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206 items
Colour and Methods of Colour Reproductions
- 1923
…Aureolin. Greys and Bracxs——These are Cobalt yellow. often pulverized stone or carbon Permanent yellow. products, and are generally quite Lemon …immensely under the name of chromo-lithography. It was found that the stone, which is used for printing, could be grained so that when drawn on … was due to the skill of the artists who worked the drawings on the stones. At the present day chromo-lithography in that form has been superseded…
- Author Martin, L. C. (Louis Claude)
- Contributor Gamble, William, 1864-1933
- Publisher Blackie
- Subject Colors, Color printing, Color photography, Spectrum analysis, Light, Photometry, Diffraction, Color vision, Color blindness, Vision disorders
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Colour Measurement and Mixture
- 1891
… where these latter are absolutely fixed ; in fact they act as mile-stones on a road. In the red we have three lines in the solar spec- trum, …Teaching. By the Rev. E. J. NEwELL, M.A. (2s. 6d.) Synesius of Cyrene, Philosopher and Bishop. By ALICE GARDNER. The Apostolic Fathers, ‘By the Rev…
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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
… whole of one side of the stone reflecting the sun’s light—this is a full moon. Pass it on slowly round …eaves do not move. He believed that all the heavenly bodies were fiery stones; the sun he thought was a huge fiery stone as big as the Peloponnesus … that this stone was first dis- covered by a shepherd, who, while resting, laid down…
- 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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The Fairy-Land of Science
- 1883
… …Fig. 29.—-GLACIER CARRYING DOWN STONES. See p. 119. Frontispiece. … in the Frontispiece, you will see that these stones come from those long lines of stones and boulders stretching along …
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Le Petit Rosaire
- Extract on Alchemy from the Roman de la Rose (la Table de maistre Jehan de Meun)
- Circa 1600 – 1640
This is a seventeenth-century copy of a fifteenth-century translation and re-working of the Rosarius Philosophorum, one of the most important texts in the corpus of alchemical works that circulated under the name of…
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Trois Traitez de la Philosophie Naturelle non Encore Imprimez
- Three Treaties of Natural Philosophy Not Yet in Print
- 1612
…wife, Perrenelle Flamel (1320-1397), inspired the search for the philosopher’s stone that became the mania of the fifteenth century. This influence…
- Contributor Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Flamel, Nicolas, -1418
- Publisher Marette, Guillaume
- Author Artephius, Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais
- Subject Flamel, Nicolas, -1418, Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Alchemy, Alchemists, Occultism, Occultists, Emblems, Symbolism
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The Hercules Mixer Volume 4, Number 4
- 1922-Apr
…impels, Of labors and battles galore, The myriad ages before. And the stone in our towers that soar, How Hercules conquers and quells, But what …rubbed, gave its owner anything he ‘desired — silver, gold, precious stones, fine build- ings, and fair gar- dens. Dynamite also does the bid- …times Job mentions that iron and gold and silver were mined. Precious stones were also obtained. We know, too, that gold was mined by Solomon 2 …
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Einstein at 75
- 1954-Mar-14
…but, in a deep, per- sonal sense, a flesh-and-blood neighbor ‘ and philosopher of great kindness and compassion. To them he is never so detached …searches for the way, one recalls his words which have been etched in stone on a fireplace in Fine Hall: “Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, Aber Boshaft…
- Publisher New York times
- Author Samuels, Gertrude
- Subject Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, New York times, Physicists, Newspapers
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Letters to a Painter on the Theory and Practice of Painting
- 1907
Volume inspired by correspondence between Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and various contemporary artists. According to Ostwald, "These letters appeared during the winter and spring of 1903-1904 in the scientific…
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Dyestuffs, Volume 23 Number 1
- 1922-Jan
…Reprinted from Asia, The American Magazine on the Orient NE of the old philosophers said that there are only five fundamental principles which underlie …. Whether this is so or not, and whether words of the still older philosopher “There is no new thing under the sun” are true, it 1s certain that … mankind. Linen was known and used by the Swiss Lake dwellers in the Stone Age, and in Genesis we are told that it was employed for robing the…
- Creator Of Work Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. National Aniline Division
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Periodicals, Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. National Aniline Division, Dye industry, Textile fabrics, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Textile industry, Silk industry, Dyes and dyeing--Silk
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57 items
Chemistry : a Text-Book for High Schools
- Macmillan's Canadian School Series
- 1917
… …JOHN DALTON (1766-1844) English chemist and natural philosopher. He was the son of a poor weaver. He spent twelve years as an assistant …Eccentric wheel. is a diagrammatic representation of the apparatus. The stone cell is six feet long, three feet wide, and six inches high. Near each…
- Author Cornish, George Anthony, 1901-1989
- Contributor Smith, Arthur
- Publisher Macmillan Company of Canada
- Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Chemistry--Study and teaching (Secondary), Education, Secondary, Science--Study and teaching, Cornish, George Anthony, 1901-1989, Textbooks, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, McCarthy, J. P. (Joseph Priestly), 1933-1995, Ramsay, William, 1852-1916, Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810
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Spectrum Analysis: Six Lectures, Delivered in 1868, Before the Society of Apothecaries of London
- 1873
…colourless flame three feet long. If I hold in this flame pieces of pumice-stone moistened with solutions of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, lithium …. It was, however, chiefly through the expe:iments of the Swedish philosopher Angstrom, that we gained an intimate knowledge of the nature of …surprised at the si Fig. 80. accuracy of the observing powers of those philosophers who have given us this information.- By means of this beautiful …
- Author Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
- Publisher Macmillan & Co.
