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Plate XXXI: Map showing the distribution of the genus Magnolia in the United States
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Printed map depicts the eastern half of the United States of America with the distribution of genus magnolia, spanning from northern Florida west to Texas all the way north through Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Phytogeography--Maps, Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXX: Magnolia Macrophylla
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Magnolia Macrophylla, including leaves and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the illustration was drawn to scale. Per…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXIX: Magnolia Acuminata
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Magnolia Acuminata, including leaves and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the illustration was drawn to scale. Per…
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica, Magnolias
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Plate XXVIII: Magnolia Glauca
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a Magnolia Glauca flower and leaves.
The parts used medicinally are the bark. "This is a common shrub in swampy situations near the coast, from New Jersey southward."- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C.G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Materia medica
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Plate XXVII: Map showing the distribution of Liriodendron Tulipifera
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Printed map depicts the eastern half of the United States of America with the distribution of Liriodendron Tulipifera, or tulip tree, spanning from the Florida Panhandle west to Arkansas all the way north through…
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Plate XXVI: Liriodenron Tulipifera
- Tulip tree
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Botanical illustration of a branch of Liriodenron Tulipifera, commonly known as “tulip tree,” including a leaf and blooming flower. “Natural size” is noted after the scientific name of the plant, indicating that the…
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Beckman, First in Hybrid Software
- Circa 1964
A commercial solid-state computer system, including a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems 920 digital computer, was released in 1964. Beckman developed programming and utility systems, including…
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Beckman/SDS 2220/920 Integrated Computer System
- Circa 1964
The photograph showing the full view of the computer bears the Moss Photography stamp; the other is unattributed.
The integrated computing system, including a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems…
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American Chemical Society album of new members, 1938-1939
- 1938 – 1939
Photographic album containing approximately 440 black and white portraits of new members of the American Chemical Society for the years 1938-1939. The names and institutional affiliation of each individual are inscribed…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject Chemists, American Chemical Society, Students, Learned institutions and societies
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The Shockley 4-Layer Bistable Transistor Diode
- Circa 1959
This brochure highlights the transistor diode's use for computers, telephony, control, and pulse circuitry.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Pulse circuits, Computers, Computer industry, Diodes, Semiconductor, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Shockley 4-Layer Diode
- Circa 1959
This brochure highlights sawtooth oscillator, pulse generator, bistable, and ring counter applications for the NPNP silicon switch.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Computers, Computer industry, Diodes, Semiconductor, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Unique Properties of the 4-Layer Diode
- Technical Bulletin T-400
- 1957-Aug
This staple-bound booklet was a reprint from Electronic Industries & Tele-Tech. It was part of the in-house research library of Beckman Industries; a pocket for a library checkout card is affixed to the back cover.
In…
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La Femme Hydropique
- The Dropsical Woman
- After 1800 – before 1821
This engraving, by the French printmaker Jean Baptiste Fosseyeux, reproduces an original painting by Gerrit Dou. The work, titled "The Dropsical Woman," shows a young but finely-robed doctor examining the urine of a…
- After Dou, Gerard
- Artist Fosseyeux, Jean Baptiste, Gianni, Felice
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Chirurgien de Campagne
- 1747
This engraving by Thomas Major, after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, shows a "country surgeon" at work, treating the foot of a patient. As the surgeon bends down to apply a leech to the man's foot,…
- After Teniers II, David
- Artist Major, Thomas
- Subject Animals--Symbolic aspects, Alchemy, Surgery
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Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate
- The Hippocratic Grimoire
- 1740 – 1790
An engraving by F. Basan, after the painting by David Teniers II. The inscription below this work, Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate, refers to Hippocrates, a Greek physician often called the father of medicine in Western…
- After Teniers II, David
- Artist Basan, François, 1723-1797
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Ein Chemiker in seinem Laboratorium (A Chemist in his Laboratory)
- 1835 – 1840
This lithograph by Carl Straub, after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, shows the interior of a chemist's laboratory with a man seated in front of a furnace. He tends a glowing fire with a pair of…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Creator Of Work Straub, Carl
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Philosophe en Contemplation (The Philosopher in Contemplation)
- 1700s
This etching, by the Italian engraver and etcher Giuseppe [Joseph] Longhi, reproduces a work by the Dutch master of chiaroscuro, Rembrandt van Rijn. The original painting traveled to France in the 18th century and…
- After Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
- Creator Of Work Longhi, Giuseppe, 1766-1831
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Philosophers
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The Laboratory
- 1755
Engraved by Thomas Major after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, this print shows a young alchemist in a cap and apron working a pair of bellows before an open hearth. Distillation vessels, open books,…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Major, Thomas, 1720-1799
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le bien, la pauvreté, l'âge mûr, la jeunesse. Qui fait ou l'infortune ou la félicité.
- Goodness, poverty, middle age, youth. Who makes of it misfortune or happiness.
- 1760 – 1800
This etching by Francesco Pedro, for Nicollo Cavalli of Venice, reproduces a painting by Francesco Maggiotto. The scene shows four individuals in a humble workroom, gathered around a brazier full of coals. The central…
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Le Docteur Alchimiste (The Alchemical Doctor)
- 1740 – 1790
This engraving by J. Tardieu reproduces a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II. An older man with a lined, wizened face sits in a chair before a table, intently reading an open book. Before him sits a globe,…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Tardieu, Jacques Nicolas, 1716-1791
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Alchimist
- Circa 1900 – 1965
Color reproduction of a painting by Wijck from the collections of the Rijksmuseum. The alchemist, seated at his desk before the window, looks down to survey the progress of his assistant. The young boy holds up a basin…
- After Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Alchemist of the Past, and the Alchemist of the Present
- 1884-Apr-02
The scene depicts a character named Dr. Cashdown Mixer, Analytical Chemist collecting payments for items such as "Analysis Tea," "Analysis Coffee," and Analysis Oilymargarine" from a line of gentleman.
This cartoon…
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Le Louvre Achevé et la Nouvelle Rue de Rivoli
- The completed Louvre and New Rue de Rivoli
- Circa 1826 – 1865
"Le Louvre Achevé et la Nouvelle Rue de Rivoli," which translates to "The completed Louvre and New Rue de Rivoli," depicts an aerial view of Paris, seen from a hot air balloon. Philippe Benoist (French, Geneva 1813–ca.…
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Fontainebleau en Ballon, Vue Prise au Dessus du Gd. Quartier de Cavalerie
- Fontainebleau in Balloon, View Taken Above the Great Cavalry Quarter
- Circa 1846
Jules Arnout (1814-1868) was a French lithographer who executed landscape views of cities in France, England, Italy, and Switzerland, many of which were based on his own sketches and drawings. This print shows a view of…
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Paris et ses Fortifications, Vue Prise en Ballon au Dessus du Mont Valérien
- Paris and its Fortifications, View Taken in Balloon Above Mount Valerien
- Circa 1846
Jules Arnout (1814-1868) was a French lithographer who executed landscape views of cities in France, England, Italy, and Switzerland, many of which were based on his own sketches and drawings. This print shows Paris and…
- Artist Arnout, Jules, 1814-1868
- Printer Imprimerie Lemercier et cie
- Publisher Gambart, Junin & Co. (London), Jeannin (French publisher, active 19th century)
- Subject Aerial views, France--Suresnes--Fort du Mont-Valérien, Aeronautics, France--Paris, Bird's-eye views in art, Ballooning, Hot air balloons