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Frau Ernestine Bredig
- After 1847 – before 1930
Seated black and white portrait of Frau Ernestine Bredig (1847-1930). Little is known about Bredig as an individual, except that she was the mother of physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Ernestine, 1847-1930, Portraits
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Copper Smelting in Japan
- After 1830 – before 1870
A finely illustrated Japanese scroll on paper with manuscript notes depicting the Nanban-Buki method of separating copper from silver (copper smelting). The scroll depicts every step of smelting using the "Nanban-Buki"…
- Subject Copper smelting, Forging, Scrolls, Japanese, Copper, Metallurgy
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The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 5
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume five of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 4
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume four of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 3
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume three of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 2
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume two of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The collection…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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15 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 1
- Circa 1820 – 1870
Volume one of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The collection…
- Artist Studio of Sunqua
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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6 items
The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment
- Circa 1820 – 1870
A description of the steps in Ramie cloth production written to accompany a five-volume, brocade-bound set of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing…
- Subject Art, Chinese, Handmade paper, Ramie, Textile crafts, Textile fabrics
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The Annual Report of the Physician and Superintendent of the Eastern Asylum, in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, for 1842
- 1843 – 1865
Volume containing several publications bound together: The Annual report of the court of directors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum (1851); Twenty-fourth annual report of the President and Directors of the Western Lunatic…
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Portrait of Justus von Liebig
- After 1845
Portrait of Justus von Liebgig (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.…
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List of Account Charges, December 29, 1849
- 1849-Dec-29
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Chemists, Accounting
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Confidential letter from Richard McCulloh to James Curtis Booth
- 1849-Dec-12
Letter marked "confidential" discussing business of the United States Mint. Richard S. McCulloh (1818-1894) studied chemistry in Philadelphia with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from 1838 to 1839. From 1846 to 1849 he…
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Letter from H. Rose to James Curtis Booth
- 1846-Sep-14
An introduction to Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist known for his regimen of observational data gathering and analysis.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Rose, H.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, Geology, Geologists
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Letter from W. E. Du Bois of the United States Mint to James Curtis Booth
- 1841-Mar-26
Note to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from William Ewing Du Bois (1810-1881), Assistant Assayer of the United States Mint, thanking Booth for his specimens.
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Letter from the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College to James Curtis Booth
- 1841-Jan-30
Corresponding Secretary of the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College confirms James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) as an elected honorary member of the Society.
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Acknowledgement of gift from the Library of Congress to James Curtis Booth
- 1841-Jul-08
Certificate acknowledging the receipt of the Memoir of the Geological Survey of the State of Delaware donated and written by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
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Letter from the United States Treasury to James Curtis Booth
- 1842-Jan-29
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is appointed as the Commissioner of the United States Mint.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author United States. Department of the Treasury, Forward, Walter, 1786-1852
- Subject Mint of the United States, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, United States. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint, United States. Bureau of the Mint, Forward, Walter, 1786-1852
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Letter from Friedrich Wöhler to James Curtis Booth, May 21, 1840
- 1840-May-21
Friedrich Wöhler (1800-1882) was the mentor of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Booth studied with Wöhler for two years in his private laboratory in the German state of Hesse-Kassel.
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Letter book belonging to James Curtis Booth
- 1844 – 1846
A collection of letters written by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Includes material related to a gold-refining patent.
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Honorary Member Card to the City of London Club
- 1835-Aug-25 – 1846-Aug-07
Honorary membership card to the City of London Club. Established in 1832 it is one of the oldest extant gentlemen's clubs based in the City of London.
- Creator Of Work City of London Club
- Author Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Men--Societies and clubs, Private clubs, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Societies
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Figures 7-11. Blowpipes
- 1840
Figure 7. Blowpipe, self-acting Spirit for bending glass tubes, Tin.
Figure 8. Blowpipe, self-acting in brass with sliding Lamp.
Figure 9. Blowpipe, Glassblower's Table, with double bellows, jets, lamp, and stand,… -
Figures 20-23. Furnace Stoves, For Experimental Purposes, Made to Order
- 1840
Figure 20. Furnace, Round Iron, very useful.
Figure 21. Furnace, Dr. Black's.
Figure 22. Furnace, on Professor Brande's Principle, made to order, price according to size.
Figure 23. Pair of large Pepy's Copper… -
Figures 28-35. Lamps
- 1840
Figure 28. Lamps, Berzelius's portable Blowpipe.
Figure 29. Lamp, Cooper's for heating Tubes.
Figure 30. Lamp, Davy's Safety.
Figure 31. Lamp, Farraday's, with four wicks, as recommended in his chemical manipulations.… -
Figures 39-41. Mercurial Troughs, Palmer's Gas Lamp, and Chemical Instruction Chest
- 1840
Figure 39. Mercurial Troughs, iron, very superior with Pepy's Gasometer attached.
Figure 40. Palmer's Gas Lamp for heating tubes, which screws on to a common gas pillar.
Figure 41. Palmer's Chemical Amusement and… -
Figures 50 and 51. Retort Stand and Chemical Scales
- 1840
Figure 50. Retort Stand large, brass, with tubulated retort, receiver.
Figure 51. Scales, Chemical, with decimal weights to the tenth of a grain, brass pans, warranted to weigh accurately to the tenth of a grain.These…
