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Georg Bredig and fellow chemists in Zürich
- 1910
Black and white photograph of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and fellow chemists at the Technische Hochschule, in Zürich, Switzerland. Bredig is seated and his colleagues are posed around him. Bredig has annotated the names…
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Portrait of Ernst Cohen
- After 1895 – before 1933
Portrait of Ernst Cohen (1869-1944) by Koene & Büttinghausen in the Netherlands.
Ernst Cohen, a Dutch scientist and professor, was known for his research on the allotropy of tin. Cohen worked under Svante Arrhenius…
- Photographer Koene & Büttinghausen
- Subject Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, Chemists, Jewish scientists, Carte de visite photographs
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Instruments of Precision Laboratory Apparatus, M-L Catalog
- 1911
The Gaertner Scientific Corporation began as a small scientific shop established by William Gaertner in 1896 on Chicago’s Southside. The company, originally known as Wm. Gaertner & Co., manufactured astronomical and…
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Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware, and Laboratory Supplies
- Circa 1910
Catalog of scientific apparatus for chemical laboratories sold by the Emil Greiner Company. Promising superior quality and prompt delivery, the catalog includes items for sale such as burners, burets, pipettes, and…
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Metallography Textbook Advertisement: "Metallographie. Ein ausführliches Lehr- und Handbuch der Konstitution und der physikalischen, chemischen und technischen Eigenschaften der Metalle und metallischen Legierungen"
- Metallography: a Detailed Instruction and Manual of the Constitution and the Physical, Chemical and Technical Properties of Metals and Metallic Alloys
- 1910
Clipping of an advertisement for Metallography: a Detailed Instruction and Manual of the Constitution and the Physical, Chemical and Technical Properties of Metals and Metallic Alloys (1910) by Dr. W. Guertler.
- Author Guertler, W.
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Letter from P.F. Dujardin & Co. advertising machines and products for metallographic laboratories
- 1910-Jul-20
P.F. Dujardin & Co. advertises their metallographic devices.
- Creator Of Work P. F. Dujardin & Co.
- Subject Metallography, Scientific apparatus and instruments, P. F. Dujardin & Co.
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Holiday card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a winter nighttime scene. The view shows a snow-covered Karlsruher Schloss, or Karlsruhe palace.
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Christmas, New Year, Greeting cards, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Greeting cards, Christmas, New Year, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Thank you note from Arthur Drews to Georg Bredig
- After 1911 – before 1935
Arthur Drews (1865-1935), a professor of philosophy and German language at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, Germany, writes a letter of thanks for Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for "considering the lecture hall."
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 1910
- 1910-Feb-08
Postcard from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) congratulating Georg Bredig (1864-1944) on becoming a professor at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. Arrhenius ends the letter by mentioning his current research, and some…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, October 1911
- 1911-Oct-06
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to tell him about his travels to the U.S.A for a lecture series. He mentions the death of Jacobus van't Hoff (1852-1911), who was the first Nobel Prize…
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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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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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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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Photochemie [Bookplate featuring Matthew Carey Lea]
- 1910
Franklin Institute Library bookplate featuring a small inset portrait of Matthew Carey Lea (1823-1897). Lea, a Philadelphian lawyer and scientist, was devoted to the chemistry of photography. He is known as the father…
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Nostrums and Quackery
- Articles on the Nostrum Evil, Quackery and Allied Matters Affecting the Public Health; Reprinted... from the Journal of the American Medical Association
- 1911
Volume two of three, compiled by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The volume consists of a collection of pseudo-scientific printings outlining fraudulent medicinal treatments. The quackery included in…
- Author American Medical Association
- Editor Cramp, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1872-
- Subject Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Women's health services, Drugs, Therapeutics, Drugs, Nonprescription, Obesity--Treatment, Sexism in medicine, Drug addiction--Treatment, Public health, Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
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Colours Fast to Light for Staining Wood
- Lichtechte farbstoffe zum beizen von holz
- Colorants solides 'a la lumière pour mordants pour bois
- 1911
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs.…
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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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The Rumford Cook Book
- Circa 1910
Produced by Rumford Chemical Works, manufacturers of baking powder, this cookbook features an illustration of the Rumford Chemical Works manufactory along with an illustration of the baking powder they produce on the…
- Author Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915
- Publisher Rumford Chemical Works
- Subject Cooking, American, Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915, Bread, Biscuits, Cake, Desserts, Cooking (Fish), Rumford Chemical Works, Cookbooks, Manufacturing industries, Baking powder, Advertising--Baking powder, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, Baked products industry, Recipes
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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 Louis Pasteur
- Part of The Life of Pasteur
- 1886 (Date of photograph)
- 1911 (Date of publication)
Half-length printed photographic reproduction portrait of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) by French photographer Paul Nadar (1820-1910). Pasteur is credited with discovering the…
- Author Vallery-Radot, René, 1853-1933
- Publisher Constable
- Photographer Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Portraits, Scientists, Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939, Chemists
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The Life of Pasteur
- 1911
Cover, frontismatter, frontispiece and title page have been digitized from this biography of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). He is credited for discovering the principles of…
- Author Vallery-Radot, René, 1853-1933
- Publisher Constable
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Scientists, Chemists--Biography
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Portrait of Sir William Crookes, O.M., age 79
- 1911 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Portrait photograph frontispiece of Sir William Crookes taken in 1911, when sitter was 79 years old.
Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy.…