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Postcard from Richard Conder Love to Georg Bredig, September 1923
- 1923-Sep-12
Dr. Richard N. Conder Love writes to thank Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his letter and informs him that his forthcoming book will be published in English in one month. He intends to mail Bredig a copy.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Love, Richard Conder
- Subject Love, Richard Conder, 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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Visiting card from Fritz Haber including message to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1914 – 1934
Visting card from Fritz Haber (1868-1934), including a brief message to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
Haber thanks Bredig for the invitation, which he accepts with pleasure.
- Author Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Thank you note from Ernst Berl to Georg and Rosa Bredig
- 1923-Oct-29
Thank you note from Ernst Berl (1877-1946) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and his wife Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). Note thanks them for their hospitality and invites the Bredigs to stay at his home in Darmstadt, Germany in…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 25, 1923
- 1923-Feb-25
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) expresses his views on teaching humanistic studies at technical universities, opium imports, and world politics.
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 1923
- 1923-Feb-25
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) shares his thoughts about current events, world politics, and the future of science in Europe.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 1923
- 1923-Feb-25
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) shares his thoughts about current events, world politics, and the future of science in Europe.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, World politics
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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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Healthful Effect of Gas Light Advertisement
- 1923
Gas mantles and electric bulbs competed for the home lighting market during the first decades of the 20th century. This advertisement claimed modern gas lighting offered health benefits by ridding the atmosphere of dust…
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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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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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How a Furnace Heats a House
- 1922
Diagram from page 191 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting the movement of warm and cool air through a home to demonstrate the functionality of a furnace. Labels indicate heating components such as…
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The Furnace and How it Works
- 1922
Diagram from page 189 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting a home heating furnace. Arrows demonstrate the flow of air through the furnace and labels indicate the components of the furnace and stages…
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How Coal Burns
- 1922
Diagram from page 163 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting how coal ignites and burns in a stove. Arrows illustrate the movement of air through the stove. The reactions between oxygen, carbon,…
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The Organs of Digestion
- 1922
Diagram from page 52 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting the organs of the digestive system, including the mouth, throat, stomach, gall bladder, and spleen.
The Science of Common Things is a…
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Exterior view of Welsbach Gas Light Company facility
- 1920s
Photographic reproduction of an artist's rendering of the Welsbach Gas Light Company site located along the Delaware River in Gloucester City, New Jersey. From 1888 to 1940, the Welsbach Gas Light Company held…
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Welsbach Gas Light Company photograph album
- 1920s
Album containing 52 black and white photographs documenting various aspects of the production process at the Welsbach Gas Light Company site located along the Delaware River in Gloucester City, New Jersey. From 1888 to…
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Portrait of Charles Holmes Herty (1867-1938)
- 1920s
Portrait of chemist and industrial consultant Charles Holmes Herty (1867-1938) best known for his contributions to the turpentine and pulp industries in the United States.
Charles Holmes Herty was born on December 4,…
- Photographer Alman & Co.
- Subject Chemists, Portraits, Chemistry, Herty, Charles H. (Charles Holmes), 1867-1938, Turpentine industry and trade
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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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Das Deutsche Farbenbuch
- The German Color Book
- 1923 – 1926
German publication features numerous color charts with painted color swatches from various German paint manufacturers. Book content includes backgrounds and information on purchasing colorants and paints; colors and…
- Author Trillich, Heinrich
- Publisher Heller, B.
- Subject Color, Paint, Varnish and varnishing, Varnish industry, Paint industry and trade
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Portrait of William Crookes, age 24
- 1856 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Half-length photographic portrait of William Crookes taken in 1856, when sitter was 24 years old.
Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy. He…
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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.…
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The Life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S.
- With a foreword by Sir Oliver Lodge
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy. He notably discovered thallium and conducted experiments on the properties of highly rarified gases, rare earth…
- Author Fournier d'Albe, E. E. (Edmund Edward), 1868-1933
- Publisher T. Fisher Unwin (Firm)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Crookes, William, 1832-1919, Thallium
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Portrait of William Crookes, age 57
- 1889 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Half-length photographic portrait of William Crookes taken in 1889, when sitter was 57 years old.
Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy. He…