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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, December 18, 1905
- 1905-Dec-18
Letter from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Arrhenius describes the Nobel Prizes and his new Institute, the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry. The letter also mentions the death of
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Postcard from Richard Abegg to Georg Bredig
- 1901-May-15
- 1901-May-17
Postcard written by Richard Abegg (1869-1910) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) which mentions Franz Rohmann (1856-1919). Abegg was a German physical chemist known for his work in valence theory which led to the later octet…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, September 1908
- 1908-Sep-06
Letter in which Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to discuss his recent travel plans, Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), and his thoughts on colloidal chemistry.
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, January 1909
- 1909-Jan-21
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes about candidates for the Nobel Prize in chemistry, including the nominations of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and Richard Willstädter…
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Nobel Prizes, Nobel Prize winners, Chemists
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, March 1909
- 1909-Mar-10
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to thank him for his many years of friendship. Arrhenius updates Bredig on his personal life and tells him how he celebrated his 50th birthday.
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Birthdays
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1908
- 1908-Jul-06
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes about his new assistant Taylor, an American who studies fermentation, reactions of acids, and agglutination. Arrhenius also praises Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his work Old and New…
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Scientists, Chemists, Chemistry, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Agglutination
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Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, November 1906
- Sample of Perkin's Mauve
- 1906-Nov (Journal Article)
- 1954-Nov-29 (Reflectance Curve)
Digitized content includes a page from the November 1906 issue of the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists and a foldout of an interleaved reflectance spectroscopy chart. The journal article excerpt includes…
- Creator Of Work Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists
- Publisher Society of Dyers and Colourists
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Mauve, Dye industry, Textile industry, Coal-tar products, Reflectance spectroscopy, American Cyanamid Company
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Jubilee of the Discovery of Mauve and of the Foundation of the Coal-Tar Colour Industry
- 1906
A transcript and description of the various proceedings of the International Celebration of the Coal-tar Colour Jubilee taking place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and various locations in America including…
- Publisher Perkin Memorial Committee
- Editor Meldola, Raphael, 1849-1915, Green, Arthur G., Cain, John Cannell
- Printer Wright, George Edward
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Coal-tar products, Coal-tar colors, Mauve, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
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Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
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Reflex Inverted Gas Light Catalog
- 1890 – 1930
Welsbach aimed its Reflex line at the middle of the gas mantle market, priced below its Welco line but above its biggest selling models like the Number 4 mantle. Images in this catalog illustrate Welsbach's imagined…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Rare earth industry, Rare earths, Advertising, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Interior lighting, Interior lighting--Design
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This is Too Bad, Makes Night & Day Alike!
- 1901-Sep-14
This 1901 advertisement for the British branch of the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Company features an owl swooping through the dark into the light of a gas mantle streetlight. The owl complains that the light makes…
- Publisher Illustrated London news
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Gas-lighting, Street lighting, Light pollution, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Rare earth metals
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Carl Auer von Welsbach Cigarette Trading Card
- 1890 – 1930
Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) was a key figure in the history of rare earth elements. In 1885 he showed didymium was not an element, but an alloy of two elements that he named praseodymium and…
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Edge Moor Iron Company Boilers
- 1909
Volume presents and advertises the Edge Moor Iron Company's Water Tube Boiler apparatus, the company's principal product. Thoroughly illustrated with black and white photographic and intaglio prints depicting the…
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Kolloides Silber und die Photohaloide [Frontispiece]
- Colloidal Silver and the Photohalides
- 1908
Frontispiece depicting an engraved portrait and signature of Matthew Carey Lea (1823-1897). Lea, a Philadelphian lawyer and scientist, was devoted to the chemistry of photography. He is known as the father of…
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Amalgamated : Its Formation and History Told in Detail
- 1905
The Amalgamated Copper Company was an American security holding corporation; its assets consisted of stock in sundry subsidiary companies. The volume describes the company's early growth and provides fiscal and property…
- Publisher Massachusetts Publishing Company
- Creator Of Work Amalgamated Copper Co.
- Author Nutter, William H.
- Subject Copper industry and trade, Copper--Research, Amalgamated Copper Co., Corporations, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Copper mines and mining, Stock exchanges, Copper
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The Microscopical Examination of Foods and Drugs
- A practical introduction to the methods adopted in the microscopical examination of foods and drugs, in the entire, crushed and powdered states
- 1903
A textbook specifically devoted to the "practical instruction in the methods of examining vegetable foods, drugs, and their powders" written by Henry George Greenish, Professor of Pharmaceutics to the Pharmaceutical…
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Flesh Foods, with Methods for their Chemical, Microscopical, and Bacteriological Examination
- A practical hand-book for medical men, analysts, inspectors, and others
- 1900
Written by Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (1867-1948), a British chemist who specialized in the microscopic and chemical study of handwriting for forensic analysis, Flesh Foods summarizes the various contemporary…
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The Baker's Book [Volume II]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1903
The illustrated second volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked goods,…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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The Baker's Book [Volume I]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1901
The illustrated first volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking knowledge. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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Dyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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Portrait of Robert C. Schuepphaus
- Circa 1900
Black and white portrait of chemist Robert C. Schuepphaus.
- Subject Portraits, Chemists, Schuepphaus, Robert C.
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The Gyroscope
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration of a gyroscope, an apparatus that exemplifies the laws of conservation of angular momentum, meaning it will maintain rotational movement in a plane of rotation in spite of the force of gravity. The…
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Preparation of Metallic Iron
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration showing an apparatus used to generate an environment in which iron is able to ignite with oxygen at room temperature. The illustration is labeled to indicate a source of hydrogenated gas, a desiccative…
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The Electric Stamp
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an electric stamp, a device used to deface stamps with a heated platinum wire in the form of a design or initial. The device is powered by electricity, using the hand of its user to complete the…
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Smee's Cell and Smee's Battery
- 1870 – 1900
Illustrations of the electric cell and battery apparatus developed by Alfred Smee (1818-1877). The cell consists of two positively charged zinc plates and one negatively charged platinized silver plate immersed in…