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Certificate of Georg Bredig's lifelong membership to the Leipzig Chemical Society
- 1901-Nov-08
Certificate of Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) lifelong membership to the Leipzig Chemical Society.
- Creator Of Work Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Chemistry--Societies, etc., Germany--Leipzig, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, August 1901
- 1901-Aug-21 (Date of creation)
- 1901-Aug-28 (Date of receipt)
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) comments on Walther Nernst's (1864-1941) upcoming publication and how it compares to Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and Jacobus Henricus "Henry" van 't Hoff Jr.'s (1852-1911) current work.…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Nobel Prize winners
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1901
- 1901-Jul-12
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) congratulates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his new position as the first associate professor of physical chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. Arrhenius continues to describe a…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, April 1901
- 1901-Apr-01
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to his friend Georg Bredig (1868-1944) about tension in the physical chemistry community.
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Postcard from Richard Abegg to Georg Bredig
- 1901-May-15
- 1901-May-17
Postcard written by Richard Abegg (1869-1910) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) which mentions Franz Rohmann (1856-1919). Abegg was a German physical chemist known for his work in valence theory which led to the later octet…
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47 items
Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
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24 items
Reflex Inverted Gas Light Catalog
- 1890 – 1930
Welsbach aimed its Reflex line at the middle of the gas mantle market, priced below its Welco line but above its biggest selling models like the Number 4 mantle. Images in this catalog illustrate Welsbach's imagined…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Rare earth industry, Rare earths, Advertising, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Interior lighting, Interior lighting--Design
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This is Too Bad, Makes Night & Day Alike!
- 1901-Sep-14
This 1901 advertisement for the British branch of the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Company features an owl swooping through the dark into the light of a gas mantle streetlight. The owl complains that the light makes…
- Publisher Illustrated London news
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Gas-lighting, Street lighting, Light pollution, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Rare earth metals
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Carl Auer von Welsbach Cigarette Trading Card
- 1890 – 1930
Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) was a key figure in the history of rare earth elements. In 1885 he showed didymium was not an element, but an alloy of two elements that he named praseodymium and…
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342 items
The Baker's Book [Volume I]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1901
The illustrated first volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking knowledge. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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13 items
Dyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971)
- 1900 – 1925
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971), a Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, who prepared the first insulin treatment given to a child with…
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Portrait of Jöns Jakob Berzelius
- Part of Jacob Berzelius
- 1901
Portrait engraving of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) seated at a table with regalia pins on his jacket. His hand leans on a table containing a scale. A bookcase filled with books stands in the background. Signature…
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Jacob Berzelius
- 1901
Title page and frontispiece have been digitized from this work on Swedish chemist Baron Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848). Considered one of the founders of modern chemistry and known as the "Father of Swedish…
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Secretary's office at Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view of the office of G.M. Eddy (Secretary) at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Offices
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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 hospitality suite at Young's Million Dollar Pier
- After 1890 – before 1905
Exterior view of a portion of Young's Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with a sign for "Dearborn" visible over a striped awning. Per notations accompanying the photograph, Dearborn Chemical and Drug…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, New Jersey--Atlantic City, Boardwalks, Corporations, Dearborn Chemical Company
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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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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
General view 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 scientific…
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Scientific instruments at Dearborn laboratory facility
- After 1890 – before 1905
Close-up view of assorted scientific instruments, including microscopes and balances, used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago,…
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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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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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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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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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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…
