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Welsbach Tip Tray
- 1920s
A single-sided tin lithograph tip tray. This circular green plate features a scene of a seated woman reading a newspaper with a child playing at her feet. The child has spelled out "WELSBACH" using toys on the floor. A…
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Healthful Effect of Gas Light Advertisement
- 1923
Gas mantles and electric bulbs competed for the home lighting market during the first decades of the 20th century. This advertisement claimed modern gas lighting offered health benefits by ridding the atmosphere of dust…
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Series table of representative elements with supplementary tabulations for transitional and rare earth elements
- 1927 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements consisting of a series table of representative elements with supplementary tabulations for transitional and rare earth elements. These tables were…
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Series table with rare earth elements placed in two series
- 1932 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table with eight groups and three subgroups in which the rare earth elements are placed in two series. This table was originated by…
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Series table with rare earth elements placed in one series
- 1955 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table with eight groups and three subgroups in which the rare earth elements are placed in one series. This table was originated by…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Rare earths
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How Can a Rose be a Rose be a Rose on Color TV?
- 1964
Color print advertisement for The Sylvania Color Bright 85 picture tube. The advertisement features an image of a picture tube next to a bouquet of roses, with one rose suspended in the center of the screen. The text…
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RCA rare-earth Hi-Lite Color TV Picture Tubes for every smart customer who wants a superior color picture
- 1966
Color print advertisement for RCA rare-earth Hi-Lite Color Television Picture Tubes. The advertisement includes several images of the picture tubes as well as the product packaging. The text describes RCA's Hi-Lite…
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We crucible tested over 50,000 phosphors last year. Any one of them might solve a problem for you.
- 1967
Black and white print advertisement for Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. The advertisement features images of a picture tube, a solid-state electroluminescent display, and a larger image of several picture tube screens…
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Fishing with a Green Laser
- 1969
Color print advertisement for Sylvania General Telephone and Electronics Company depicting the trajectory of green laser lights reflecting off of a school of fish. The advertisement text describes the company's…
- Creator Of Work GTE Sylvania Incorporated
- Subject Nd-YAG lasers, Lasers, GTE Sylvania Incorporated, Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., Rare earths, Electrooptics, Solid-state lasers
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Rare earths for better magnets
- 1970
Color print advertisement from the Research and Development Unit of Bell Laboratories. A cartoon image of a large magnet attracting a steam locomotive car, lifting it from the ground, occupies the upper half of the…
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Rare earths sliding puzzle
- 1970s – 1980
Square slide puzzle with white frame and 15 orange sliding pieces. Sliding pieces have the chemical symbols for the rare earth elements printed on them. Printed on bottom edge of frame is "Union Molycorp."
- Manufacturer Molycorp, Inc.
- Subject Rare earths, Puzzles
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Rare-earth magnets: Making their strong attraction more attractive.
- 1978
Color advertisement for the General Motor Research Laboratories. The advertisement includes three graphics: an artistic rendering of a motor or magnet cross-section, a photograph of a curved pole magnet, and a graph…
- Creator Of Work General Motors Corporation
- Contributor General Motors Corporation. Research Laboratories
- Subject General Motors Corporation, General Motors Corporation. Research Laboratories, Rare earths, Rare earth metals--Magnetic properties, Magnets, Magnetism, Electric motors, Automobiles--Motors
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First Day Cover commemorating Xu Guangxian
- 2009-Nov-07
Cachet, postmark, and stamp depicting rare earth chemist Xu Guangxian (1920-2015). Xu, also known as Kwang-hsien Hsu, was a Chinese chemist who held various positions in the Department of Chemistry at Peking University.…
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Mine Vessel
- 2022
An erbium and glass cast of Mountain Pass Mine by artist, Anna Mlasowsky (1984- ). The Mountain Pass Mine is an open-pit mine of rare-earth elements on the south flank of the Clark Mountain Range in California. In 2020…
- Artist Mlasowsky, Anna, 1984-
- Subject Glass art, Erbium, Rare earths, Mlasowsky, Anna, 1984-, Rare earth industry
