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Plate XII: Plants, Animals, and the Air
- 1856
Color plate depicts a pastoral countryside with animals, a house and foliage. The sky illustrates the symbiotic relationship between plants, animals and the atmosphere through icons representing oxygen, carbonic acid…
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Plate XI: Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the chemistry of combustion and illumination through the structure of a flame. The currents of gases are indicated by the direction of the arrows.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or,…
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Plate X: Vinous, Lactic and Butyric Fermentations
- 1856
Color plate illustrates vinous, lactic and butyric fermentations.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects authored by American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward…
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Plate IX: Nitrogenized and Sulphurized Principles of Food
- 1856
Color plate depicts the nitrogenized and sulphurized principles of food. The elements of nutrition, including their source and composition, are illustrated.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry…
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Plate VIII: Ternary or Non-Nitrogenized Principles of Food
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the ternary or non-nitrogenized principles of food. The source and composition of the elements of respiration and calorification are represented. Includes vegetable acids, sugars and starches as…
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Plate VII: Homologous Series of Compounds
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the homologous series of compounds of various acids.
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Plate VI: Illustration of the Theory of Compound Radicals/Theory of Chemical Types/Theory of Pairing
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the theory of compound radicals, the theory of chemical types (doctrine of substitution) and the theory of pairing (example of coupled acids).
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The…
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Plate V: Examples of Isomerism
- 1856
Color plate illustrates examples of isomerism. Includes the metamerism of various oils and olefiant gas as well as the polymerism of aldehyde, acetic ether, oil of peppermint and oil of lavender.
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Plate IV: Chemistry of Geology
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the chemistry of geology, depicting a section of the earth's crust and its composition of minerals. The right side of the illustration lists the order of the geological formations.
This plate…
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Plate III: Composition of Salts
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the composition of salts including the structure of acids and salts as well as the salts of phosphoric acid.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects…
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Plate II: Metals and Their Compounds with Oxygen
- 1856
Color plate illustrates metals and their compounds with oxygen. Includes oxygen, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, silicon, aluminum, iron, and manganese.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The…
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Plate I: Metalloids and Their Compounds
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the compounds of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, sulphur, chlorine, and phosphorus.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects authored by American…
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Portrait of Edward Livingston Youmans
- 1851 (Date of photograph)
- 1894 (Date of publication)
Half-length portrait photograph of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17, which lasted…
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Portrait of Edward Livingston Youmans
- 1894
Half-length portrait frontispiece engraving of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17,…
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Exterior views of Rohm and Haas home office building
- Circa 1964
Two photographs depicting the exterior of the Rohm and Haas Company home office building located on Independence Mall West in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Constructed in the 1960's, the building was designed by…
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Board room at Rohm and Haas home office building
- Circa 1964
General view of the board room at Rohm and Haas home office building located on Independence Mall West in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Constructed in the 1960's, the building was designed by architectural firm George M.…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Architecture
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Group portrait of F.O. Haas and home office architects
- Circa 1964
Group portrait of Rohm and Haas Company president F.O. Haas (center) and architects Dr. Pietro Belluschi (left) and Alexander Ewing (right). The group is posed outside the company's newly-constructed home office…
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Plexiglas chandelier at Rohm and Haas home office building
- 1965-Jun-14
General view of the Plexiglas chandelier in the Rohm and Haas Company home office building located on Independence Mall West in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Constructed in the 1960's, the building was designed by…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Photographer Pasquarella, Gus
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Plexiglas, Architecture
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View of galleria during construction of Rohm and Haas building
- Circa 1963
General view of the galleria during construction of the Rohm & Haas home office building located on Independence Mall West in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Rohm and Haas Company was founded in 1907 in Esslingen,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Testamentum Theorica
- 1446 – 1475
The Testamentum Theorica is the earliest work in the Pseudo-Lullian Alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts that circulated as the work of Raymond Lull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus;…
- Creator Of Work Pseudo-Llull
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Manuscripts, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Formulas, recipes, etc.
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Chemical Science is Organized Knowledge
- Circa 1900
An allegorical illustration across a two-page spread depicting a man holding chemical glassware representing chemical science on one side with a man reading a book representing organized knowledge on the other side.…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Symbolism in art, Art nouveau
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Beeton's Book of Chemistry
- 1865
Publication providing an overview of the basic principles of chemistry with regards to non-metallic elements. Includes engravings, experiments, an appendix containing tables and supply lists, and an index. Part of a…
- Contributor Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865
- Author Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877
- Publisher Frederick Warne (Firm)
- Subject Chemistry, Nonmetals, Chemical elements, Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865, Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877, Science--Textbooks, Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching
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Plate X: Early development of crustaceans including barnacles and shrimp
- The History of Creation: Or the Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes
- 1872
Plate depicts the early development of crustaceans including limnetis (figure A), Cyclops (figure B), Lernaeocera (figure C), lepas (a genus of goose barnacles seen in figure D), Sacculina (a genus of barnacles seen in…
- Author Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
- Publisher Reimer, G.
- Artist Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
- Engraver Schutze, A.
- Subject Evolution, Heredity, Copepoda, Shrimps, Barnacles, Lernaeocera, Lepas, Sacculina, Penaeus
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Wade's Magic Oil cholera morbus cure label
- Circa 1900
While the label claims that Wade’s Magic Oil, manufactured by F. S. Case, is guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act, this did not guarantee that the product worked. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 granted the United…
- Manufacturer Case, F. S.
- Subject Quacks and quackery, Labels, Therapeutics, Gastroenteritis, Drugs, Nonprescription, Patent medicines, Drugs, Pharmacy, Medicine, Case, F. S.
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Plate IX: Invertebrates including comatula, sea urchin, starfish and sea cucumber
- 1872
Plate depicts several invertebrates including a starfish (figure A. Uraster), a Comatula (figure B), a sea urchin (figure C echinus), and a sea cucumber (figure D Synapta). Haeckel is known for his descriptive work on…
- Author Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
- Publisher Reimer, G.
- Artist Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
- Engraver Wagenschieber
- Subject Evolution, Heredity, Invertebrates, Cnidaria, Sea cucumbers, Starfishes, Sea anemones