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  16 items
  Catalogs, Illustrated works

  Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial, Medical, Educational Laboratories

  • 1922

  Williams, Brown & Earl was an American optical instrument and laboratory supply firm formed by H. S. Williams and N. H. Brown at 918 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This illustrated catalog includes the…

  • Author Williams, Brown & Earle
  • Publisher Williams, Brown & Earle
  • Subject Laboratories, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Physical instruments, Medical laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Williams, Brown & Earle
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  13 items
  Illustrated works, Publications, Rare books

  An Atlas of Gas Poisoning

  • 1918

  First edition volume, published in August 1918 by Great Britain's Medical Research Committee. Founded in 1913, the Medical Research Committee and Advisory Council existed primarily for the distribution of medical…

  • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
  • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
  • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas, Chemical warfare, Chemical agents (Munitions), Phosgene
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse J. Ursell, July 5, 1946

  • 1946-Jul-05

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) responds to the secretary for the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, Ilse J. Ursell. Bredig expresses his gratitude for the interest the Society has taken in his late father,…

  • Addressee Ursell, Ilse J.
  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Society for the Protection of Science and Learning
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  Illustrations, Catalogs

  Harris's Universal Microscope

  • Part of Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Chemicals

  • 1889

  • Creator Of Work Philip Harris and Co.
  • Publisher Wright, Dain, Peyton, and Co.
  • Subject Chemical apparatus, Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Illustrations, Catalogs

  "The Worker" and "The Prize" Microscropes

  • Part of Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Chemicals

  • 1889

  • Creator Of Work Philip Harris and Co.
  • Publisher Wright, Dain, Peyton, and Co.
  • Subject Chemical apparatus, Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  2 items
  Illustrated works, Catalogs

  Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Chemicals

  • 1889

  Catalog for chemical apparatus produced by Philip Harris & Co., now Philip Harris Ltd., a British laboratory supply company that became a major supplier of equipment for school science. The brand name is now owned by…

  • Creator Of Work Philip Harris and Co.
  • Publisher Wright, Dain, Peyton, and Co.
  • Subject Chemical apparatus, Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Philip Harris and Co.
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  Handbooks and manuals, Illustrations

  Figure of Ernst Otto Beckmann apparatus for boiling-point elevation (with three-necked flask)

  • Part of Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements

  • 1894

  • Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
  • Contributor Walker, James, 1863-1935
  • Publisher Macmillan & Co.
  • Subject Beckmann, Ernst, 1853-1923, Boiling-points--Measurement, Boiling-points, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Physical measurements, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Handbooks and manuals, Illustrations

  Figure of Ernst Otto Beckmann apparatus for boiling-point elevation

  • Part of Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements

  • 1894

  • Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
  • Contributor Walker, James, 1863-1935
  • Publisher Macmillan & Co.
  • Subject Beckmann, Ernst, 1853-1923, Boiling-points--Measurement, Boiling-points, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Physical measurements, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  2 items
  Handbooks and manuals, Illustrated works

  Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements

  • 1894

  Digitized content includes two figures of Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853-1923) apparatus for boiling point elevation.

  • Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
  • Contributor Walker, James, 1863-1935
  • Publisher Macmillan & Co.
  • Subject Beckmann, Ernst, 1853-1923, Boiling-points--Measurement, Boiling-points, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Physical measurements, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Illustrations, Publications

  Fig. 272: The Morse Key; Fig. 273: Key Board; and Fig. 274: Telegraph Key and Relay

  • Part of New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise

  • 1896

  • Author Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
  • Publisher T. Audel & Company
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Telecommunication, Telegraph
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  Illustrations, Publications

  The Morse Telegraph Alphabet

  • Part of New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise

  • 1896

  Text and illustration from page 479 of the 1896 volume New Catechism of Electricity detailing the Morse code alphabet and numerals used to communicate via telegraph.

  • Author Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
  • Publisher T. Audel & Company
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Telecommunication, Telegraph, Cipher and telegraph codes, Morse code
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  Illustrations, Publications

  The Telegraph

  • Part of New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise

  • 1896

  Pages 476 and 477 from the 1896 volume New Catechism of Electricity detailing the key components and functionality of the telegraph. The text is accompanied by an illustration of the telegraph's transmitting key (Figure…

  • Author Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
  • Publisher T. Audel & Company
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Telecommunication, Telegraph
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  29 items
  Illustrated works, Publications

  New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise

  • 1896

  Addressed not to "the experimenter or to the toy-maker, nor to the scholar in school or college, but to those who have to deal with Electricity as a part of their life work," this volume seeks to provide an introduction…

  • Author Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
  • Publisher T. Audel & Company
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching
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  Illustrations, Publications

  Figure 160. Telegraph Instruments

  • Part of Practical Electricity

  • 1917

  Diagram depicting the different components of a telegraph, including the key, sounder, and relay.

