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52 items
Greene Family Account Book
- 1855 – 1876
Notebook containing dyed yarn samples and corresponding handwritten dye recipes.
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3 items
Letter from Mary A. Post to James Curtis Booth, December 17, 1874
- 1874-Dec-17
Mary A. Post, a cousin of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888), writes to Booth concerning family matters.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Post, Mary A.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Post, Mary A.
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Letter from Emily Winsor to James Curtis Booth
- 1871-Aug-09
Emily Winsor writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) concerning family matters.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Winsor, Emily
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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13 items
Anilin-Färberei; das Gesammte der Färberei und Druckerei mit Kohlentheer-Farbstoffen auf Wolle, Baumwolle und Seide
- 1874
The fifth edition of a work on dyeing and printing with aniline dyes on fabric, cotton, and silk. Contains 84 colored fabric samples. Only dye samples have been digitized.
- Author Beckers, A.
- Publisher Verlag von Gustav Weigel
- Contributor Reimann, M.
- Subject Coal-tar colors, Chemistry, Technical, Dyes and dyeing, Aniline, Dyes and dyeing--Cotton, Dyes and dyeing--Wool, Dyes and dyeing--Silk
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4 items
Osterland Blowpipe Analysis Kit
- Circa 1870
A wooden case containing glass, ivory, and wooden analytical apparatus, including blowpipes. A blowpipe refers to one of several tools used to direct streams of gases into a working media. In chemistry, blowpipes have…
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Strychnine Sulfate Tablets
- After 1870 – before 1910
Bottle of Strychnine Sulfate tablets in a brown glass bottle with cork top closure.
Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, crystalline alkaloid used today as a pesticide for rodents or birds. When inhaled, swallowed,…
- Creator Of Work Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Strychnine, Strychnine--Toxicology, Drugs, Eli Lilly and Company
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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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Portrait of young Georg Bredig
- Circa 1872
A carte de visite of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) as a young child in what is today Głogów, Poland. From 1871 to 1919 the city was part of Germany.
Young Bredig is posed standing among ornate furniture with a tyrolean hat…
- Photographer Noack, H.
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Children
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12 items
Michael Faraday : Man of Science
- After 1865 – before 1929
A biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Digitized content includes the work's…
- Author Jerrold, Walter, 1865-1929
- Publisher Fleming H. Revell
- Subject Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Physicists, Lectures and lecturing, Electromagnetism, Electrochemistry
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15 items
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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15 items
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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15 items
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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15 items
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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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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Newspaper article about Fritz Haber
- After 1868 – before 1934
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Mortar and Pestles
- After 1868 – before 1944
Two sets of mortar and pestles belonging to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The larger is made of white porcelain and the smaller is made from agate. Mortar and pestles are used to manually grind or crush a sample into a fine…
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Manual drafting set
- After 1868 – before 1944
Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) drafting set. The tools are held in a rectangular case, lined with dark blue velvet.
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Le Soleil: Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes
- The Sun: Presentation of the main modern discoveries on the structure of this star, its influence in the universe and its relations with other celestial bodies
- 1870
Volume by Angelo Secchi (1818-1878), an Italian Catholic Priest and pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy. Secchi was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star. Le Soleil is Secchi's…
- Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
- Publisher Gauthier-Villars
- Artist Dulos, Pierre
- Subject Meteorology, Solar atmosphere, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878, Astronomy
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Spectrum Analysis: Six Lectures, Delivered in 1868, Before the Society of Apothecaries of London
- 1873
Third edition volume of Spectrum Analysis by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) with numerous engravings and colored plates. Roscoe has included a series of six lectures on the subject of spectrum analysis with…
- Author Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
- Publisher Macmillan & Co.
- Contributor Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Kirchhoff, G. (Gustav), 1824-1887
- Printer R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Electronic excitation, X-ray spectroscopy, Alkalies, Alkaline earth metals, Scientific illustration
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11 items
Lecture tickets and announcements
- 1852 – 1887
Includes two tickets and an announcement for various lectures given by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) at the University of Pennsylvania, an invitation to the wedding of Bessie and Arthur Van Harlingen, an advertisement…
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Invitation to a fair hosted by the Board of Lady Managers of the Hospital
- 1874-Aug-21
An invitation to a fundraising event led by the Board of Lady Managers of the Philadelphia Hospital. Margaret M. Booth, the wife of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is listed as a board member.
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Table (copy) of Charges on Bullion Deposited at the United States Mint at Philadelphia and Assay Office New York Under the Provisions of the Coinage Act of 1873
- 1873
James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) copy of a document noting the charges associated with various products and processes provided by the United States Mint at Philadelphia and the New York Assay Office. Includes a…
- Author Linderman, H. R. (Henry Richard), 1825-1879
- Contributor Richardson, William A. (William Adams), 1821-1896, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Linderman, H. R. (Henry Richard), 1825-1879, United States Mint, Mint of the United States, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, United States. Department of the Treasury, Richardson, William A. (William Adams), 1821-1896, Precious metals, United States. Assay Office, New York City
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Letter (copy) from H.R. Linderman to James Pollock
- 1873-Aug-06
James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) copy of a letter from H.R. Linderman (1825-1879), who was appointed as superintendent of the United States Mint in April 1873, to James Pollock, the former director of the Mint.…