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Galvanometer
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration of a galvanometer, a device used to detect and measure small amounts of electrical current through the use of a magnetic needle or a coil in a magnetic field.
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Voltaic Pile
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a voltaic pile, the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800.
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386 items
Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Educational volume covering a variety of topics related to electricity and the chemical elements in two parts. The first half of the volume is devoted to electrical and magnetic discoveries and modern electric machines,…
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Portrait of Edward Livingston Youmans
- 1851 (Date of photograph)
- 1894 (Date of publication)
Half-length portrait photograph of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17, which lasted…
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Portrait of Edward Livingston Youmans
- 1894
Half-length portrait frontispiece engraving of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17,…
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Edward Livingston Youmans, Interpreter of Science for the People
- 1894
Biography of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17, which lasted until he was about 30…
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Portrait of Richard Owen with skeleton of the giant moa
- 1877 (Date of photograph)
- 1894 (Date of publication)
English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) stands next to the skeleton of a giant moa (Dinornis Maximus). Owen published extensively on fossils and is famously known for coining…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of Richard Owen with granddaughter
- 1894
Photographic portrait print of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) with his granddaughter. Owen published extensively on fossils and is famously known for coining the…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Photographer Messrs. Byrne & Co.
- Engraver Walker & Boutall
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of Richard Owen with moa leg
- 1894
Portrait photo engraving of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) taken from an 1846 daguerreotype. Owen stands holding the leg bone of a moa, an extinct bird once found in…
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Engraver Walker & Boutall
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography, Portraits
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Portrait of Richard Owen
- 1894
Half-length frontispiece portrait print of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) from an oil painting by Henry William Pickersgill (1782-1875). Owen published extensively…
- Author Owen, Richard
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Artist Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875
- Engraver Walker & Boutall
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Portraits, Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875
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The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 2
- 1894
Cover, frontismatter, title page and plate have been digitized from this biography of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892). Owen published extensively on fossils and is…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography
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5 items
The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 1
- 1894
Cover, frontismatter, title page and plate have been digitized from this biography of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892). Owen published extensively on fossils and is…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography
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The Alchemist
- 1800 – 1899
A man dressed in peasant garb holds a gold scale in right hand and reaches with left for red substance in open paper packet. At left through window are building roofs; the light illuminates a dark, cluttered workshop…
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The Dentist and his Patient
- 1800 – 1899
This small painting on metal is a copy of Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) [artist unknown] popular dentist scene in Dresden. Through the illusionistic frame of a large window, we see a dentist in a red…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Dentistry, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Teeth--Extraction
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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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The School Master
- The Quill Cutter
- 1800 – 1899
In this copy after Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) popular "The School Master" composition (artist unknown), the old man at the window niche sharpens his pen while his pupils are busy at work in the…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Art, Dutch
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Main office at Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of the main office space at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Per notations accompanying the photograph,…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Offices
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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of employees (left to right) William A. Converse, William H. Edgar, and John Brashear at work in the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street…
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President's office at Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of the office of Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) President William H. Edgar at the company's 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Offices
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Scientific apparatus at Dearborn laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
Close-up view of scientific apparatus used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…
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Balances at Dearborn laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
Close-up view of two balances used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company…
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Dearborn hospitality suite at Young's Million Dollar Pier
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of a portion of the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works hospitality suite located at Young's Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dearborn maintained a permanent hospitality suite at the pier to…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Trade shows, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations
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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…
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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…
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Scientific instruments at Dearborn laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
Close-up view of assorted scientific instruments used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the…