  • Author Croft, Terrell, 1880-1967
  • Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Telecommunication, Telegraph, Telegraph lines
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  Illustrations, Publications

  Figure 161. Diagram of an Electric Telegraph System

  • Part of Practical Electricity

  • 1917

  Diagram depicting an electric telegraph system running between the cities of Richmond, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York, New York.

  • Author Croft, Terrell, 1880-1967
  • Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Telecommunication, Telegraph, Telegraph lines
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  16 items
  Illustrated works, Publications

  Practical Electricity

  • 1917

  First edition volume written by Terrell Croft (1880-1967), an American engineer and author of many technical books on electrical and mechanical subjects. The fully illustrated publication was written "to present the…

  • Author Croft, Terrell, 1880-1967
  • Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company, Hill Publishing Company
  • Printer The Maple Press
  • Subject Communication, Communication and technology, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Telecommunication, Electromagnetism, Electromagnetism--Study and teaching
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  Illustrations, Publications, Catalogs

  Fig. 72: McKenna Mechanically Operated Agate Mortar and Pestle

  • Part of The Design and Equipment of Small Chemical Laboratories

  • 1908

  • Author Meade, Richard K. (Richard Kidder), 1874-
  • Publisher The Chemical Engineer Publishing Co.
  • Subject Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Mortar, Pestles
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  Illustrations, Publications, Catalogs

  Fig. 47: Rochlitz Automatic Water Still; Fig. 48: Jewell Automatic Water Still

  • Part of The Design and Equipment of Small Chemical Laboratories

  • 1908

  • Author Meade, Richard K. (Richard Kidder), 1874-
  • Publisher The Chemical Engineer Publishing Co.
  • Subject Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Distilled water, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water
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  11 items
  Illustrated works, Publications, Catalogs

  The Design and Equipment of Small Chemical Laboratories

  • 1908

  Intended to inform the inexperienced college graduate how to design and equip a chemical laboratory, this volume includes sections describing the various general features, appliances, and apparatus needed. Credits the…

  • Author Meade, Richard K. (Richard Kidder), 1874-
  • Publisher The Chemical Engineer Publishing Co.
  • Subject Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Distilled water, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water
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  3 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ernst A. Hauser, September 30, 1945

  • 1945-Sep-30

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes to Ernst A. Hauser (1896-1956) about Hauser's recent response to Wolfgang Ostwald's (1883–1943) obituary. Bredig posits that Ostwald either "behaved like or became a Nazi under the Hitler…

  • Addressee Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956
  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Ostwald, Wolfgang, 1883-1943, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Nazis
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Journal of Chemical Education

  • Decade starting 1945

  Annotated letter from Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) to the editor of the Journal of Chemical Education. The letter was written in response to an article by Ernst A. Hauser (1896-1956), praising Wolfgang Ostwald…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Journal of chemical education
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Ostwald, Wolfgang, 1883-1943, Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956, Journal of chemical education, Chemists, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ernst A. Hauser, February 24, 1946

  • 1946-Feb-24

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) defends his written opinion in his latest letter to the editor, in which he responded to an article by Ernst A. Hauser (1896-1956). In this article, Hauser praised Wolfgang Ostwald (1883-1943) for…

  • Addressee Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956
  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956, Ostwald, Wolfgang, 1883-1943, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), National socialism
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  Publications

  Journal of Chemical Education Letters to the Editor, January 1946

  • 1946-Jan

  Clipping from the Journal of Chemical Education containing two letters to the editor. The first, by Max Bredig (1902-1977), was written in response to an article by Ernst A. Hauser (1896-1956), which praised Wolfgang…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956
  • Publisher Journal of chemical education
  • Subject American Chemical Society, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956, Ostwald, Wolfgang, 1883-1943, Journal of chemical education, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.), Nazis, Chemists, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Records (Documents)

  Application for Location Service for Alfred and Eva Schnell

  • Decade starting 1945

  Application form for Location Service for Alfred (1900-1944) and Eva Schnell (1913-1944), filled out by Max Bredig (1902-1977).

  Alfred Schnell was a former colleague of Max Bredig. In the early 1940s, Alfred and his…

  • Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), World War (1939-1945), Jewish refugees
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  Personal correspondence

  Radiogram from Anny van der Sluys to Max Bredig, July 5, 1945

  • 1945-Jul-05

  Anny van der Sluys tells Max Bredig (1920-1977) that she has not heard from Alfred (1900-1944) and Eva Schnell (1913-1944).

  Alfred Schnell was a former colleague of Max Bredig. In the early 1940s, Alfred and his wife…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Subject Radio Corporation of America, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Van der Sluys, Anny, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944