Creator: Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966 / Place: New York (State)--New York / Subject: Chemistry - Science History Institute Digital Collections Search Results

Start Over Creator Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966 ✖ Place New York (State)--New York ✖ Subject Chemistry ✖

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Fig. 27: Pouring Liquid Air; Fig. 28: Kettle of Liquid Air on a Cake of Ice
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Liquid air
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Fig. 21: Imaginary Representation of the Structure of Hydrogen Gas
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Hydrogen, Atomic structure, Chemistry
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Fig. 22: Structure of the Hydrogen Atom according to the Modern Electronic Theory
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Hydrogen, Atomic structure, Chemistry
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Fig. 20: Explosion of a Flask filled with a mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen Gases
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Hydrogen, Chemistry, Chemical reactions, Oxygen
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Fig. 30: How the Severn Tunnel was Saved from Flooding in 1880
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Diving suits, England--Severn Tunnel, Scuba apparatus
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FIg. 32: Dr. Leonard Hill administering Oxygen
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Artist Ambrose, Charles
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Breathing apparatus
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Fig. 45: An Ancient Coal (Carboniferous) Forest
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Swamps, Carbon, Carboniferous Geologic Period, Coal, Forests and forestry
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Fig. 54: Stalactite Columns
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Calcium carbonate, Chemistry, Stalactites and stalagmites, Carbon dioxide, Limestone
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Fig. 75: The Nebula in Andromeda; Fig. 76: Spectra of Sun and some heated Metals
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Chemistry, Barium--Spectra, Sodium--Spectra, Stars--Spectra, Strontium--Spectra, Deep space--Andromeda Galaxy, Nebulae, Hydrogen--Spectra, Sun
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Fig. 67: Gannets' Breeding-ground on a Guano Island
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Nitrogen, Chemistry, Phosphorus, Calcium phosphate, Gannets, Guano
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Fig. 24: Tripler's Apparatus for Experimenting with Liquid Air
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Liquid air
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Fig. 68: In the Days of the Sea Monsters (Plesiosaurus and Ichthyosaurus)
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Sea monsters, Chemistry, Phosphorus, Extinct reptiles, Plesiosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Coprolites
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Fig. 65: Vesuvius
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Carbon dioxide, Eruption of Vesuvius (Italy : 79), Italy--Vesuvius, Sulfur dioxide, Volcanic eruptions
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Fig. 38: Nitrate Works at Notodden; Fig. 39: Lightning
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Nitrogen, Chemistry, Nitrites, Nitrogen fertilizers, Lightning, Nitrates, Norway--Notodden
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Fig. 53: Exploration of Maelstrom in Mammoth Cave
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
In Chapter XI on carbon dioxide, Geoffrey Martin discusses limestone rocks and formations. Of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, he writes:

"One distant and dangerous abyss, called the Maelstrom, was first explored by a boy,…
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Carbon dioxide, Caves, Limestone, Kentucky--Mammoth Cave
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Publications

Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- A Popular Treatise on Modern Chemistry and its Marvels, written in Non-Technical Language for General Readers and Students
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry
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Fig. 65: Lunar Landscape
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Contributor Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890, Carpenter, James, 1840-1899
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Lunar geology, Moon, Sulfur, Lunar volcanoes, Lunar craters, Chemistry
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Fig. 59 (Frontispiece): Silica Terraces at Rotomahana
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Photographer Burton Brothers (Firm)
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject New Zealand--Lake Rotomahana, Chemistry, Silica
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Fig. 31: The Oxygen-Breathing Apparatus (Fleuss-Davis patent)
- Part of Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry, Diving suits, Scuba apparatus