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Plate 1: Parts of a Flower
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph illustrating the parts of a flower, using the example of the common wallflower. Included parts are the flower, cup, corolla or blossom, stamen, pistil, seed-vessel, and receptacle.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Cheiranthus cheiri, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 19: Bellis perennis
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of the common daisy, Bellis perennis. Class Syngenesia, order Polygamia superflua.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Daisies, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 18: Hypericum androsaemum
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum. Class Polyadelphia, order Polyandria.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 17: Lotus corniculatus
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. Class Diadelphia, order Decandria.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Lotus corniculatus, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 16: Malva sylvestris
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. Class Monadelphia, order Polyandria.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject High mallow, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 15: Cheiranthus cheiri
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri. Class Tetradynamia, order Siliquosa.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Cheiranthus cheiri, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 14: Glechoma hederacea
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of ground ivy, Glechoma hederacea. Class Didynamia, order Gymnospermia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Ground ivy, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 13: Papaver rhoeas
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of the common red poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Class Polyandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Poppies, Botany, Papaveraceae, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 12: Rosa canina
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common dog rose, Rosa canina. Class Icosandria, order Polygynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 11: Sempervivum tectorum
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. Class Dodecandria, order Dodecagynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Sempervivum, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 10: Agrostemma githago
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of corn cockle, Agrostemma githago. Class Decandria, order Pentagynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Common corncockle, Botany, Agrostemma, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Illustrated with 20 hand-colored plates, Conversations on Botany is composed as a series of conversations between a mother and son about the principles of the Linnaean system of classification and elements of useful…
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Dr. Wollaston's Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents
- 1814
English chemist William Hyde Wollaston invented the Scale of Chemical Equivalents which is explained in this publication along with a foldout plate illustrating Dr. Wollaston's Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents.…
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A Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents
- 1814
English chemist William Hyde Wollaston invented the Scale of Chemical Equivalents which is explained in this publication along with a foldout plate illustrating Dr. Wollaston's Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents.…
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Representation of pairs of stones at Stonehenge
- 1812
Engraved plate of pairs of stones at Stonehenge. The horizontal stone is called a "cap." On the adjacent page Silliman describes the condition of the pairs as he viewed them. One pair remains standing, one fell about…
- Author Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
- Printer D. & G. Bruce
- Publisher Sargeant, Ezra, 1775-1812
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Science, England, Science--Study and teaching, Voyages and travels, England--Stonehenge
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Part of the exterior circle of Stonehenge represented in a right line
- 1812
Engraved plate of part of the exterior circle of Stonehenge represented in a straight line. On page 85 Silliman clarifies that the sketch should give readers an idea of the exterior circle and that readers should be…
- Author Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
- Printer D. & G. Bruce
- Publisher Sargeant, Ezra, 1775-1812
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Science, England, Science--Study and teaching, Voyages and travels, England--Stonehenge
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A plan of Stonehenge
- Anciently called Choir Guar, that is The Great Church, or the Grand Choir
- 1812
This plan is meant to convey a "perfect idea" of the original arrangement of Stonehenge as it once was, rather than in a familiar state of ruin. The horizontal stones are not represented, but Silliman asks the reader to…
- Author Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
- Printer D. & G. Bruce
- Publisher Sargeant, Ezra, 1775-1812
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Science, England, Science--Study and teaching, Voyages and travels, England--Stonehenge
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A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages Over the Atlantic, in the Years 1805 and 1806, Vol. 2
- 1812
Travel log of Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) detailing his research in England, Holland, and Scotland. Silliman founded the American Journal of Science and discovered a way to distill petroleum. Written in first-person,…
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3 items
Handwritten letter by Giovanni Antonio Giobert
- 1812-Aug-16
Letter in French from Giovanni Antonio Giobert (1761-1834), an Italian chemist and mineralogist after whom the mineral giobertite has been named, to Count Chanteloup. Dated August 16, 1812, the letter concerns a sample…
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Plate 9
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 8
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 7
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 6
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 5
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 4: Tools for the manufacture of fireworks
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks