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Le Dirigeable Nulli Secundus
- The Airship Nulli Secundus
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the British airship Nulli Secundus (Latin for "Second to none"). First flown on September 10, 1907, the Nulli Secundus was Britain's first powered military…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Postcards, Military airships, Illustrated works
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Le Pharmacien
- The Pharmacist
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a pharmacist posed before various pharmaceutical bottles. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et…
- Subject Postcards, Pharmacists, Pharmacy, Illustrated works
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Monoplan Antoinette
- Antoinette Monoplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane manufactured by Antoinette, a French manufacturer of light petrol engines, and flown by French aviation pioneer Arthur Charles Hubert Latham…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Aeronautics, Postcards, Airplanes, Latham, Hubert, 1883-1912, Illustrated works
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Monoplan Blériot
- Blériot Monoplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane designed and flown by French aviator, inventor, and engineer Louis Blériot (1872-1936). In 1909, Blériot became world-famous for making the first…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Blériot aircraft, Aeronautics, Postcards, Airplanes, Illustrated works, Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936
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Monoplan R. Esnault-Pelterie
- R. Esnault-Pelterie Monoplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane designed and flown by French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881-1957). This postcard is part of a set originally…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Aeronautics, Postcards, Esnault-Pelterie, Robert, 1881-1957, Airplanes, Illustrated works
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9 items
Colours Fast to Light for Staining Wood
- Lichtechte farbstoffe zum beizen von holz
- Colorants solides 'a la lumière pour mordants pour bois
- 1911
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs.…
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6 items
Order forms from the Société Française de Physique
- Circa 1911
Order forms for publications by the Société Française de Physique collected by Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The French Physical Society was founded in 1873.
- Creator Of Work Société Française de Physique
- Subject Physics--Societies, etc., Science--Societies, etc.
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74 items
Wolldruck
- Impression sur laine
- Prints on Wool
- 1912
Sample book with printing instructions and 244 dyed and printed wool fabric samples.
- Creator Of Work Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.
- Subject Textile printing, Dyes and dyeing--Wool
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Letter from Henry Le Chatelier to Georg Bredig
- 1912-Nov-02
Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850-1936) , a French chemist who played a significant role in the 19th century aluminum and railway industries, informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that he will announce the 70th birthday of…
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Die Wollfarbstoffe des Jahres 1913
- Wool colors 1913
- Les colorants pour laine de l'annee 1913.
- Circa 1913
Sample book from the Bayer Company, Inc.--the North American extension of the German company, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.--containing mounted dyed wool thread and swatch samples. Bayer & Co. was the first…
- Creator Of Work Bayer Company, Inc.
- Publisher Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Wool, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co., Bayer Company, Inc.
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3 items
Obituary for Louis Henry
- Circa 1913
Obituary for Louis Henry (1834-1913), a Belgian organic chemist who synthesized hundreds of new compounds in his lifetime. Henry notably coined the Henry reaction, which is today a classic carbon-carbon bond formation…
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Letter from Ernest Solvay to Georg Bredig, May 1918
- 1918-May-25
Ernest Solvay (1838-1922), a Belgian chemist, thanks Georg Bredig for his correspondence and expresses his mutual sadness about the travesties of the First World War.
- Author Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, World War (1914-1918)
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2 items
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Postcard - Institut Pasteur - La Bibliotheque
- Pasteur Institute - Library
- Circa 1920
Postcard depicts three men working in the library of the Pasteur Institute.
- Photographer Lévy et Neurdein réunis
- Subject Library buildings, France--Paris, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
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Postcard - Institut Pasteur - Salle des Cours
- Pasteur Institute - Classroom
- Circa 1920
Postcard depicts three men and one woman working in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute.
- Photographer Lévy et Neurdein réunis
- Subject Laboratories, France--Paris, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
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Postcard - Institut Pasteur - Tombeau de Pasteur
- Pasteur Institute - Tomb of Pasteur
- Circa 1920
- Photographer Lévy et Neurdein réunis
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, France--Paris, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
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Postcard - La Sorbonne - Louis Pasteur par Marqueste
- Statue of Louis Pasteur by Laurent Marqueste - The Sorbonne
- Circa 1920
- Photographer Lévy et Neurdein réunis
- Subject Laurent Marqueste, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, France--Paris, Statues, Université de Paris
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Postcard - Le Monument de Pasteur
- Pasteur Monument
- Circa 1920
Postcard depicts a statue of Louis Pasteur in Paris, France.
- Photographer Lévy et Neurdein réunis
- Subject Microbiologists, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, France--Paris, Monuments, Postcards, Statues
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4 items
Leçons sur les Alliages Métalliques
- Lessons on Metallic Alloys
- Circa 1921
- Contributor Cavalier, J. (Jacques), 1869-
- Publisher Veuibert et Nony
- Subject Alloys, Publishers and publishing, Periodicals, Science publishing, Cavalier, J. (Jacques), 1869-
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Mounted French postage and semipostal stamps depicting Louis Pasteur
- 1922 – 1936
Nine small postage stamps in various denominations issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur in 1922. The large semipostal stamp was issued in 1936 and includes a surtax for the…
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Autographed dinner menu from the International Reunion of Chemists at Utrecht
- 1922-Jun-22
Autographed dinner menu from the International Chemical Reunion Utrecht (ICRU) in 1922. It was organized by Ernst Cohen (1863-1944) as a way to unite scientists from previously warring nations.
Identified signatures…
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4 items
Die Stereo-Projektion von Kristall-Gittern
- The Projection of Plastic Pictures of Crystal Lattices
- Circa 1925
Pamphlet advertising Spindler & Hoyer's apparatus for projecting models of crystalline structures. The device was intended for use in university classrooms for educational purposes. Spindler & Hoyer, (now Linos AG)…
- Creator Of Work Spindler & Hoyer
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Optical instruments, Crystal lattices, Projectors--Equipment and supplies
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2 items
Engrais Chimiques des Manufacture de St. Gobain
- Chemical Fertilizers Manufactured by St. Gobain
- Circa 1925
Advertising postcard for St. Gobain, or Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, depicts a man pointing to a map of St. Gobain's chemical fertilizer plants located in France. Text underneath the map states "26 usines" or factories,…
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Trade card for Bouillon Oxo en Flacons [Bouillon Oxo in Bottles] with Justus von Liebig in Giessen in 1840
- 1929
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist Justus von Liebig's (1803-1873) laboratory in Giessen in 1840. The trade card also features an inset bust of Liebig. Verso includes an advertisement for Oxo Bouillon, as…
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Trade card for Cubes de Bouillon Oxo with August Wilhelm von Hofmann
- 1929
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) at the inauguration of the School of Chemistry in London in 1846, of which Hofmann served as the first director. Men stand at a table…
