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Panoramic view of Hercules Power Company's smokeless powder plant in Nitro, West Virginia
- 1920
Panoramic views of the Hercules Powder Company's smokeless powder plant in Nitro, West Virginia. The operating area and company town can be seen in this panoramic view. The right hand portion of the upper view shows…
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plant in Haskell, New Jersey and Trojan Powder Company's plant in Seiple, Pennsylvania
- 1920
Panoramic view of the DuPont Company's smokeless powder plant in Haskell, New Jersey (top panorama) along with the plant of the Trojan Powder Company and Trojan Chemical Company located in Seiple, Pennsylvania (bottom…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918), Grenades
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plants in Hopewell, Virginia and Carney's Point, New Jersey
- 1920
Panoramic view of the DuPont Company's guncotton plant in Hopewell, Virginia (top panorama) along with their powder plant located in Carney's Point, New Jersey (bottom panorama).
DuPont Company's guncotton plant…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plant and community village at the Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tennessee
- 1920
Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plant (top panorama) and community village (bottom panorama) at the Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tennessee. The plant panorama shows the nitric acid plant, blending towers,…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918), Company towns
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tennessee
- 1920
Panoramic view of DuPont Company's Old Hickory powder plant located near Nashville, Tennessee. The plant was built to produce 900,000 pounds of finished smokeless powder per day.
Top photograph includes the main power…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plants in Hopewell, Virginia and Parlin, New Jersey
- 1920
Panoramic view of the DuPont Company's guncotton plant in Hopewell, Virginia (top panorama) along with their powder plant located in Parlin, New Jersey (bottom panorama).
DuPont Company's guncotton plant located in…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Portrait of Richard Owen with skeleton of the giant moa
- 1877 (Date of photograph)
- 1894 (Date of publication)
English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) stands next to the skeleton of a giant moa (Dinornis Maximus). Owen published extensively on fossils and is famously known for coining…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of Richard Owen with granddaughter
- 1894
Photographic portrait print of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) with his granddaughter. Owen published extensively on fossils and is famously known for coining the…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Photographer Messrs. Byrne & Co.
- Engraver Walker & Boutall
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of Richard Owen with moa leg
- 1894
Portrait photo engraving of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) taken from an 1846 daguerreotype. Owen stands holding the leg bone of a moa, an extinct bird once found in…
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Engraver Walker & Boutall
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of Richard Owen
- 1894
Half-length frontispiece portrait print of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) from an oil painting by Henry William Pickersgill (1782-1875). Owen published extensively…
- Author Owen, Richard
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Artist Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875
- Engraver Walker & Boutall
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Portraits, Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875
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Portrait of Josiah Wedgwood
- 1892
Half-length portrait print of English potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795). Notably, Wedgwood founded the Wedgwood company, notable for their industrialization of pottery.
- Author Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Publisher Collins Printing House
- Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Lunar Society of Birmingham (England), Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Portraits
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Portrait of Joseph Priestley
- 1892
Half-length portrait of English clergyman and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). Notably, Priestley discovered oxygen.
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Portrait of John Abernethy
- 1856
Portrait print of English surgeon John Abernethy (1764-1831). Abernethy invented the Abernethy biscuit as an aid for digestion. He wrote one of the earliest popular works on medical science intended to be read by…
- Author Macilwain, George, 1797-1882
- Publisher Hatchard and Co.
- Subject Abernethy, John, 1764-1831, Medicine--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of John Abernethy
- 1856
Half-length portrait print of English surgeon John Abernethy (1764-1831). Abernethy invented the Abernethy biscuit as an aid for digestion. He wrote one of the earliest popular works on medical science intended to be…
- Author Macilwain, George, 1797-1882
- Publisher Hatchard and Co.
- Artist Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830
- Engraver Cook
- Subject Abernethy, John, 1764-1831, Medicine--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of James Macartney
- Part of James Macartney: A Memoir
- 1900
Half-length photogravure portrait of Irish anatomist James Macartney (1770-1843). Macartney sets next to his dog with a book in his hand. Macartney wrote extensively on the subject of anatomy and was a pioneer in the…
- Author Macalister, Alexander
- Publisher Hodder and Stoughton
- Printer T. & R. Annan and Sons
- Subject Medicine--Biography, Macartney, James, Anatomists, Portraits
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Portrait of Benjamin Silliman
- 1866
Bust portrait engraving of American chemist and science educator Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864). One of the first American professors of science, Silliman founded the American Journal of Science. He notably discovered a…
- Author Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
- Publisher Scribner & Co.
- Artist Tenney, U. D.
- Engraver Hall, H. S.
- Subject Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864, Chemists--Biography, Chemistry, Portraits
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Portrait of Louis Pasteur
- Part of The Life of Pasteur
- 1886 (Date of photograph)
- 1911 (Date of publication)
Half-length printed photographic reproduction portrait of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) by French photographer Paul Nadar (1820-1910). Pasteur is credited with discovering the…
- Author Vallery-Radot, René, 1853-1933
- Publisher Constable
- Photographer Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Portraits, Scientists, Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939, Chemists
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Photographs and Ephemera from the Records of the Chemists' Club
This collection of records from the Chemists' Club primarily consists of photographs and ephemera depicting group members, events, and buildings spanning the 1940's through the 1990's. Digitized here are fourteen…
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4 items
Scientific Correspondence of Joseph Priestley
- 1892
Cover, frontispiece, title page and plate have been digitized from this work featuring Joseph Priestley's correspondence with Josiah Wedgwood and other notables. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was an English clergyman and…
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10 items
The Phenomena and Laws of Heat
- 1869
Frontismatter and select illustrations have been digitized from this work on the laws of heat.
- Author Cazin, Achille, 1832-1877
- Publisher Scribner & Co.
- Editor Rich, Elihu, 1819-1875
- Subject Rich, Elihu, 1819-1875, Heat, Thermometers, Heat--Conduction, Evaporation, Global warming
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Raphael Meldola
- 1916
Biography of Raphael Meldola (1849-1915) who was a British chemist and entomologist. Chapters include information on when he was Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of London from 1912-15 as well a sections…
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5 items
The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 2
- 1894
Cover, frontismatter, title page and plate have been digitized from this biography of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892). Owen published extensively on fossils and is…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography
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The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 1
- 1894
Cover, frontismatter, title page and plate have been digitized from this biography of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892). Owen published extensively on fossils and is…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography
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10 items
Memoirs of John Abernethy, F.R.S.
- 1856
Cover, frontismatter and title page have been digitized from this biography of English surgeon John Abernethy (1764-1831). Abernethy invented the Abernethy biscuit as an aid for digestion. He wrote one of the earliest…
- Author Macilwain, George, 1797-1882
- Publisher Hatchard and Co.
- Subject Abernethy, John, 1764-1831, Medicine--Biography
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James Macartney: A Memoir
- 1900
Cover, frontispiece and title page have been digitized from this biography of Irish anatomist James Macartney (1770-1843). Macartney wrote extensively on the subject of anatomy and was a pioneer in the development of…
- Author Macalister, Alexander
- Publisher Hodder and Stoughton
- Subject Medicine--Biography, Macartney, James, Anatomists, Scientists--Biography