- Contributor Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Kirchhoff, G. (Gustav), 1824-1887
- Printer R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Electronic excitation, X-ray spectroscopy, Alkalies, Alkaline earth metals, Scientific illustration
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A Professor's Theory and It's Practical Uses: The Work of J. Willard Gibbs & Some Applications to Industry
- 1939
…Lud- wig Boltzmann, characterized him as ‘‘the greatest synthetic philosopher since Newton. ” … the principles first enunciated by Gibbs became a veritable Rosetta stone. These principles have since done equal service as each new internationally…
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Everyday Miracles of Modern Chemistry : Man, a Chemical Compound who Lives in a Chemical World!
- 1925
…a principle or basic sub- stance which they called variously the Philosopher’s Stone, the Elixir of Life, ete. This, they thought, had the power …the alchemical theories because it was generally believed that the Philosopher’s Stone could purge away certain impurities which the bases metals …element while mixing substances together in an attempt to find the Philosopher’s Stone. He used the white variety, a colorless, waxy solid, very…
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Outlines of a Course of Lectures on Chemical Philosophy
- 1804
…They are composed of masses, which are either aggregates, or simple stones: granite, and the granitic rocks, the porphyries and sienites, are …to them are grunstein, schist- ose phorphyry, ‘toadstones, and sand- stones; and the simple rocks are lime- …6 stone, chalk, gypsum, ironstone, wacké, — and secondary schist; and these…
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Oral history interview with John E. Woolston
- 2001-Nov-19 – 2001-Nov-21
…managing a service. I think it was on tropical fruits. But he was also a philosopher. He was also somebody who [. . .] thought very deeply about what … became Deputy Director. IDRC had [recruited] a lady [. . .] Martha Stone [. . .]. I don’t really know [. . .] the circumstances [of] her coming … 85, 86, 88 STI. See Scientific and Technical Information Division Stone, Martha, 87, 88, 89 Syria, 57, 90 T Tell, Bjorn, 54 Tennessee, …
- Interviewee Woolston, John E.
