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214 items
Colour Measurement and Mixture
- 1891
Part of the Romance of Science Series, this volume provides an expanded version of a lecture series given by the author, Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) at the Royal Society of Arts. Contents include sixteen…
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72 items
Color Standards and Nomenclature
- 1912
Volume written with the intent to apply standardized nomenclature to colors and color names. The work is self-proclaimed as one of the few "modern books on the subject of color" that is not "purely technical...…
- Author Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929
- Publisher Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929
- Subject Colors, Naturalists, Names, Color--Study and teaching
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18 items
Colour : A Handbook of the Theory of Colour
- 1916
Revised second edition of a volume concerning the theory of color, its production, and the phenomena which occur upon mixing colors. Intended for practical users with previous experience in color theory such as artists,…
- Author Hurst, George H. (George Henry)
- Publisher Scott, Greenwood
- Subject Colors, Color--Study and teaching, Hurst, George H. (George Henry)
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68 items
The Theory and Practice of Color
- 1918
Work intended to convey to the average person the laws and principles of color to improve their appreciation, understanding, and employment of color in daily life. Includes nine pages of color samples that collectively…
- Author Snow, Bonnie E., -1925, Froehlich, Hugo B., 1862-1925
- Publisher L. Prang & Co.
- Subject Colors, Art, Art--Study and teaching, Color--Study and teaching
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66 items
Eliminating Waste in Blasting
- 1922
Booklet describing methods for eliminating waste in blasting while mining, quarrying, or other work requiring explosives. Recommendations are made after studies completed by the Hercules Powder Company at the Copper…
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4 items
The Techno-chemical Receipt Book
- Containing several thousand receipts, covering the latest, most important and most useful discoveries in chemical technology, and their practical application in the arts and the industries
- 1886
An extensive recipe book, principally derived from German technical literature, includes "an accurate and compendious collection of approved receipts and processes of practical application in the [chemical] industries…
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262 items
Electrical Experiments: A Manual of Instructive Amusement
- 1891
Written to show how electrical apparatus can be assembled at little cost for engaging instruction of scientifically-curious youth, this work includes descriptions of simple experiments that demonstrate elementary…
- Author Bonney, G. E.
- Publisher Whittaker & Co.
- Printer Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Subject Electricity, Science--Study and teaching, Magnetism, Electromagnetic theory, Electricity--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Electricity--Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Turbo-Cat
- Circa 1958
This silent film shows a demonstration of the "Turbo-Cat" expeditionary catapult. Developed in the 1950s by Don Doolitle and manufactured by the All American Engineering Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the system used…
- Creator Of Work All American Engineering Company
- Subject Airplanes, Jet engines
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76 items
New Methods of Testing Explosives
- 1905
Report of a research study concerned with the essential properties of explosives and the phenomena of their decomposition. The findings ascertain what maximum quantity of explosives can safely be used without causing a…
- Author Bichel, C. E.
- Publisher Charles Griffin & Company
- Contributor Larson, Axel
- Subject Explosives, Blasting, Explosives--Research, Gunpowder, Dynamite, Combustion
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123 items
Blasting Supplies
- 1917
Informational booklet describing blasting supplies manufactured and sold by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. necessary for firing charges of explosives. Products described include blasting caps, detonators, igniters,…
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82 items
Blasting Accessories
- A Description of the Various Accessories Needed for Firing Charges of Explosives Together with some Explanation of the Best Methods of Using These Accessories
- 1925
Booklet describing the Explosives Service of the Du Pont Company. The work describes products manufactured by the Du Pont Company related to blasting accessories, in particular, blasting caps, safety fuses, cap…
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99 items
Blasting Accessories
- Blasting Caps, Safety Fuse, Cap Crimpers, Electric Blasting Caps
- Circa 1920
Booklet describing the Explosives Service of the Du Pont Company. The work describes products manufactured by the Du Pont Company related to blasting accessories, in particular, blasting caps, safety fuses, cap…
- Author E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Publisher E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject Blasting, Explosives, Blasting--Equipment and supplies
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156 items
Measurement of Light and Colour Sensations
- A New Method Investigation the Phenomena of Light and Colour by Means of the Selective Absorption in Coloured Glass, Graded in to Scales of Equivalent Colour Value
- 1893
Joseph Williams Lovibond (1833-1918) was a British brewer who developed the first practical colorimeter. After discovering that coloration was a good index for assessing the quality of his beer, he sought an accurate…
- Author Lovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams), 1835-1918
- Publisher G. Gill
- Subject Light, Colors, Spectrum analysis, Colorimetry
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20 items
Elektrochemie, Ihre Geschichte und Lehre
- Electrochemistry, its History and Teaching
- 1896
Fully illustrated work containing a comprehensive analysis of the history and pedagogy of electrochemistry. Digitization includes several printed figures, including a number of chapter headings that depict portraits of…
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Publisher Veit & comp.
