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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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The Unsuccessful Alchemists - Trying to Make Political Gold for Blaine out of Anti-Cleveland Dross
- 1887
This illustration by F.B. Opper appeared in the November 2, 1887 edition of Puck, an American literary humor magazine. The image shows three bearded alchemists in fantastic dress, working with crucibles, alembics, and…
- Artist Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
- Publisher Puck
- Subject Satire, Laboratories, Political science, Alchemy, Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893, Caricatures and cartoons, Political cartoons
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Portrait of John Lawes, "Agricultural Science"
- 1882
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir John Bennet Lawes, (1814-1900), an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Lawes developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of…
- Artist Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Chemists, Agriculturists, Lawes, J. B. (John Bennet), 1814-1900, Caricatures and cartoons, Agriculture
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Portrait of Henry Bessemer, "Steel"
- 1880
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898), an English engineer, inventor, and businessman. Bessemer's name is chiefly known in connection with the Bessemer process…
- Artist Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Steel industry and trade, Steel, Chemists, Bessemer, Henry, Sir, 1813-1898, Caricatures and cartoons
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Portrait of Lyon Playfair, "Chemistry"
- 1875
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898), a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician. Number 195 in the Vanity Fair collection, "Statesmen." The…
- Artist Pellegrini, Carlo, 1839-1889
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898, Caricatures and cartoons, Chemists
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Louis Pasteur's personal calling card
- Circa 1887
Louis Pasteur's personal calling card with a handwritten note on card.
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to Dr. Becar, 1884, and letter from Pasteur to an unidentified director, 1882
- 1882-Sep-02
- 1884-Jun-07
In the first letter Louis Pasteur turns down Dr. Becar's offer to allow Pasteur to perform experiments on him rather then on animals. In the second letter Pasteur endeavors to find work for a young assistant named…
- Author Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
- Subject Microbiologists, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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Receipt from the Pasteur Institute to the community of Éply, France
- 1887-Jun-20
The community of Éply in France raised 20 francs "to found an establishment for the treatment of hydrophobia." In this context, hydrophobia is an irrational fear of water brought on as a symptom of rabies. Receipt…
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to Monsieur le Consul
- 1888-Apr-08
Letter from Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to Monsieur le Consul regarding the Baroness of Wendelstadt's subscription to the Pasteur Institute in the amount of one hundred francs.
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to the Rector of the Academy of Besançon, with the Rector's reply, 1886
- 1886-May-20 – 1886-May-24
Louis Pasteur requests that the petition for academic palms made by the Mayor of Arbois on behalf of Chapeau and Rouget be supported. The Rector's reply is written at the bottom of the page stating he is happy to comply.
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to an unidentified colleague, 1891
- 1891-Nov-04
In this letter Louis Pasteur addresses a "very eminent colleague," and thanks him for an advance copy of a new work on social economy.
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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 and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1886 (Date of painting)
Portrait print of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927). This print is based on a painting that was commissioned by Jacob…
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
- 1892 (Date of original lithograph)
Portrait print of German chemist Robert Bunsen (1811-1899). Along with physicist Gustav Kirchhoff (1824-1877), Bunsen discovered caesium and rubidium. Bunson studied the emission spectra of heated elements and developed…
- Artist Marx, Job.
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Portraits, Scientists, Chemists
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Portrait of Jules François Joubert
- Circa 1877 (Date of original photograph)
Printed portrait of French scientist and professor Jules Francois Joubert (1834-1910), who assisted French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Joubert collaborated with Pasteur in 1877,…
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Weston Ammeter Model 45
- 1888
Finished wooden box; four metal feet on bottom (box must be set on its side for instrument to function); top of box has two brass holders for missing handle and metal strip; side lifts up half way exposing a painted…
- Manufacturer Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation
- Subject Ammeters, Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation
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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.
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Plate I: Sugar
- 1880
Front elevation and plan of Alfred Fryer's concretor, an apparatus used for evaporating cane juice rapidly, "to concentrate as cheaply and efficiently as possible the juice which is supplied to it; turning it at once…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate I: Sulphur [Sulfur]
- 1880
Thomas' apparatus for melting sulfur by steam.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sulfur industry
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Plate I: Petroleum
- 1880
Elevation and plan of the Franklin Oil Works petroleum refinery in Philadelphia.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Petroleum--Refining, Chemistry, Technical, Petroleum refineries
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Plate I: Sulphuric [Sulfuric] Acid
- 1880
Elevation, longitudinal section, and ground plan of a pyrites kiln for burning sulfur to produce sulfuric acid.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Sulfuric acid industry, Chemistry, Technical
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Vacuum pan for the manufacture of cane sugar
- 1880
Vacuum pan for evaporating water from solutions of sugar in refineries and beet-root sugar factories.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining