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Weston Galvanometer
- Undated
Rectangular wooden box; brown leather handle attached to top with metal fasteners; front has a steel lock screwed to it; lock is stamped with manufacturer; four hard black rubber feet on bottom; top attached with two…
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Weston Direct Current Voltmeter with Case
- After 1888
Direct current voltmeter, Model 1. Instrument mounted on brown felt on a hardwood base, with a brass tag in front; instrument made of metal and finished in orange-brown; two electrical connections covered in black…
- Manufacturer Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- Subject Voltmeters, Measuring instruments, Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 9th World Petroleum Conference, Tokyo
- 1975
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict oil derricks.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
- 1951
Cachet created by Fleetwood depicts "The Chemist" along with ACS logo and the tagline, "Maker of a Better Tomorrow." Stamp issued to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the American Chemical Society. Addressed to and…
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First Day Cover commemorating the 1st Arab Petroleum Conference, United Arab Republic
- 1959-Apr-16
Cachet and stamp depict oil pipeline and drilling derricks.
- Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Postage stamps, Egypt, United Arab Republic, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Petroleum engineering, League of Arab States, Arab Petroleum Congress
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French postage stamp commemorating Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville's work with aluminium
- 1955-Mar-07
On March 7, 1955, France issued a set of six stamps under the theme "Famous Inventors." One of these stamps featured Sainte-Claire Deville who created metallic aluminum in 1855. Stamp depicts modern uses of aluminum…
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Plate I: Sugar
- 1880
Front elevation and plan of Alfred Fryer's concretor, an apparatus used for evaporating cane juice rapidly, "to concentrate as cheaply and efficiently as possible the juice which is supplied to it; turning it at once…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate I: Sulphur [Sulfur]
- 1880
Thomas' apparatus for melting sulfur by steam.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sulfur industry
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Plate I: Petroleum
- 1880
Elevation and plan of the Franklin Oil Works petroleum refinery in Philadelphia.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Petroleum--Refining, Chemistry, Technical, Petroleum refineries
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Plate I: Sulphuric [Sulfuric] Acid
- 1880
Elevation, longitudinal section, and ground plan of a pyrites kiln for burning sulfur to produce sulfuric acid.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Sulfuric acid industry, Chemistry, Technical
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Vacuum pan for the manufacture of cane sugar
- 1880
Vacuum pan for evaporating water from solutions of sugar in refineries and beet-root sugar factories.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate II: Explosives
- 1877
Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):
Poacher for washing the gun cotton pulp. Vat and mixing machine. No. 1 Hydraulic press. No. 2 Hydraulic press.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical, Guncotton
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Plate I: Explosives
- 1877
Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):
Carding cotton to prepare it for dipping in acids. Drying cotton before dipping. Section of drying tube. Dipping and placing the steeped cotton in pots. Pot…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical, Guncotton
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Equipment for the rectification of ether
- 1877
Equipment used to rectify ether, or concentrate by distillation.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Mohr's arrangement of equipment for the rectification of ether
- 1877
Mohr's arrangement of equipment for rectification of ether, or distillation.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Equipment for the manufacture of ether
- 1877
Ether, also called diethyl ether, is a volatile flammable liquid obtained by distilling a mixture of alcohol with an acid. It is used as a solvent, as an intermediate in chemical synthesis, and as a general anesthetic. …
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Ether, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Benzol
- 1877
Cylindrical stills for the manufacture of benzene.
Now termed benzene, "benzol" is a hydrocarbon first discovered by Michael Faraday in 1825, in the liquid which resulted from the compression of illuminating gases…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Benzene, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Electro Metallurgy
- 1877
Two examples of Gramme's machines for electro-metallurgy.
"This machine differs from all other magneto-electric machines at present known, inasmuch as it is the only one that gives a continuous current in one…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Electromagnetism, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Arsenic
- 1877
Brunton's calcinor, a reverberatory furnace used for the metallurgical process of roasting or calcination of tin ores containing arsenical pyrites.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Arsenic, Chemistry, Technical, Roasting (Metallurgy)
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Plate I: Aniline
- 1877
Apparatus for the fractional distillation of aniline oils.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical, Aniline
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Laugier's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Apparatus by Laugier expressly adapted for the distillation of fermented saccharine liquors.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Miller's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still patented by James Miller for the distillation of alcohol.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Siemen's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still by Siemen used for the distillation of brandy.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Pontifex's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still patented by William Pontifex generally used for the distillation of rum.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Alègre's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Distilling apparatus by Pierre Alègre for the production of alcohol.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical