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Letter from Booth, Garrett, & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, to James Curtis Booth
- 1885-May-16
In 1836, James Booth started a student laboratory in Philadelphia where men could obtain practical training in chemistry - especially analytical chemistry - by personal instruction. With him were associated successively…
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Tailby-Nason's Mentho-Terpenol Pain Reliever
- After 1880 – before 1970
Blue glass bottle, stained by residue from its contents, with metal screw cap lid and white paper label. The topical ointment once held in this bottle was intended for pain relief. According to the label, the ointment…
- Creator Of Work Tailby-Nason Company
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Quacks and quackery, Tailby-Nason Company
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Hanson's Magic Corn Salve
- After 1884 – before 1925
Small orange box containing a topical rub intended to treat corns, bunions, and warts.
Willis Tracy Hanson, Sr. (1858-1933) was a New York businessman known for selling patent medicines. These remedies could be…
- Manufacturer W.T. Hanson Co.
- Subject Drugs, W.T. Hanson Co., Quacks and quackery, Pharmaceutical industry, Warts, Bunion
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Lydia E. Pinkham Menstrual Relief Tablets
- After 1882 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand menstrual pain relief tablets, containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Glycyrrhiza (Licorice), and Ferrous Sulfate.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née…
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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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Indigo MLB auf Baumwolle : Indigo MLB on Cotton
- After 1880 – before 1925
This sample book begins with a selection of recipes for the preparation of dye vats. Each recipe lists the solvents and solutes necessary to mix large-volume solutions of indigo textile dye using Indigo M.L.B. brand…
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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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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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Kipp's Apparatus
- Circa 1880 – 1920
A Kipp's apparatus, also called a Kipp generator, was an instrument designed for the preparation of small volumes of gases. The instrument was invented around 1844 by the Dutch pharmacist Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864)…
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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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Letter from Daniel M. Fox to James Curtis Booth, December 15, 1885
- 1885-Dec-15
Daniel M. Fox (1819-1890), Superintendent of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, commiserates with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) in his illness and wishes him a speedy recovery.
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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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Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists Price List
- 1885-Apr-01
List of costs for the analysis of various ores and minerals by Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists.
In 1836, James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) started a student laboratory in Philadelphia where men…
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Contributor Garrett, Thomas H.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Chemists, Garrett, Thomas H., Blair, Andrew Alexander, 1848-1932
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Letter from J.W. Thomas to James Curtis Booth, May 25, 1885
- 1885-May-25
Joseph W. Thomas laments that "this winter has been such a stinger on plants," but ventures an opinion that the oaks will still do well.
- Author Thomas, Joseph W.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Nurseries (Horticulture), Thomas, Joseph W.
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Receipt from J.W. Thomas of Chester Vallery Nurseries, April 1885
- 1885-May-21
- Creator Of Work Thomas, Joseph W.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Nurseries (Horticulture), Thomas, Joseph W.
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Letter from J.W. Thomas to James Curtis Booth, April 28, 1885
- 1885-Apr-28
Joseph W. Thomas informs James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) that his plants will be sent.
- Author Thomas, Joseph W.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Nurseries (Horticulture), Thomas, Joseph W.
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Letter from J.W. Thomas to James Curtis Booth, April 25, 1885
- 1885-Apr-25
Joseph W. Thomas advises that James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) inform him of his plantings.
- Author Thomas, Joseph W.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Nurseries (Horticulture), Thomas, Joseph W.
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Letter from J.W. Thomas to James Curtis Booth, January 27, 1885
- 1885-Jan-27
An order for trees with corresponding prices.
- Author Thomas, Joseph W.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Nurseries (Horticulture), Thomas, Joseph W.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to J.W. Thomas, January 3, 1885
- 1885-Jan-03
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) informs Joseph W. Thomas that he will not be doing any more planting.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to Daniel M. Fox, October 1, 1885
- 1885-Oct-01
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) responds to a report by Daniel M. Fox (1819-1890), Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1885-1890, asserting that the New Orleans Mint is operating more…
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to Messrs. Evans, Williams, and Curwen
- 1885-May-18
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to R. Evans as a member of the Committee on Well at Parsonage to assure him that Thomas H. Garrett has analyzed a water sample and found it good.
- Addressee Evans, R.
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Garrett, Thomas H.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to John Wesley Powell
- 1885-May-01
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) assures James W. Powell (1834-1902), Director of the United States Geological Survey at Washington D.C., that Booth is working diligently on a Geographical Survey of Delaware.
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Letter from W. W. Montgomery to James Curtis Booth, October 17, 1885
- 1885-Oct-17
W. W. Montgomery of the Melter and Refiner's Department of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) with information concerning an insurance policy. Booth notes on the…
