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156 items
Measurement of Light and Colour Sensations
- A New Method Investigation the Phenomena of Light and Colour by Means of the Selective Absorption in Coloured Glass, Graded in to Scales of Equivalent Colour Value
- 1893
Joseph Williams Lovibond (1833-1918) was a British brewer who developed the first practical colorimeter. After discovering that coloration was a good index for assessing the quality of his beer, he sought an accurate…
- Author Lovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams), 1835-1918
- Publisher G. Gill
- Subject Light, Colors, Spectrum analysis, Colorimetry
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20 items
Elektrochemie, Ihre Geschichte und Lehre
- Electrochemistry, its History and Teaching
- 1896
Fully illustrated work containing a comprehensive analysis of the history and pedagogy of electrochemistry. Digitization includes several printed figures, including a number of chapter headings that depict portraits of…
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Publisher Veit & comp.
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Electrochemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemists, Galvani, Luigi, 1737-1798, Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Fechner, Gustav Theodor, 1801-1887, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Schönbein, Christian Friedrich, 1799-1868, Joule, James Prescott, 1818-1889, Kohlrausch, Rudolf H. A. (Rudolf Hermann Arndt), 1809-1858, Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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23 items
Experimental Science : Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics
- 1898
Fully and elaborately illustrated publication concerned with introductory-level physics. As the author writes in his preface, "the design of this work is to afford to the student, the artisan, the mechanic, and in fact…
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550 items
A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day
- For the Use of Schools and Young Persons
- 1894
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This fifth edition of Buckley's…
- Author Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Publisher E. Standford
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929, Historians of science, Women in science, Science, Medieval, Science, Ancient, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Natural history
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288 items
The Fairy-Land of Science
- 1883
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This work, one of Buckley's…
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12 items
Michael Faraday : Man of Science
- After 1865 – before 1929
A biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Digitized content includes the work's…
- Author Jerrold, Walter, 1865-1929
- Publisher Fleming H. Revell
- Subject Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Physicists, Lectures and lecturing, Electromagnetism, Electrochemistry
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Letter from Siegmund Gabriel to Georg Bredig
- 1891-Dec-09
Siegmund Gabriel (1851-1924), a German chemist, provides information on a salt compound to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
- Subject Salts, Chemistry, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
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Letter from Georg Bredig to a colleague, February 2, 1899
- 1899-Feb-02
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks his colleague about a chemical substance.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry
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Letter from Heinrich J. Goldschmidt to Georg Bredig, January 6, 1899
- 1899-Jan-06
Heinrich Goldschmidt (1857-1937), an Austrian chemist working in Norway, thanks Georg Bredig (1864-1944) for his holiday greetings and discusses the difficulty of understanding a scientific treatise.
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3 items
Letter from Mary A. Booth to James Curtis Booth
- 1886-May-07
Mary A. Booth, a relative of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888), writes to Booth following a letter from Marcia B. Booth of May 4.
- Author Booth, Mary A.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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299 items
Illustrated Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Assay Goods, Manufactured and Imported by Richards & Co., Limited.
- 1890s
A three-part catalog of chemical supplies and laboratory apparatus sold by Richards & Co., Limited. The first part lists general laboratory supplies, the second includes specific analytical and physio-chemical…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1896
- 1896-Jul-22
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) describes his summer travels in Scandinavia in the summer of 1896 to his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The highlight of Arrhenius' travels is a sea voyage around Norway…
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms featuring a racially stereotyped depiction of an Asian boy smoking an opium pipe. A celluloid cuff and collar adorn the boy's exaggerated Asian-style…
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms featuring a racially stereotyped depiction of a woman dressed in exaggerated Asian-styled garb holding an umbrella consisting of a celluloid cuff. She…
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Letter from Richard Anschütz to Georg Bredig
- 1899-Feb-19
Richard Anschütz (1852-1937), a German organic chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Bonn, corresponds with Georg Bredig (1868-1944) regarding the preparation of maleic acid esters.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Anschütz, Richard 1852-1937
- Subject Anschütz, Richard 1852-1937, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry
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3 items
Letter from Max Bodenstein to Georg Bredig, September 1899
- 1899-Sep-25
Max Bodenstein (1871-1942), a German physical chemist, informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that their scientific work would likely not interfere with each other. Bodenstein suggests that Bredig continue working with…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942
- Subject Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Metal clusters, Chemistry, Colloids
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, March 1899
- 1899-Mar-27
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for translating his work from French into German, and responds to questions that Bredig posed to him in previous correspondence.
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, March 1899
- 1899-Mar-03
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for translating his work from French into German.
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, December 1896
- 1896-Dec-25
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending a drama for his students to perform and informs his colleague that he has been elected as the university rector in Stockholm. Arrhenius…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, October 1896
- 1896-Oct-28
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) provides updates to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his professional endeavours in Sweden and the work of mutual colleagues. He additionally inquires about Bredig's habilitation in Leipzig,…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
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Kipp's Apparatus
- Circa 1880 – 1920
A Kipp's apparatus, also called a Kipp generator, was an instrument designed for the preparation of small volumes of gases. The instrument was invented around 1844 by the Dutch pharmacist Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864)…
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Die Mineralwasser - und Limonaden-Fabrikation
- The Mineral Water and Lemonade Production
- Circa 1890
Price lists and manufacturing information for mineral water and lemonade flavoring essences from the Erste Bremer Dampffabrik äth. Öle und Essenzen Schädlich & Jakob company, Bremen. Includes a description of each…
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136 items
Recipes for the Manufacture of Aerated & Mineral Waters and Non-Alcoholic Cordials
- 1897
Work containing a series of recipes for a variety of non-alcoholic beverages including aerated and mineral waters, dry fruit sodas, and non-excisable cordials using W. J. Bush & Co. brand flavors and syrups. W. J. Bush…
- Author Bush, William Ernest, 1861-1903
- Contributor W.J. Bush & Co
- Publisher Little & Son Printers
- Subject Mineral waters, Liqueurs, Flavoring essences, Brewing, Carbonated beverages, Flavor, Syrups (Carbonated beverages), Recipes
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, December 11, 1898
- 1898-Dec-11
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) discusses recent developments in physical chemistry with his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Arrhenius additionally inquires about the statutes of the Jablonowski foundation…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Nobel Prizes
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102 items
Micrographie des Poudres Officinales
- Micrography of Officinal Powders
- 1896
Volume intended to demonstrate the use and efficiency of micrography as a method to characterize a powder and recognize its purity. Contains 40 photomicrographs depicting views of powdered Officinalis, or medicinal…
- Author Herlant, A.
- Publisher Lambertin, Henri
- Contributor Herlant, L., Billen, G.
- Subject Microscopy, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herbs, Photomicrography, Photomicrography--Equipment and supplies, officinalis