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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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Colour Measurement and Mixture
- 1891
Part of the Romance of Science Series, this volume provides an expanded version of a lecture series given by the author, Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) at the Royal Society of Arts. Contents include sixteen…
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Electrical Experiments: A Manual of Instructive Amusement
- 1891
Written to show how electrical apparatus can be assembled at little cost for engaging instruction of scientifically-curious youth, this work includes descriptions of simple experiments that demonstrate elementary…
- Author Bonney, G. E.
- Publisher Whittaker & Co.
- Printer Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Subject Electricity, Science--Study and teaching, Magnetism, Electromagnetic theory, Electricity--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Electricity--Study and teaching (Elementary)
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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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Letter from Siegmund Gabriel to Georg Bredig
- 1891-Dec-09
Siegmund Gabriel (1851-1924), a German chemist, provides information on a salt compound to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
- Subject Salts, Chemistry, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
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299 items
Illustrated Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Assay Goods, Manufactured and Imported by Richards & Co., Limited.
- 1890s
A three-part catalog of chemical supplies and laboratory apparatus sold by Richards & Co., Limited. The first part lists general laboratory supplies, the second includes specific analytical and physio-chemical…
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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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Georg Bredig's chemistry notes on an experiment
- After 1890 – before 1930
Notes on a scientific experiment conducted by Georg Bredig (1868-1944) including results from an internship in inorganic chemistry.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Inorganic, Note-taking, Chemistry
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Newspaper article about Fritz Haber
- After 1868 – before 1934
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Photograph of Cato Maximilian Guldberg and Peter Waag
- Circa 1891
Black and White portrait of Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836-1902) and Peter Waage (1833-1900). The two men are wearing suits and sitting at a small round table.
Waage and Guldberg were Norwegian chemists, together they…
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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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No. 4 Inverted Mantle with No. 8 Magnesia Ring
- 1890 – 1930
Unused Welsbach No. 4 Inverted Mantle and No. 8 Magnesia Ring in its original cardboard box from Lindsay Light and Chemical Company.
The Welsbach gas mantle is a device made of fibers impregnated with oxides of cerium…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Contributor Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929
- Subject Lighting--Equipment and supplies, Incandescent lamps, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting, Rare earth industry, Welsbach Gas Light Company, Rare earths
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Portrait of Gustav Wiedemann
- 1891
Black and white portrait of Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826-1899). Wiedemann was a German physicist, scientific author, and professor. In 1877, he became the editor of Annalen der Physik und Chemie (Annals of Physics…
- Photographer Brokesch, Georg, 1849-1896
- Subject Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich, 1826-1899, Physicists, Carte de visite photographs
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Note from Campbell Morfit to Margaret M. Booth
- 1891 – 1892
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth's widow, Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza, with his "best…
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Holiday card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a winter nighttime scene. The view shows a snow-covered Karlsruher Schloss, or Karlsruhe palace.
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Christmas, New Year, Greeting cards, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Greeting cards, Christmas, New Year, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery