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Ac'cent makes food flavors sing
- 1948 – 1954
Advertising brochure for Ac'cent, a pure mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by the Amino Products Division of the International Minerals & Chemical Corporation.
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Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice and Journeyman House Painter and Decorator
- Lesson 12: Color Mixing
- 1922
Digitized content includes the title page and a lesson on the mixing of colored paints from Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice and Journeyman House Painter and Decorator. Includes a…
- Contributor Vanderwalker, F.N. (Fred Norman), 1885-1945
- Creator Of Work Painting & Decorating Contractors of America
- Subject Color, Painting, Paint
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Science (of Art and Science pair)
- 1600s – 1800
An iatrochemist performs a uroscopy, examining a small glass flask, while other activities take place in his busy workshop. A woman is waiting for her diagnosis, having brought the flask of urine in the wicker basket…
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An Alchemist at Work
- 1600s
A bearded alchemist is seated at a small bench, holding up a pair of spectacles to read a manuscript. Vessels, books, straw, and apparatus are scattered on the floor. In the right background an assistant carries a…
- Artist van Helmont, Mattheus
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art, van Helmont, Mattheus
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Alchemist with Scale
- 1800s
A bearded alchemist wearing a fur-trimmed top coat and cap is carefully weighing ingredients with a balance. On top of his table is an exotic carpet covered with papers, a copper pitcher, and ceramic jar. Resting on a…
- Artist Weiland, Johannes
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art
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Art (of Art and Science pair)
- 1600s – 1800
Large workshop with many sculpted busts and figures. At left in front of window, a well-dressed seated man at table with open book. Celestial globe in center, and to right a seated man painting at easel holds pallet and…
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Plate IX: Uric Acid Crystals
- Part of Atlas of Urinary Sediments
- 1899
Plate IX depicting tissue samples and uric acid crystals in various forms. The figures are identified as follows:
Figure 1: Shred Of Tissue (part of a tumour) passed with the urine, consisting of closely packed cells…
- Printer Of Plates Klinkhardt, Julius, 1810-1881
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Crystals, Uric acid, Urology, Scientific illustration
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Plate XIX: Tubercle Bacilli and Other Bacterium
- Part of Atlas of Urinary Sediments
- 1899
Plate XIX depicting various forms of bacterium present in urine. The figures are identified as follows:
Figure 1: Tubercle Bacilli. Stained red, the majority are slightly curved...The other bacteria and the nuclei of…
- Printer Of Plates Klinkhardt, Julius, 1810-1881
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Bacterial diseases, Bacteria, Urology, Scientific illustration
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Plate XI: Uric Acid Crystals and Deposits
- Part of Atlas of Urinary Sediments
- 1899
Plate XI depicting various forms of uric acid crystals and deposits. The figures are identified as follows:
Figure 1: Uric Acid Crystals (comb forms). Spontaneously precipitated.
Figure 2: Uric Acid. Colourless,…
- Printer Of Plates Klinkhardt, Julius, 1810-1881
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Crystals, Uric acid, Urology, Scientific illustration
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Atlas of Urinary Sediments
- with special reference to their clinical significance
- 1899
Cover and three illustrated plates from an English translation of Atlas der klinischen Mikroscopie des Harnes .
- Author Rieder, Hermann
- Contributor Delépine, Sheridan, 1855-1921
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Urology, Scientific illustration
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Spectra of the Stars and Nebulae
- 1885
Chromo-lithograph of the Spectra of the Stars and Nebulae compared with the Solar Spectrum and the Spectra of some of the Non-Metallic Elements.
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Spectra of the Metals of the Alkalies & Alkaline Earths
- 1885
Chromo-lithograph of the Spectra of the Metals of the Alkalis and Alkaline Earths, from the Drawings of [Robert] Bunsen and [Gustav] Kirchhoff. With Scale of Wave-Lengths Added.
Through research conducted in the…
- Creator Of Work Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Kirchhoff, G. (Gustav), 1824-1887
- Subject Scientific illustration, Spectrum analysis, Alkalies
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Total Solar Eclipse. Egypt, 1882
- 1885
Plate depicting the total solar eclipse that occurred in Egypt on May 17, 1882. A passing comet can be seen.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Solar eclipses
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The Iatrochemist
- 1700s – 1900
In a large stone chamber, a young woman in a blue skirt leans close to study a flask held by an elderly, bearded iatrochemist. He rests against a table covered with an embroidered carpet, topped with other glass vessels…
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Early Italian Pharmacy (left side of pair)
- 1600s
This workshop scene highlights the many activities of an apothecary's assistants as they sort and process herbs and plants, distill organic substances for medicine, and prepare doses. Large racks of glass distillation…
- Artist Italian School
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art
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The Iatrochemist
- 1600s – 1800
A busy chemical workshop with a man in furred collar and physician’s cap, examines a flask, conducting a medical diagnostic or urinoscopy. He consults an open book while at right a woman and a man await results. In…
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Early Italian Pharmacy (right side of pair)
- 1600s
The walls of this busy and productive apothecary's shop are lined with glass vessels and earthenware jars used for the preparation and storage of drugs, tonics and purgatives. The apothecary sits at his desk, conversing…
- Artist Italian School
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art
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Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to "Mr. Betz"
- 1939-Jun-09
Thank-you letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Betz Laboratories for fabricating water identical to that found in London, which was then delivered to the White House and used for the tea served to the King and…
- Addressee Betz Laboratories, Inc.
- Author Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
- Subject Betz Laboratories, Inc., Water--Analysis, Drinking water, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002, George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952, United States. Office of the First Lady, Presidents
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Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Edwin M. Ross
- 1939-Feb-07
Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Edwin M. Ross in which Roosevelt accepts Ross's offer to analyze and duplicate London city water which would be used to serve tea to the King and Queen of England.
- Addressee Ross, Edwin M.
- Author Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
- Subject Betz Laboratories, Inc., Water--Analysis, Drinking water, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002, George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952, United States. Office of the First Lady, Presidents
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Telegram from Henrietta Nesbitt to W.H. and L.D. Betz
- 1939
Telegram from Henrietta Nesbitt (1874-1963), White House cook and housekeeper, to W.H. and L.D. Betz asking for an additional twenty gallons of the specially fabricated London city water to be delivered to the White…
- Addressee Betz Laboratories, Inc., Betz, L. Drew, Betz, William H.
- Creator Of Work Nesbitt, Henrietta
- Subject Betz Laboratories, Inc., Water--Analysis, Drinking water, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002, George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952, Presidents
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Letter from Malvina C. Thompson to Edwin M. Ross
- 1939-May-19
Letter from Malvina C. Thompson (secretary to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt) to Edwin M. Ross instructing him that the samples of water fabricated by Betz Laboratories to duplicate London City water has arrived. Mrs.…
- Addressee Betz Laboratories, Inc., Ross, Edwin M.
- Author Thompson, Malvina, 1893-1953
- Subject Betz Laboratories, Inc., Water--Analysis, Drinking water, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002, George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952, United States. Office of the First Lady, Presidents
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BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records
This collection consists of the business records and printed and photographic materials of BetzDearborn, Incorporated, an American chemical company that manufactured water treatment chemicals for commercial and…
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An Alchemist and his assistant
- 1600s
Warm light from an open window at left falls on the seated figure of an alchemist and his standing assistant. The alchemist glances up from his writing, quill in hand, as his assistant carries in a small vessel. On the…
- Artist Heerschop, Hendrick
- Subject Alchemists, Heerschop, Hendrick, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Search for the Alchemical Formula
- 1858
A man in red skull cap and coat furred at collar and cuff sits with open book on his lap, body facing left with head turned right, in a green tattered velvet chair. At right, a cloth-covered table topped with a skull.…
- Artist Webb, Charles Meer
- Subject Webb, Charles Meer, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Alchemist with Monkey
- 1600 – 1800
The labors of an elderly alchemist are closely watched by a monkey which perches on the window above. The alchemist busies himself investigating samples wrapped in paper or notes in a cluttered workshop. The floor at…
- Manner Of Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Animals in art, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