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Electrochemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemists, Galvani, Luigi, 1737-1798, Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Fechner, Gustav Theodor, 1801-1887, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Schönbein, Christian Friedrich, 1799-1868, Joule, James Prescott, 1818-1889, Kohlrausch, Rudolf H. A. (Rudolf Hermann Arndt), 1809-1858, Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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Die moderne Chemie : Eine Schilderung der chemischen Grossindustrie
- Modern Chemistry : A Description of the Large-Scale Chemical Industry
- 1900
Work providing a comprehensive look at the German chemical industry at the turn of the twentieth century. Chapters range to discuss topics from phosphorus and mineral acids to glass fabrication and the chemical…
- Author Bersch, Wilhelm, 1868-1918
- Publisher Hartleben, A.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Employees, Women employees, Factories, Industrial sites, Chemical industry, Chemical workers
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23 items
Experimental Science : Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics
- 1898
Fully and elaborately illustrated publication concerned with introductory-level physics. As the author writes in his preface, "the design of this work is to afford to the student, the artisan, the mechanic, and in fact…
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550 items
A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day
- For the Use of Schools and Young Persons
- 1894
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This fifth edition of Buckley's…
- Author Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Publisher E. Standford
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929, Historians of science, Women in science, Science, Medieval, Science, Ancient, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Natural history
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288 items
The Fairy-Land of Science
- 1883
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This work, one of Buckley's…
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Michael Faraday : Man of Science
- After 1865 – before 1929
A biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Digitized content includes the work's…
- Author Jerrold, Walter, 1865-1929
- Publisher Fleming H. Revell
- Subject Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Physicists, Lectures and lecturing, Electromagnetism, Electrochemistry
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22 items
An Essay on the Chemical History and Medical Treatment of Calculous Disorders
- 1819
Alexander Marcet (1770-1822) was a Genevan physician who specialized in urinary calculi. Marcet was one of few medical practitioners of the time who used chemistry in their explanation and treatment of disease. He was…
- Author Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Calculi, Urinary organs--Calculi, Gallstones, Kidneys--Calculi, Bladder--Calculi, Therapeutics, Medicine, Urology
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, July 1, 1938
- 1938-Jul-01
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) provides professional advice to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), who recently emigrated from Germany to the United States to work at the University of Michigan. Georg additionally mentions…
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Letter from Siegmund Gabriel to Georg Bredig
- 1891-Dec-09
Siegmund Gabriel (1851-1924), a German chemist, provides information on a salt compound to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
- Subject Salts, Chemistry, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig and Marianne Homburger, February 12, 1936
- 1936-Feb-12
In a letter to his family, Max Bredig (1902-1977 ) describes his insecurity and future employment prospects after receiving news that he will likely be ousted from his position as a chemist at Bavarian Nitrogen Works…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to a colleague, February 2, 1899
- 1899-Feb-02
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks his colleague about a chemical substance.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry
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201 items
An Essay on Combustion : With a View to a New Art of Dying and Painting
- The Phlogistic and Antiphlogistic Hypotheses are Proved Erroneous
- 1794
Elizabeth Fulhame was an early British chemist who invented the concept of catalysis and discovered photoreduction. Fulhame’s interest was in the reduction reaction that led to the deposition of metals. As she notes in…