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  Portrait of Edward Livingston Youmans

  • Part of Edward Livingston Youmans, Interpreter of Science for the People

  • 1851 (Date of photograph)
  • 1894 (Date of publication)

  Half-length portrait photograph of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17, which lasted…

  • Author Fiske, John, 1842-1901
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887, Scientists--Biography, Scientists with disabilities, Vision disorders, Blind, People with visual disabilities, Science in popular culture, People with disabilities
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  Portrait of John Dalton

  • Part of Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals

  • 1884

  Portrait print of John Dalton (1766-1844) seated at a table with his hand at his temple.

  Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research…

  • Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
  • Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
  • Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemists, Meteorologists, People with disabilities, Scientists with disabilities, People with visual disabilities, Portraits, Science--Study and teaching
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  Edward Livingston Youmans, Interpreter of Science for the People

  • 1894

  Biography of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17, which lasted until he was about 30…

  • Author Fiske, John, 1842-1901
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887, Scientists--Biography, Scientists with disabilities, Vision disorders, Blind, People with visual disabilities, Science in popular culture, People with disabilities
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  Publications

  Portrait of Edward Livingston Youmans

  • Part of Edward Livingston Youmans, Interpreter of Science for the People

  • 1894

  Half-length portrait frontispiece engraving of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17,…

  • Author Fiske, John, 1842-1901
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Engraver Schlecht, C.
  • Subject Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887, Scientists--Biography, Scientists with disabilities, Vision disorders, Blind, People with visual disabilities, Science in popular culture, People with disabilities