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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (4 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
Fourth page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (3 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
Third page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1886 (Date of painting)
Portrait print of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927). This print is based on a painting that was commissioned by Jacob…
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Portrait of Jules François Joubert
- Circa 1877 (Date of original photograph)
Printed portrait of French scientist and professor Jules Francois Joubert (1834-1910), who assisted French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Joubert collaborated with Pasteur in 1877,…
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Plate I: Sugar
- 1880
Front elevation and plan of Alfred Fryer's concretor, an apparatus used for evaporating cane juice rapidly, "to concentrate as cheaply and efficiently as possible the juice which is supplied to it; turning it at once…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate I: Sulphur [Sulfur]
- 1880
Thomas' apparatus for melting sulfur by steam.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sulfur industry
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Plate I: Petroleum
- 1880
Elevation and plan of the Franklin Oil Works petroleum refinery in Philadelphia.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Petroleum--Refining, Chemistry, Technical, Petroleum refineries
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Plate I: Sulphuric [Sulfuric] Acid
- 1880
Elevation, longitudinal section, and ground plan of a pyrites kiln for burning sulfur to produce sulfuric acid.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Sulfuric acid industry, Chemistry, Technical
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Vacuum pan for the manufacture of cane sugar
- 1880
Vacuum pan for evaporating water from solutions of sugar in refineries and beet-root sugar factories.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate II: Explosives
- 1877
Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):
Poacher for washing the gun cotton pulp. Vat and mixing machine. No. 1 Hydraulic press. No. 2 Hydraulic press.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical, Guncotton
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Plate I: Explosives
- 1877
Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):
Carding cotton to prepare it for dipping in acids. Drying cotton before dipping. Section of drying tube. Dipping and placing the steeped cotton in pots. Pot…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical, Guncotton
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Equipment for the rectification of ether
- 1877
Equipment used to rectify ether, or concentrate by distillation.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Mohr's arrangement of equipment for the rectification of ether
- 1877
Mohr's arrangement of equipment for rectification of ether, or distillation.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Equipment for the manufacture of ether
- 1877
Ether, also called diethyl ether, is a volatile flammable liquid obtained by distilling a mixture of alcohol with an acid. It is used as a solvent, as an intermediate in chemical synthesis, and as a general anesthetic. …
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Ether, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Benzol
- 1877
Cylindrical stills for the manufacture of benzene.
Now termed benzene, "benzol" is a hydrocarbon first discovered by Michael Faraday in 1825, in the liquid which resulted from the compression of illuminating gases…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Benzene, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Electro Metallurgy
- 1877
Two examples of Gramme's machines for electro-metallurgy.
"This machine differs from all other magneto-electric machines at present known, inasmuch as it is the only one that gives a continuous current in one…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Electromagnetism, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Arsenic
- 1877
Brunton's calcinor, a reverberatory furnace used for the metallurgical process of roasting or calcination of tin ores containing arsenical pyrites.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Arsenic, Chemistry, Technical, Roasting (Metallurgy)
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Plate I: Aniline
- 1877
Apparatus for the fractional distillation of aniline oils.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical, Aniline
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Laugier's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Apparatus by Laugier expressly adapted for the distillation of fermented saccharine liquors.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Miller's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still patented by James Miller for the distillation of alcohol.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Siemen's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still by Siemen used for the distillation of brandy.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Pontifex's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still patented by William Pontifex generally used for the distillation of rum.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Alègre's still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Distilling apparatus by Pierre Alègre for the production of alcohol.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Pistorius' still for the distillation of alcohol
- 1877
Still patented by Johann Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius used for the distillation of fermented worts, etc.