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Seltzer-water Manufactory
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the manufacture of seltzer or soda water by use of a wheel to force gas into bottled water.
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Snow Crystals
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a magnified view of an assortment of snowflakes, also known as snow crystals.
- Author Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Snowflakes, Ice crystals
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Dial Telegraph Manipulator
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the manipulator component of a dial telegraph. Devised by French watchmaker Louis-François Breguet, the dial telegraph used electric current to rotate the needle around the dial of a receiver,…
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Dial Telegraph Receiver
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the receiver component of a dial telegraph. Devised by French watchmaker Louis-François Breguet, the dial telegraph had both the appearance and working mechanism of a clock. When activated by an…
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Morse Alphabet and Numbers
- 1870 – 1900
Text and table detailing the Morse code alphabet and numerals used to communicate via telegraph.
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Handles and Needles of Telegraph
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the handles and needles used to operate a needle telegraph. One of the two main types of electromagnetic telegraphs, needle telegraphs use indicating needles moved electromagnetically as a means…
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Telegraph Wires and Insulator
- 1870 – 1900
Two illustrations depicting a general view of telegraph wires and a close-up view of the glass or porcelain insulator used to insulate the electrical wires.
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The Needle Telegraph
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a man using a needle telegraph. One of the two main types of electromagnetic telegraphs, needle telegraphs use indicating needles moved electromagnetically as a means of displaying messages.
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Medico-galvanic Battery
- 1870 – 1900
Diagram depicting a medico-galvanic battery, a type of portable shock-producing electrotherapeutic device commonly in use between 1870 and 1920. Such devices provided both direct and alternating current and were thought…
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Galvanometer
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration of a galvanometer, a device used to detect and measure small amounts of electrical current through the use of a magnetic needle or a coil in a magnetic field.
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Voltaic Pile
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a voltaic pile, the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800.
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Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Educational volume covering a variety of topics related to electricity and the chemical elements in two parts. The first half of the volume is devoted to electrical and magnetic discoveries and modern electric machines,…
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Blood Spectra
- Part of Micro-Chemistry of Poisons
- 1885
Chromolithographed frontispiece plate illustrates the solar spectrum in figure one with blood spectra as follows:
2: oxy haemogloben
3: haemoglobin (reduced haemoglobin)
4: methaemoglobin
5: acid haematin
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Portrait of William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929)
- 1880s
Carte-de-visite portrait of English organic chemist William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929), son of chemist Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907).
William Henry Perkin Jr. was born in Sudbury, England on June 17, 1860 and…
- Photographer Neumayer, Franz
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Jr., 1860-1929, Chemists, Portraits, Chemistry, Organic
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Portrait of William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929)
- 1880s
Carte-de-visite portrait of English organic chemist William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929), son of chemist Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), who is best known for his creation of the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in…
- Photographer Neumayer, Franz
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Jr., 1860-1929, Chemists, Portraits, Chemistry, Organic
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Portrait of William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929)
- 1880s
Carte-de-visite portrait of English organic chemist William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929), son of chemist Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907).
William Henry Perkin Jr. was born in Sudbury, England on June 17, 1860 and…
- Photographer Mathieu, J.
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Jr., 1860-1929, Portraits, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic
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Micro-Chemistry of Poisons
- 1885
Frontismatter and plates have been digitized from this volume on poisonous substances. Chromolithographed frontispiece plate illustrates blood spectra. Digitized plates depict various poisonous substances under…
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M. [Monsieur] Louis Pasteur in his Laboratory
- 1885 (Date of painting)
Reproduction portrait print of French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) depicting Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm, surrounded by his experimental apparatus and innovative laboratory glassware developed for…
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The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists
- 1885-Dec-23
Featured on the back cover of Puck magazine, this cartoon entitled "The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists" mocks those who traveled to France to receive Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) new vaccine for the rabies…
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Man being vaccinated
- Circa 1885
Interior photograph depicts a man standing next to a laboratory table with a man standing behind the subject holding what appears to be a needle or a medical device. Another man stands behind the subject holding up his…
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The Alchemist
- 1800 – 1899
A man dressed in peasant garb holds a gold scale in right hand and reaches with left for red substance in open paper packet. At left through window are building roofs; the light illuminates a dark, cluttered workshop…
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The Dentist and his Patient
- 1800 – 1899
This small painting on metal is a copy of Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) [artist unknown] popular dentist scene in Dresden. Through the illusionistic frame of a large window, we see a dentist in a red…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Dentistry, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Teeth--Extraction