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Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to Plants Indigenous to and Naturalized in the United States, Volume I
- 1892
First of two volumes detailing a variety of plant species and their medicinal properties. The works contain 180 chromolithographic plates, originally drawn and hand-colored by the author. The illustrations depict the…
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Postcard from colleagues to Georg Bredig, March 1896
- 1896-Mar-30
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), his students, and other colleagues send their best regards to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) in Leipzig, Germany from Stockholm, Sweden.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Luggins, Hans, 1863-1899
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Luggins, Hans, 1863-1899, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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Postcard from Walther Nernst to Georg Bredig, April 1897
- 1897-Apr-10
Walther Nernst (1864-1941), a German physical chemist and the winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that a publication from his institute is unlikely to conflict with Bredig's…
- Author Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Science publishing
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, August 1893
- 1893-Aug-19
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish physicist, expresses gratitude to his colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for a letter he received earlier. Arrhenius apologizes for the delayed response, citing recent…
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Strychnine Sulfate Tablets
- After 1870 – before 1910
Bottle of Strychnine Sulfate tablets in a brown glass bottle with cork top closure.
Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, crystalline alkaloid used today as a pesticide for rodents or birds. When inhaled, swallowed,…
- Creator Of Work Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Strychnine, Strychnine--Toxicology, Drugs, Eli Lilly and Company
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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, 1898
- 1898
Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff (1852-1911) to his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), in which van't Hoff express his opinion on the work of their colleague. He humorously refers to himself as the…
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Letter from Cornelis Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn to a Colleague, March 1896
- 1896-Mar-31
Cornelis Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn (1857-1904), a Dutch chemist, provides information to a German colleague on how to prepare hydrazine in the laboratory.
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, November 1893
- 1893-Nov-18
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish chemist and the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1903, shares scientific data with his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Nobel Prize winners
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius and colleagues to Georg Bredig, August 1899
- 1899-Aug-18
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) and two of his colleagues convey their well-wishes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Stockholm, Sweden in August 1899.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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Indigo MLB auf Baumwolle : Indigo MLB on Cotton
- After 1880 – before 1925
This sample book begins with a selection of recipes for the preparation of dye vats. Each recipe lists the solvents and solutes necessary to mix large-volume solutions of indigo textile dye using Indigo M.L.B. brand…
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Senshokuhō : Shinhatsumei jitchi keiken
- 染色法 : 新発明実地経験
- Dyeing Method : Practical Experience of New Invention
- 1887 (明 20)
First edition work on dyeing techniques. This work contains 12 plates illustrating reproductions of dyed fabrics and color palettes. Illustrations in the text depict machinery and other dyeing apparatus.
The author,…
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Letter from Hans Friedenthal to Georg Bredig
- 1899-Feb-11
Hans Friedenthal (1870-1943), a German physiologist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his work on fermentation. Friedenthal describes his understanding of fermentation from a biological perspective and asks…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1890
- 1890-Jul-02
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish chemist and the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1903, explains to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944) his method for obtaining mathematical calculations for an…
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Letter from István Bugarszky to Georg Bredig, March 1897
- 1897-Mar-31
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), István Bugarszky (1868-1941), a Hungarian physical chemist, describes his research using electrometric and analytical methods to determine the coexisting quantities of ions at…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bugarszky, István, 1868-1941
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bugarszky, István, 1868-1941
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Letter from Paul Walden to Georg Bredig, December 1899
- 1899-Dec-31 – 1900-Jan-02
Paul Walden (1863-1957), a German-Latvian chemist known for his work in stereochemistry, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his treatise "Ueber anorganische Fermente" ("On Inorganic Ferments"). Walden…
- Author Walden, Paul, 1863-1957
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Fermentation, Walden, Paul, 1863-1957
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Medical Jurisprudence
- 1899-Nov-30
A chromolithograph print of Dr. Thomas Stevenson (1838-1908), an English toxicologist and forensic chemist, by A.G. Witherby for Vanity Fair, November 30, 1899.
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Frau Ernestine Bredig
- After 1847 – before 1930
Seated black and white portrait of Frau Ernestine Bredig (1847-1930). Little is known about Bredig as an individual, except that she was the mother of physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Ernestine, 1847-1930, Portraits
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A Handbook on Modern Explosives
- A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and use of Dynamite, Gun-Cotton, NitroGlycerine, and other Explosive Compounds, Including Collodion-Cotton, with Chapters on Explosives in Practical Application
- 1897
Second edition volume describing explosive compounds of the late 1890s, with a particular focus on nitroglycerine compounds and varieties of gun-cotton. Includes discussion of explosive manufacture, detail of their…
- Author Eissler, M.
- Publisher Crosby Lockwood and Son
- Subject Explosives, Nitroglycerin, Guncotton, Gunpowder
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Letter from Eduard Buchner to Wilhelm Ostwald, July 1892
- 1892-Jul-15
Eduard Buchner (1860-1917), a German chemist and zymologist who was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation, informs Wilhelm Ostwald that he has discovered a remarkable property of…
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Letter from František Wald to Georg Bredig, February 1899
- 1899-Feb-01
Frantisek Wald (1861-1931), a Czech chemist, provides his opinion on the burgeoning field of physical chemistry in a letter to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
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Letter from Eduard Buchner to Georg Bredig, November 1899
- 1899-Nov-20
Eduard Buchner (1860-1917), a German chemist and zymologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1907, discusses his work on enzymes in a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Buchner additionally expresses his…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Buchner, Eduard, 1860-1917
- Subject Buchner, Eduard, 1860-1917, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Enzymes, Nobel Prize winners
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A Manual of Dyeing and Dyeing Receipts, Comprising a System of Elementary Chemistry as Applied to Dyeing
- With Receipts for the General Reader for Dyeing and Colour on Cotton, Silk, and Wool, which Colooured Pattern of Cloth of Each Fabric
- 1875
The third edition of a work, updated from the first to include an updated description of contemporary dyeing machinery, advances in science, and updated nomenclature and chemical formula. According to the author, the…
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Colour Measurement and Mixture
- 1891
Part of the Romance of Science Series, this volume provides an expanded version of a lecture series given by the author, Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) at the Royal Society of Arts. Contents include sixteen…
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The Techno-chemical Receipt Book
- Containing several thousand receipts, covering the latest, most important and most useful discoveries in chemical technology, and their practical application in the arts and the industries
- 1886
An extensive recipe book, principally derived from German technical literature, includes "an accurate and compendious collection of approved receipts and processes of practical application in the [chemical] industries…
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Electrical Experiments: A Manual of Instructive Amusement
- 1891
Written to show how electrical apparatus can be assembled at little cost for engaging instruction of scientifically-curious youth, this work includes descriptions of simple experiments that demonstrate elementary…
- Author Bonney, G. E.
- Publisher Whittaker & Co.
- Printer Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Subject Electricity, Science--Study and teaching, Magnetism, Electromagnetic theory, Electricity--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Electricity--Study and teaching (Elementary)