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Frontispiece: Scene from the Hamstead Colliery mining disaster of 1908
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
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The effects of chemical fetilizers upon crops and farmland
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Royal Agricultural Society of England, Lawes Agricultural Trust
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Fertilizers, Agriculture
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The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry including a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Alchemy, Science--Popular works
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Man sealing platinum wires into an incandescent light bulb
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Robertson Electric Lamps, Ltd.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Electric lighting, Textbooks, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Platinum
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Stalactites and stalagmites exhibiting prolonged chemical action
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Photo Frith
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, England--Cheddar, Chemistry, Stalactites and stalagmites, Chalk, Chemical reactions, Textbooks, Water, Limestone
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A chemical fire engine truck with workers
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Merryweather & Sons, Limited
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Fire prevention, Chemistry, Fires, Carbon dioxide, Textbooks, Fire fighters, Carbonates, Fire engines
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Alkali waste mounds at the United Alkali Company Limited chemical plant
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
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Figure 11: Visible solar spectrum
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Spectrum analysis, Chemistry, Textbooks, Sun
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Water pipelines for the British Aluminum Company
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work British Aluminium Company
- Subject Aluminum, Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Aluminum plants, British Aluminium Company, Water, Water-power
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Oil wells in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
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Microscope photography of adulterated food
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
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Wooden boom explosion in water
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work West & Son
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Explosions, Textbooks, Explosives
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Natural gas source in Heathfield, Sussex, England
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Dawson, Charles, Esq.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Gas wells, Chemistry, Textbooks, Natural gas, England--Heathfield (East Sussex)
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Man wearing a breathing apparatus
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Siebe, Gorman & Company
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Breathing apparatus, Textbooks
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Dynamite factory in Cornwall, England
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
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Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus
- 1903
…alchemy and chemistry. He is often attributed with discovering the philosopher's stone but he did not publish on this subject so no record exists…
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Isotopes
- 1922
…same atomic weight, and the same total number of nuclear “ building stones.”’ Examples of this class are ionium and uranium Y. (3) Isotopes of …the third class still possess the same number of each nuclear building stone, but they have a different arrangement of these in the atomic nucleus … would be those possessing the same arrangement of nuclear building stones in the atomic nucleus, and thus the same probability of disintegrating…
- Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
- Publisher Edward Arnold (Publishers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Isotopes, Neon, Mass spectrometry, Radioactivity
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Alchemist at work (with book resting on skull)
- 1800 – 1899
In this small copy in the style of David Teniers II (artist unknown), an elderly, bearded alchemist closely reads an open book with an expression of absorbed contemplation. He is seated at his desk beside a skull and…
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The Discovery of Phosphorus
- 1775
…painting's full original title is “The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and prays for the successful Conclusion…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Pether, William
- Subject Chemiluminescence, Phosphorus, Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Pether, William
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116 items
Miscellany of Medical, Magical, and Alchemical Recipes
- Circa 1520 – 1540
…Rupescissa (Johannes de Rupescissa) which contains a recipe for the philosopher's stone. Also includes alchemical notes and extracts from Turba …
- Author Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365
- Attributed To Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
- Subject Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311, Alchemy, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365, Medicine--Manuscripts, Medicine, Manuscripts, Latin, Manuscripts, Italian, Alchemy--Manuscripts
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III. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IX. Clavis
- Ninth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VI. Clavis
- Sixth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VIII. Clavis
- Eighth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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XII. Clavis
- Twelfth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy