionally some- thing appears that is weird enough to be …
- Publisher Science History Institute
- Subject Science History Institute, Opioids, Opioid abuse, Digestion, Gastrointestinal system
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 31 Number 1
- 2013 (Spring)
…Cavendish | wrote, “Though Bodyes mortal be, the Soul’s divine.” NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY; CHF COLLECTIONS; WIKIMEDIA; BEINECKE RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPT …be proven. Specula- tions are hard to repress, however, and one win Portrait of Niccolo Paganini by Edwin Landseer. such inspires the title of …
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 28 Number 1
- 2010 (Spring)
…toxicity testing of drugs before ee ane Sob Eee CREE ae ieee wed A portrait of Gerhard Domagk by Otto Dix, 1953. marketing. In response Congress … of Ward’s other Vanity Fair illustrations, in- cluding “Steel,” a portrait of Sir Henry Bessemer, and “Natural Philosophy,” a car- icature of…
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Distillations, Volume 1 Number 1
- 2015 (Spring)
… …NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LEFT An etching of Charles Blagden …soothing ointment called Russian Salve. Uncle Sam shakes his fist at a portrait of King Andy, as the president was mockingly called. Johnson was widely…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 24 Number 2
- 2006 (Summer)
… in the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library on pages 30-32. Portrait painted by an unknown artist of the French school, 18th century. Courtesy … photographs from the Donald F. Othmer Image Collection, including portraits, snapshots from their travels, and images of Don experi- menting …
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 25 Number 3
- 2007 (Fall)
… …The distinguished innovators and entrepreneurs of the The Shannon portrait of the Hon. Robert Boyle F.D.S. (1691), by Johann Kerseboom. Our PURPOSE …Science. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2006. viii + 436 pp. $27. Portrait presumed to be Paracelsus. Massys or Metsys, Quentin (c. 1465-1530…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 23 Number 2
- 2005 (Summer)
…entering college.” Among the many interesting images in the scrapbook are portraits of Irving as a young man, as well as a photo- graph of his boat trip … 31 (2004), 268-278. Jensen, William B. “A Previously Unrecognized Portrait of Joan Baptista Van Helmont (1579-1644).” Ambix 51 (2004), 263-268…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 21 Number 1
- 2003 (Spring)
…minute would reveal a full-color photo. 1963. A 1954 ad shows a family portrait produced by the Model 80 Land Camera. were in these wooden barrels …on page 41 Edwin Land demonstrates instant photography with a self- portrait, 1947. All photos on these two pages courtesy BEROAC UR: E<3s » G1…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 17 Number 1
- 1999 (Spring)
…carts. But either Va. _ way, the barrels were expensive and heavy when Portrait ofiMarcus full, and they leaked. A far better solution was Samuel, …published by VCH in 1995, is “the most detailed and best documented portrait we have of a truly remarkable scientist,” according to Jeffrey Johnson…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 17 Number 2
- 1999 (Summer)
…, Greenwood Press, 1996). It contains biographical essays (47 with portraits) by 70 contributors—all but four of whom are women—on 97 women scientists … life, notes, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Portraits of better-known scientists are omitted in favor of lesser-known women…
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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
…animals depicted are as superior to the old class of picture-book as a portrait by Millais is to asignboard. ‘The chromo-lithography is also extremely …Years in Central Africa. _By EDWARD COODE Hore, Master Mariner. With Portrait, Maps, and a Number of Original Illustrations. Second Edition. Large…
- 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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Letters to a Painter on the Theory and Practice of Painting
- 1907
…picture being finished in color, and this method is much in use for portrait work. Sometimes the entire surface is covered with color, and the …blue grays, which you will find most useful both for landscape and_ portrait work. Ultramarine with Caput Mortuum will give you violet grays, which…
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Smithsonian MicroChemistry XM Manual
- Circa 1996
… Natural History History of the world and human cultures -National Portrait Gallery Portraits of significant Americans -National Postal Museum…
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Oral history interview with Jeffrey V. Ravetch
- 1989-Aug-23
…library overlooking the East River with this big Jacques-Louis David portrait of Lavoisier in his laboratory with his wife. And it just seemed like …Nucleic Acids Research 1 (1974): 109-127. 3 Jacques-Louis David. “Portrait of Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife,” oil on canvas, 1788 (Metropolitan…
- Interviewee Ravetch, Jeffrey V.
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ravetch, Jeffrey V., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Plasmodium lophurae, Proteins--Research, Fc receptors
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When Our County Was a Pup: Notes on Colonial American Decoration
- 1940s
…could make them. The paneling and woodwork were there -- as were the portraits, silver and china. Usually the woodwork was painted white, sometimes …beautiful Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite mahogany. There will be portraits and mirrors and a soft light that sparkles from a crystal chandelier…
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Chemists and Their Wonders: The Story of the Application of Chemistry to Various Arts and Manufactures
- Circa 1896
… much less cost than by the old methods; and it will reproduce our portraits;—which none of us ever like! on cards for our friends. “So chemistry …W. E. Gladstone: England’s Great Commoner. By Walter Jerrold, With Portrait and thirty-eight other Illustrations. ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENNY REWARD…
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Oral history interview with Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
- 2001-Aug-13 (First interview)
- 2001-Aug-30 (Second interview)
- 2002-Aug-15 (Third interview)
…into being on a White House committee, the Commission of the National Portrait Gallery, and some other extra-curricular activities. BOWDEN …Robert, 11 College of Pharmacy, 12-13, 27 Commission of the National Portrait Gallery, 47 Compton, Walter Ames, 31 Comroe, Julius, 30 Conklin…
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Oral history interview with Arthur L. Babson
- 2011-Dec-06 (First session)
- 2011-Dec-08 (Second session)
…and are almost book-length. I have, in fact, written a book called, “Portrait of Evil, A Nail Bay Chronicle” which is now 282 pages long and still … Authority of New York and New Jersey, 174 Portland, Oregon, 191 Portrait of Evil, A Nail Bay Chronicle\, 235 Posidonius, 163 Princeton University…
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Distillations, Volume 3 Number 2
- 2017 (Summer)
…pleased to learn that a number of years earlier Voigt had painted a portrait of the physician and scientist Paul Ehrlich for a magazine article … and held him in great esteem, commissioned Voigt to reproduce the portrait as an oil painting. Adolf’s purchase was notable in part because the …Rolf, who had a successful career as a chemist at DuPont, gave the portrait to CHF. But the painting he donated is dif- ferent in crucial ways…