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A Dream of Toasted Cheese
- 1899 (Creation)
- 1906 (Publication)
Whimsical illustration of mice in a laboratory with glassware, apparatus, and a Bunsen burner. Beatrix Potter was a niece of the author, Henry Roscoe, and created this illustration as a gift. The illustration is based…
- Artist Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
- Author Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
- Publisher Macmillan Company
- Subject Ammonia, Mice, Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
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Plate 12: Cinchona bark
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color of two varieties of cinchona bark. No. 109 is Cinchona Flavae cortex or yellow cinchona bark and No. 111 is Cinchonae Carthagenae cortex or Carthagena bark.
This manual identifies plants…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use
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Plate 11: Red and pale cinchona bark
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color. Illustration No. 108 is Cinchonae rubrae cortex or red cinchona bark. Illustration No. 110 is Cinchonae pallidae cortex or pale cinchona bark.
This manual identifies plants used for…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use
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Plate 6: Guarana and Orange
- 1886
Illustration printed in color. Item no. 29. is guarana, which is made from the seeds of the paullinia sorbilis ground, made into a paste then molded into a cylindrical mass and dried. Guarana is known for its high…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Bitter orange oil, Oranges, Guarana--Therapeutic use, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Guarana
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Opium masses
- Plate 3.
- 1886
Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top, no. 16, is of a Smyrna Opium which is wrapped in…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium--Therapeutic use, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 9: Various medicinal plants based from trees of the sub-order Caesalpinieae
- 1886
Illustrations of medicinal plants printed in color. No. 70 is a cassia pulp, No. 73 is a catechu nigrum or cutch made from the heart wood of the acacia. No. 81 is Amygdala amara or bitter almond, No. 83 is Amygdala…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Almond, Cassia (Genus), Materia medica, Vegetable
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Opium masses
- Plate 4.
- 1886
Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top illustration, no. 18, is of Egyptian Opium which was…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 8: Illustration of various leaves, bark, and seeds
- Plate 8.
- 1886
An Illustration printed in color of various leaves, a bark, and seed. No. 41 is Buchu Folia, No. 42 is Cuspariae vel Angusturae Cortex or Angustura bark, No. 64 is Physostigmatis Semen or calabar bean, No. 68 is Senna…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Angostura bark, Calabar bean, Senna alexandrina
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Illustration of Aconite leaves and root, American may apple, star-anise root and calumba root
- 1886
Color lithograph of five botanical specimens: No. 1. Aconiti Folia. Aconite leaves (leaves and flowering tops of Aconitum Napellus or Monkshood; No. 2. Aconiti Radix. Aconite root; No. 3. Podophylli Rhizoma. Podophyllum…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 7: Limonis Cortex and Belae Fructus
- Plate 7.
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color of a lemon whole and a cross-section and a bael fruit whole as well as a cross-section.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Lemon, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Bael (Tree)--Therapeutic use, Bael (Tree), Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 5: Medicinal roots from the family Polygalaceae
- 1886
Illustration printed in color of roots from plants in the Polygalaceae family. The top root, no. 23, is a Senegae Radix or Senega root. The lower two illustrations, no. 24, are of the Krameriae Radix or Rhatany root.
…- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Roots (Botany), Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Polygalaceae
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Illustration of Pareira root
- Pareirae radix
- 1886
A color lithograph of Pareirae radix, Pareira root.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired through commerce in Britain and are illustrated as they would…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable
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152 itemsAdulterations of Food; With Short Processes for their Detection
- 1874
Chapters cover food types commonly adulterated through the use of additives, with some additives being non-food items such as plaster of Paris, lead and brick dust. End of book features plate illustrations of common…
- Author Atcherley, Rowland J.
- Publisher W. Ibister & Co.
- Subject Food--Analysis, Food adulteration and inspection
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Total Solar Eclipse of 18th August, 1868, at Mantawaloc-Kekee.
- Fig. 121
- 1872 (Published)
An illustration of a solar eclipse during the last 2 minutes, 25 seconds, therefore just before the reappearance of the sun's rays. The accompanying text states: ""Scarcely had the last ray of sunlight disappeared,"…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Sun
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The Changes in the Appearance of a Spot caused by the Rotation of the Sun
- Fig. 106.
- 1872 (Published)
Here Sschellen is illustrating and explaining the phenomenon of sunspots. The accompanying text states: "In Fig. 106 the drawings marked I represent the varying phases through which a spot surrounded by a penumbra…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Sunspots, Astronomy, Sun, Spectrum analysis
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Lockyer's Telespectroscope.
- Fig. 135
- 1872 (Published)
An illustration of a man using Lockyer's telespectroscope. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), designed this instrument in order to observe the spectra of the prominences in full sunlight. Lockyer is best known for…