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Subject Woolston, John E., 1924-2017, Mass spectrometry, Nuclear physics, Science publishing, Information science, INIS (Information retrieval system)
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Fun with Gilbert Chemistry
- 1954
…lived from 46-120 A.D. In a treatise entitled “Isis or Osiris’ —that philosopher mentions that “Egypt” in the dialect of the country, was called …druggist as Lime Water. COMMON MASON’S MORTAR Mortar, which is used in stone foundations for build- ings, is made by mixing together water, sand …form of mineral carbonate is found in most localities. The build- ing stone, marble, is a very pure form of calcium car- bonate. Carbon constitutes…
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Oral history interview with Timothy J. McDonnell
- 1996-Jun-17 – 1996-Jun-19
Timothy J. McDonnell spent his first six years in Indiana and Spain; then the family moved to San Diego, California. His father was a mechanical engineer in the Navy and then the Air Force. His mother had been a weather…
- Interviewee McDonnell, Timothy J., 1956-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject McDonnell, Timothy J., 1956-, Biology, Cytology, Carcinogens, Heart cells, Cancer genes, Oncogenes, Molecular biology, Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Prostate--Cancer
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Oral history interview with Lester F. Lau
- 1992-Nov-06 – 1992-Nov-08
…. It seems to me that, while there have been all these philosophers talking about the same issues, there hasn’t been all that much progress …certainly. I mean, I think that’s how Bertrand Russell and great philosophers of the twentieth century see what they’re doing as well. LAU …over a longer term. But it doesn’t offer you anything except, you know, stone-cold faces, evaluating very seriously. They take these meetings as …
- Interviewee Lau, Lester F., 1955-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Lau, Lester F., 1955-, Molecular biology, Genetic engineering, Yeast--Genetics, SV40 (Virus), Cell cycle--Regulation, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Medical School, College of Medicine at Chicago, Nucleotide sequence
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Oral history interview with Athan Kuliopulos
- 2002-Dec-02 – 2002-Dec-04
…not Daniel— No, that’s someone else. KULIOPULOS: He’s a famous philosopher. I’m not a philosopher, but I have seen his name once in a while …confusing things. Maybe that was Kant’s, but he was a Kantian kind of philosopher. My sister was heavily involved in philosophy for …little sick of it, but I still like having a yard. I built a stone driveway this summer. That’s something I did. Right. I bought, a bunch…
- Interviewee Kuliopulos, Athan, 1961-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kuliopulos, Athan, 1961-, Biochemistry, Enzyme kinetics, Vitamin K, New England Medical Center Hospital, Tufts University, G proteins, G proteins--Receptors, Blood--Coagulation, Cell interaction, Medical scientists, Geneticists
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Oral history interview with Roger E. Karess
- 1996-Apr-23 – 1996-Apr-26
…of museum. It had a cemetery. Some local hoodlums knocked down some stones a couple of years ago, and it made the news. So, you know, that kind …that is. Don’t get mad with me, but I don’t have much patience for philosophers who say, “What is truth?” I took one course in philosophy in college…
- Interviewee Karess, Roger E., 1955-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Karess, Roger E., 1955-, Reform Judaism, Oncogenic viruses, Reverse transcriptase, Retroviruses, RNA, Protein kinases, Oncogenes, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France), Genetics, Drosophila, Discoveries in science, Biochemists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Jonathon Howard
- 1995-Jan-23 – 1995-Jan-25
…answer to that question. NOVAK: Now, those are questions that philosophers have posed for thousands of years as well. Had you taken any philosophy …protein subunits that make up the microtubule as being a little stepping-stone. And we know the path on that surface that the motor steps; the steps…
- Interviewee Howard, Jonathon, 1957-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Howard, Jonathon, 1957-, Neurobiology, Photoreceptors, Hair cells, University of Washington, Kinesin, Myosin, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Rudolph E. Tanzi
- 1998-Nov-16 – 1998-Nov-18
- 1998-Nov-24
…blackout." And he didn't like that. I think he just looked at me completely stone-faced. But there was just the idea that I believed more in fate and …then that's now on the classic hits stations--[David] Bowie, [Rolling] Stones, Talking Heads, stuff like that. So I found a band. It was a punk band …band and half-cover band. We decided we had to play our share of the Stones and Bowie and Aerosmith and stuff to make some money, because you couldn…
- Interviewee Tanzi, Rudolph E.
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Tanzi, Rudolph E., Neurobiology, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Genetic disorders, Genetics--Research, Alzheimer's disease--Research
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Oral history interview with Gary H. Gibbons
- 2001-Feb-20 – 2001-Feb-22
… thoughts on the subject? GIBBONS: No, I'm not a good enough philosopher [mutual laughter] to opine on that. I guess I'd have to say that …sense that, "Okay, they're here." And again there weren't epithets or stones or police dogs or anything like that, but there was also a sense that…
- Interviewee Gibbons, Gary H., 1956-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Gibbons, Gary H., 1956-, Segregation, Cardiovascular system--Diseases, Cardiology, Stanford University, Morehouse School of Medicine, African Americans--Civil rights, Harvard Medical School, Renin-angiotensin system, Medical scientists, Scientists, Black
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Oral history interview with David E. Fisher
- 2001-Jun-06 – 2001-Jun-08
… lawyer, and I suppose there wasn’t much money to be made being a philosopher, which was probably pretty devastating. I think he became— He learned … how to reach me. The clinic itself and the hospital are literally a stone throw’s away. COHEN: Steps away. FISHER: Yeah, so it’s very…
- Interviewee Fisher, David E. (David Erich)
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Fisher, David E. (David Erich), Molecular biology, Oncology, T cells, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Immunology, Orthodox Judaism, Medical scientists