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Plate XXI: Gamme chromatique: jaune-vert
- Chromatic scale of tones: yellow-green
- 1864
The gamut of yellow-green tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XXIII: Gamme chromatique: vert-bleu
- Chromatic scale of tones: green-blue
- 1864
The gamut of green-blue tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XX: Gamme chromatique: jaune
- Chromatic scale of tones: yellow
- 1864
The gamut of yellow tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XVI: Gamme chromatique: rouge
- Chromatic scale of tones: red
- 1864
The gamut of red tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XVII: Gamme chromatique: rouge-orangé
- Chromatic scale of tones: red-orange
- 1864
The gamut of red-orange tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XVIII: Gamme chromatique: orangé
- Chromatic scale of tones: orange
- 1864
The gamut of orange tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XIX: Gamme chromatique: orangé-jaune
- Chromatic scale of tones: orange-yellow
- 1864
The gamut of orange-yellow tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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Plate XV: Gamme chromatique: gris
- Chromatic scale of tones: grey
- 1864
The gamut of grey tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Ch. et A. Chardon (Paris)
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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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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Portrait of Jules Raulin
- Circa 1870 (Date of original print)
Portrait of French chemist and biologist Jules Raulin (1836-1896). Raulin founded the French chemistry school École supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon, currently known as École supérieure de chimie, physique,…
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Portrait of Joseph Lister
- Circa 1855 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photogravure of English surgeon and Baron Joseph Lister (1827-1912) based on a circa 1855 daguerreotype photograph when Lister was around age 28. Influenced by Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) discoveries in…
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Letter from Benjamin Silliman to Messrs. Sever and Francis
- 1866-Aug-25
Acknowledges receipt of Sharplep's "Chemical Tables," and expresses pleasure at its organization and content.
- Addressee Sever and Francis, Publishers
- Author Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885
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Letter from Justus von Liebig to his nephew
- 1864-Oct-31
Contains advice to his nephew on requesting recommendations. Text specifically mentions Friedrich Wohler and August Kekule.
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Letter from Charles Hatchett to Edward Blakely
- 1831-Nov-14
Thank-you note for Blakely's birthday gift of "a most elegant reticule" for Hatchett's wife.
- Addressee Blakely, Edward
- Author Hatchett, Charles, 1765?-1847
- Subject Hatchett, Charles, 1765?-1847
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Letter from Joseph Fourier to John Dalton
- 1827-Oct-08
Acknowledges receipt of Dalton's "A New System of Chemical Philosophy" and the bill for the publication. the book was placed in the library of the Royal Academy of Beaux Arts.
Widely known for introducing the atomic…
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Letter from Michael Faraday to Henry Cullen
- 1836-Feb-14
Concerns articles that Faraday has to give to Collen.
- Addressee Cullen, Henry
- Author Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
- Subject Cullen, Henry, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
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Letter from Robert Christison to Lyon Playfair
- Circa 1842 – circa 1882 (Letter written on May 12. Year unknown.)
Christison requesting Playfair's opinion of a thesis which he describes as "an incomplete investigation of a difficult subject."
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Plate 1: Solar spectra
- 1870
Fig. 1: Janssen (Pierre Jules César Janssen)
Fig. 2: Brewster (David Brewster)
Fig. 3: V. der Willingen (Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen)Secchi used these three solar spectra to illustrate how the position of…
- Artist Dulos, Pierre
- Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
- Publisher Gauthier-Villars
- Subject Meteorology, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Solar atmosphere
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Plate 2: Spectra of Secchi star classes I–III
- 1870
Fig. 1: Spectrum of "yellow" stars. Secchi included the sun, Pollux, Arcturus, Aldebaran, and Procyon in this second of four classes of stars.
Fig. 2: Spectrum of "white" stars. Secchi included Sirius, Vega, Altair,…
- Artist Dulos, Pierre
- Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
- Publisher Gauthier-Villars
- Subject Meteorology, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Solar atmosphere
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Plate 3: Spectra of Secchi star classes III–IV
- 1870
Fig. 1: Spectrum of "red to orange" stars, particularly Alpha Orion and Antares. Secchi included Alpha Herculis, Beta Pegasi, Alpha Orion, and Antares in this third of four classes of stars.
Fig. 2: Spectrum of…
- Artist Dulos, Pierre
- Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
- Publisher Gauthier-Villars
- Subject Meteorology, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Solar atmosphere
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Plate 17: Dr. Wollaston's Scale of Chemical Equivalents
- 1824
Depicts William Hyde Wollaston's Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents from 1813, which is meant to give "the composiion of any weight whatever of any of the salts contained on the scale, the quantity of any other salt…
- Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
- Engraver Davies, Benjamin Rees
- Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
- Subject Chemistry, Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828
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Plate 16: Various chemical apparatus and instruments
- 1824
Depicts an assortment of chemical apparatus and equipment, including hoops, funnels, precipitating glasses, pans, pots, mortars and pestles, as well as cupellation and crucible furnaces, freezing apparatus, and…
- Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
- Engraver Adlard, Henry
- Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
- Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus
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Plate 15: Laboratory furnaces
- 1824
Depicts assorted furnaces (fixed universal; portable; reverberatory; wind; assay; air).
- Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
- Engraver Adlard, Henry
- Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
- Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus
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Plate 14: Calorimeter; pyrometer; reflectors; barometers
- 1824
Depicts a calorimeter, pyrometer, Pictet's reflectors for experiments with radiant heat in figure 10, and barometers.
- Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
- Engraver Adlard, Henry
- Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
- Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus