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Little Wild Date Tree, Wild Date Tree Bearing Cones, and The Fruit of the Cone
- 1633
1. Palmites, five Chamœrriphes. The little wilde Date tree.
2. Palmapinus, five Palmaconifera. The wilde Date tree bearing cones.
3. Fructus Palmapini. The fruit of the Cone-Date.Illustrations for The Herball, or,…
- Author Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590
- Engraver Payne, John
- Printer Islip, Adam, -1639, Norton, Joice, Whitaker, Richard, -1648
- Publisher Johnson, Thomas, -1644
- Subject Islip, Adam, -1639, Norton, Joice, Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Payne, John, Botany, Medical, Botanical chemistry, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590, Botany, Whitaker, Richard, -1648, Materia medica, Herbals, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Johnson, Thomas, -1644, Palms, Date palm, Plants--Variation
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Poppy species variations : Yellow Horned, Red Horned, Red Horned with Smooth Leaves, and Violet Colored Poppy
- 1633
1. Papaver cornutum flore luteo. Yellow horned Poppie.
2. Papaver cornutum flore rubro. Red horned Poppie.
3. Papaver corniculatum phæniceum glabrum. Red horned Poppie with smooth leaves.
4. Papaver cornutum flore…- Author Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590
- Engraver Payne, John
- Printer Islip, Adam, -1639, Norton, Joice, Whitaker, Richard, -1648
- Publisher Johnson, Thomas, -1644
- Subject Islip, Adam, -1639, Norton, Joice, Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Payne, John, Botany, Medical, Botanical chemistry, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590, Botany, Whitaker, Richard, -1648, Materia medica, Herbals, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Johnson, Thomas, -1644, Papaveraceae, Poppies, Flowers, Plants--Variation
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating the 2nd centenary of the birth of Antoine Lavoisier
- Circa 1943
…Depicts Antoine Lavoisier, the "creator of modern chemistry."…
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Oral history interview with Jacques-Emile Dubois
- 2001-Jan-21
…Dubois describes how he studied chemistry and medicine during the German invasion of France and elucidates …bonds with other neighboring German universities. As director of the Chemistry Institute, I created a hybrid system whereby our chemistry students …also brought over Dr. Michael Ashworth, from England, for analytical chemistry, so as to have a trilingual Chemistry Institute: French, English,…
- Interviewee Dubois, J. E. (Jaques-Emile), 1920-
- Interviewer Burke, Colin B.
- Subject Physical sciences, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Universität des Saarlandes, Physical scientists, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing, Université de Paris, Dubois, J. E. (Jaques-Emile), 1920-, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, CODATA
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Oral history interview with Nancy B. Jackson
- 2010-Sep-22
…were very cool. So I decided that when I went to college I would take chemistry as a science thing. So I signed up freshman year for chemistry . …that I didn’t worry about what I was going to do. I just enjoyed the chemistry. And I really enjoyed the chemistry. I loved chemistry. It turns … it. DOMUSH: Now I’m curious because of my own background in chemistry, and my interest was always organic chemistry. And for me what was…
- Interviewee Jackson, Nancy B.
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Jackson, Nancy B., Women in science, Sandia National Laboratories, Chemical engineering, American Chemical Society, Sex discrimination, Working mothers, United States. Department of State, Chemicals--Safety measures, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
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Letter from Richard Adolf Zsigmondy to Georg Bredig, October 1905
- 1905-Oct-23
… …(page 2) field of colloidal chemistry, agreement can be reached on at least some fundamental questions. …Zsigmondy (1865-1929), discusses his recent work in the field of colloidal chemistry. In 1925, Zsigmondy was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1925…
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Letter from Walther Nernst to Georg Bredig, May 1933
- 1933-May-17
…Nernst (1864-1941), a German chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1920, and one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry, informs…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941
- Subject Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with John H. Wotiz
- 2000-Aug-07 (First session)
- 2000-Aug-08 (Second session)
- 2000-Aug-10 (Third session)
…: Well, the chemistry department chairman, [John] Sampey, was a pioneer in teaching chemistry …something that I did not know at that time. And I was taking organic chemistry, I was taking analytical chemistry simultaneously, and I started …The chemistry of chemistry. I have made remarks to people that people are afraid…
- Interviewee Wotiz, John H., 1919-2001
- Interviewer Pratt, Herbert T.
- Subject Newman, Melvin S. (Melvin Spencer), 1908-, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, Diamond Alkali Company, Wotiz, John H., 1919-2001, Marshall University, Kekulé, August, 1829-1896, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with George A. Olah
- 2000-Feb-03
…of practical chemistry and natural product chemistry. Fischer, I think, can also be credited …chemistry in this coming century. We have the ability to develop new chemistry … chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Of course we know now that …
- Interviewee Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Traynham, James G.
- Subject University of Southern California, Dow Chemical Company, Chemists, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017, Emigration and immigration
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Postage stamp from Monaco commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1967
Stamp depicts a profile of Marie Curie along with various scientific instruments.
- Artist Lambert, Perrette
- Engraver Pheulpin, Jean
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Monaco, Women in physics, Women scientists, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Postage stamps, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 12, 1905
- 1905-Feb-12
…especially since our old, dear friend Ostwald recently concluded that chemistry no longer interests him. In Berlin, I heard that he wants to resign …extremely favorable circumstances and establish the field of physical chemistry in Heidelberg. I don't understand why you weren't appointed to the …continue his training at the Pasteur Institute this summer. This field of chemistry will surely yield important results. Greetings from Euler and myself…
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Portrait of John Mayow
- 1674 (Date of engraving)
- 1919 (Date of publication)
…respiration. Portrait plate is from the Intermediate Text Book of Chemistry by Alexander Smith. The preface of this work describes how this chemistry …intermediate level of instruction, being more advanced than elementary chemistry but not as comprehensive as college chemistry. The modified periodic…
- Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Publisher The Century Co.
- Engraver Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
- Subject Textbooks, Mayow, John, 1641-1679, Portraits, Scientists
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Frontispiece: Portrait of Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov
- 1787 (Date of painting)
- 1919 (Date of publication)
…reactions. Frontispiece portrait is from the Intermediate Text Book of Chemistry by Alexander Smith. The preface of this work describes how this chemistry …intermediate level of instruction, being more advanced than elementary chemistry but not as comprehensive as college chemistry. The modified periodic…
- Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Publisher The Century Company
- After Prenner, Georg Kaspar, approximately 1720-1766
- Subject Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765, Portraits, Scientists
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to his brother-in-law, Conrad William Faber
- 1833-May-12
…Mentions translating portions of Jöns Jacob Berzelius' 1779-1848 Chemistry.…
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Chemical Education and Research in Europe, Part I
- 1928-May-28 – 1928-Aug-10
…by American chemist Alexander Silverman during a tour of university chemistry departments and laboratories across Europe in 1928-1929. His edited …Germany (Friedrich Wilhelm University, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry); several locations in Italy (Universities of Rome, Florence, Bologna … Germany (Adolf von Bayer Memorial, Laboratory of Pure and Applied Chemistry, statues of Max Joseph von Pettenkofer and Justus Liebig); the University…
- Creator Of Work Silverman, Alexander, 1881-1962
- Subject Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), Chemical laboratories, Universität Bonn, Università di Roma, Università di Firenze, Università di Bologna, Università di Padova, Czech Republic--Jáchymov, University of Oxford, National Physical Laboratory (Great Britain), Royal Institute of Chemistry
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 29, 1856
- 1856-Feb-29
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, mentions the impending publication of the second edition of Applied Chemistry in the Manufacture of Soaps and Candles and wishes to dedicate it…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
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Oral history interview with Mary K. Gall
- 2012-Mar-26 (First session)
- 2012-Mar-27 (Second session)
…summers spent in Holderness, New Hampshire. After earning a degree in chemistry from Vassar College, she decided that she did not have enough drive …started talking about Vassar, we were talking about how you got to be a chemistry major. You said that you had liked chemistry. You [had] liked math …shouldn’t necessarily be concerned with women in science and women in chemistry, but just make sure that there are enough people in chemistry and…
- Interviewee Gall, Mary K., 1922-
- Interviewer Wronski, Michael, Domush, Hilary
- Subject Women in science, Gall, Mary K., 1922-, Women chemists, Chemists
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, May 1895
- 1895-May-12
…. Gustave Bredig (Residence, if it can be stated): Institute of Chemistry, Professor M. Berthelot (Place of Address): Bellevue …Svante Arrhenius is attributed to being one of the founders of Physical Chemistry. In 1903, Arrhenius would be the third person to be awarded the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his electrolytic theory of dissociation which states that molecules … he was appointed the director of the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry.…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, May 1895
- 1895-May-12
…Gustave Bredig (Residence, if it can be stated): Institute of Chemistry, Professor M. Berthelot (Place of Address): Bellevue …Svante Arrhenius is attributed to being one of the founders of Physical Chemistry. In 1903, Arrhenius would be the third person to be awarded the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his electrolytic theory of dissociation which states that molecules … he was appointed the director of the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry. …
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Autographed postcard from attendees of the Mendeleev Congress addressed to Georg Bredig
- 1934-Sep-14
Postcard to Georg Bredig from an unknown sender (perhaps an Adolf König?), sent from the 1934 Mendeleev Congress in Leningrad, signed by many of Bredig's colleagues and former students.
Signatories, from left to right,…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Contributor Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968, Svedberg, Theodor, 1884-1971
- Subject Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968, Svedberg, Theodor, 1884-1971, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Congresses and conventions, Brønsted, J. N. (Johannes Nicolaus), 1879-1947, Cameron, J. W. MacBain (James William MacBain), 1910-1975
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Portrait of Justus von Liebig
- After 1845
…1803-1873), a German scientist. Justus von Liebig was a professor of chemistry at the University of Giessen in Germany and is recognized as one of the main founders of organic chemistry. The portrait is based on a drawing completed by Wilhelm Trautschold…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, October 1911
- 1911-Oct-06
…. I held two extra lectures at the Society of Physics and Physical Chemistry. I had to work hard but it went better than I could’ve hoped. …Jacobus van't Hoff (1852-1911), who was the first Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Van’t Hoff is considered one of the founders of physical chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Harold A. Scheraga
- 1987-Feb-10
… school experience in chemistry had been a terrible one. I had a very dull high school chemistry …science aside from that early biology was with mathematics and this one chemistry course. So I opted for a chemistry major and, as soon as I started …Another good physics teacher was Henry Semat. But of course, it was in chemistry where I felt at home, I began to live in the chemistry building. …
- Interviewee Scheraga, Harold A., 1921-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Scheraga, Harold A., 1921-, Chemists, Polymers--Research, Proteins--Research, Kerr effect, War work, World War (1939-1945)
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Oral history interview with Mark W. Grinstaff
- 2005-Sep-19 – 2005-Sep-20
- 2005-Sep-22
… But that said, the science was actually a very good department. Chemistry was actually quite good at Ocy. My first semester, I took chemistry …grades and my work and I had an interest at that time in inorganic chemistry, which is a subfield of chemistry, I apply to a number of schools …was doing and frustrated by the fact that many people, especially in chemistry, thought that part of what I was doing wasn’t even chemistry, even…
- Interviewee Grinstaff, Mark W., 1965-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Grinstaff, Mark W., 1965-, Chemistry, Inorganic, Proteins, Charge exchange, DNA, Biomedical materials, Biochemistry, Minorities in science, Polymers in medicine, Eye--Surgery, Biomedical engineers
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Oral history interview with Carl S. Marvel
- 1983-Jul-13
… new man when the head of analytical chemistry left and Beal came. The man who had been head of inorganic chemistry … it "not real organic chemistry." GORTLER: I was going to say "classical organic chemistry." I don't …Neoprene; Niagara Falls, New York; Nylon; Ohio State University; Organic chemistry; Patents; Physical chemistry; Physical organic chemistry; Plastics…
- Interviewee Marvel, Carl Shipp, 1894-1988
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B., Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001
- Subject Polymers, Chemists, Marvel, Carl Shipp, 1894-1988, Chemists--Biography