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No. 4 Inverted Mantle with No. 8 Magnesia Ring
- 1890 – 1930
Unused Welsbach No. 4 Inverted Mantle and No. 8 Magnesia Ring in its original cardboard box from Lindsay Light and Chemical Company.
The Welsbach gas mantle is a device made of fibers impregnated with oxides of cerium…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Contributor Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929
- Subject Lighting--Equipment and supplies, Incandescent lamps, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting, Rare earth industry, Welsbach Gas Light Company, Rare earths
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Portrait of Johannes Wislicenus
- Circa 1902
Portrait of Johannes Wislicenus (1835-1902). Wislicenus was a German organic chemist, known for his work in stereochemistry. He was a professor at the University of Zürich, the Swiss Polytechnical Institute, the…
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Portrait of Paul Jannasch
- 1902
Portrait of Paul Erhardt Jannasch (1841-1921) by F. Langbein & Company. Jannasch was a German chemist and professor at the University of Heidelberg.
- Photographer F. Langbein & Co.
- Subject Jannasch, Paul, 1841-1921, Chemists, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Ernst Cohen
- After 1895 – before 1933
Portrait of Ernst Cohen (1869-1944) by Koene & Büttinghausen in the Netherlands.
Ernst Cohen, a Dutch scientist and professor, was known for his research on the allotropy of tin. Cohen worked under Svante Arrhenius…
- Photographer Koene & Büttinghausen
- Subject Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, Chemists, Jewish scientists, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald, 1903
- 1903-Dec-20
Picture postcard sent to Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) from her husband, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The black and white photograph features a portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) wearing a hat.
Ostwald was a German…
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Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Chemical and Physical Laboratories
- 1903-Sep-01
A booklet describing the history of and services provided by the Booth, Garrett, and Blair Analytical Laboratory. Includes lists of charges for chemical analyses and mechanical testing.
In 1836, James Curtis Booth…
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Holiday card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a winter nighttime scene. The view shows a snow-covered Karlsruher Schloss, or Karlsruhe palace.
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Christmas, New Year, Greeting cards, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Greeting cards, Christmas, New Year, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, November 1903
- 1903-Nov-21
Jacobus van't Hoff (1852-1911), a Dutch physical chemist, writes to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), to inform him of a repair status for laboratory equipment. Van't Hoff additionally conveys greetings from a…
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 1902
- 1902-Feb-09
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes about completing his new book and what he wants to focus on when he is finished in the summer.
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, May 1903
- 1903-May-13
Postcard from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1864-1944) containing Arrhenius' train information for a trip to Heidelberg.
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, June 1902
- 1902-Jun-30
Postcard from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) congratulating Bredig on the birth of his first born son, Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Arrhenius gives Bredig updates on his own travels and…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, August 1903
- 1903-Aug-12
A postcard from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) containing a short professional update and congratulations for the birth of Bredig's daughter Marianne Homburger, nee Bredig (1903-1986) .
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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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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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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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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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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 Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971)
- 1900 – 1925
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971), a Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, who prepared the first insulin treatment given to a child with…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with lion chase in Africa
- 1903
Entitled "Afrique. Chasse au Lion," illustrated trade card depicts hunters chasing a lion in the African wilderness. A hunter on horseback wears a turban and aims a gun at a lion that is standing upon another hunter.…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with crocodile chase in Egypt
- 1903
Entitled "Egypte. Chasse au Crocodile," illustrated trade card depicts men hunting a crocodile in the Egyptian wilderness. The imagery could be referencing European adventurer Sir Henry Morton Stanley's 1887 visit to…
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Trade card for Cubes de Bouillon Oxo with August Wilhelm von Hofmann
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) at the inauguration of the School of Chemistry in London in 1846, of which Hofmann served as the first director. Men stand at a table…