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Alchemist with Scale
- 1800s
A bearded alchemist wearing a fur-trimmed top coat and cap is carefully weighing ingredients with a balance. On top of his table is an exotic carpet covered with papers, a copper pitcher, and ceramic jar. Resting on a…
- Artist Weiland, Johannes
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art
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Alchemist at work (with book resting on skull)
- 1800 – 1899
In this small copy in the style of David Teniers II (artist unknown), an elderly, bearded alchemist closely reads an open book with an expression of absorbed contemplation. He is seated at his desk beside a skull and…
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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 lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (2 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
Second 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 (1 of 4)
- After 1849 – before 1895
First 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
- After 1849 – before 1895
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 field of…
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The Chemist
- Circa 1868 – 1893
A bearded, elderly alchemist in a fur-trimmed coat leans close over a tabletop experiment. The equipment on his lab bench includes an adjustable clamp stand and an alcohol burner, contemporary to the 1800s. Small vials…
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The Inventor
- 1889 – 1891
This photogravure reproduces a painting by American artist Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924), who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and also spent time in France. The photogravure was part of a massive study of…
- After Knight, Ridgway, 1839-1924
- Creator Of Work Goupil & Cie
- Publisher D. Appleton and Company
- Subject Inventors
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Gold
- 1870 – 1890
This print reproduces a painting exhibited by A. H. Tourrier at the Royal Academy in London in 1871. The scene shows a trio of nobles standing awed before an alchemist holding out a broken crucible in his right…
- After Tourrier, Alfred Holst
- Engraver Greatbach, G. (George)
- Subject Gold, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Compound Monocular Microscope
- 1880 – 1890
Black metal (iron) U-shaped base with cylindrical brass (plated) parts; two metal slide clips mounted to slide plate; rotatable eye piece lowered or raised by the adjustment of top right knob; circular mirror underneath…
- Manufacturer Maison Nachet & Fils (Paris)
- Subject Microscopes, Maison Nachet & Fils (Paris)
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Welsbach System of Incandescent Gas Lighting Catalog
- 1889
The Welsbach company produced this pamphlet around 1889 to promote its system of gas lighting. The brochure includes a depiction of the factory in Gloucester, New Jersey, and several illustrations of lighting system…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Publisher Edward Stern & Co.
- Subject Incandescent lamps, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting, Rare earth industry, Rare earths, Welsbach Gas Light Company, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Interior lighting, Factories
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The Agnew Clinic
- Circa 1889
This photogravure by Gebbie & Husson Co. Ltd. reproduces Thomas Eakins' painting known as The Agnew Clinic (or The Clinic of Dr. Agnew). Eakins was commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania Medical Class of 1889 to…
- After Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
- Creator Of Work Gebbie & Husson Co. Ltd.
- Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916, Women's health services, White, J. William (James William), 1850-1916, Surgery--Study and teaching, Nurses, Lumpectomy, Medical students, Gebbie & Husson Co. Ltd., Agnew, D. Hayes (David Hayes), 1818-1892, Medicine--Study and teaching, University of Pennsylvania. Hospital, Women in medicine
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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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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 Neumayer, Franz
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Jr., 1860-1929, Chemists, Portraits, Chemistry, Organic
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Portrait of Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter, Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1889
Illustration of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter, Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927), by Léon Bonnat (1833-1922).
Pasteur is credited with discovering the principles of vaccination, microbial…
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Portrait of Albert Jordan
- Circa 1889
Portrait of Albert Jordan (1865-) dressed as a mountaineer. Jordan was an "oberbergrat" which is a type of government official.
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Geometrical Illustrations of Newlands' and Mendelejeff's Periodic Law of the Atomic Weights of the Chemical Elements
- 1889
A reprint of an article that was first published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, series III, volume I.
- Author Haughton, Samuel
- Subject Periodic law, Chemical elements, Atomic weights
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Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Chemicals
- 1889
Catalog for chemical apparatus produced by Philip Harris & Co., now Philip Harris Ltd., a British laboratory supply company that became a major supplier of equipment for school science. The brand name is now owned by…
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Certificate from the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft
- Certificate from the German Chemical Society
- 1889-Jun-25
- Creator Of Work Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
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Letter from R.E. Preston to Margaret M. Booth, April 20, 1889
- 1889-Apr-20
Letter from Robert E. Preston (1836-1911), of the United States Mint Bureau, to Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza informing her that he failed to see a bill to relieve James Booth's estate of its assessment for missing…
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Weston Direct Current Voltmeter with Case
- After 1888
Direct current voltmeter, Model 1. Instrument mounted on brown felt on a hardwood base, with a brass tag in front; instrument made of metal and finished in orange-brown; two electrical connections covered in black…
- Manufacturer Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- Subject Voltmeters, Measuring instruments, Weston Electrical Instrument Co.