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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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Bibliography on Albumen as a Mordant for Anilin [sic] Colors
- Circa 1898
In 1856, while attempting to synthesize quinine, William Henry Perkin (1839-1907) serendipitously produced a synthetic purple dye that came to be known as mauve. The popularity and success of this dye in the textile…
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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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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, 1898
- 1898
Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff (1852-1911) to his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), in which van't Hoff express his opinion on the work of their colleague. He humorously refers to himself as the…
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius and colleagues to Georg Bredig, August 1899
- 1899-Aug-18
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) and two of his colleagues convey their well-wishes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Stockholm, Sweden in August 1899.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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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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Letter from Hans Friedenthal to Georg Bredig
- 1899-Feb-11
Hans Friedenthal (1870-1943), a German physiologist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his work on fermentation. Friedenthal describes his understanding of fermentation from a biological perspective and asks…
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Letter from Paul Walden to Georg Bredig, December 1899
- 1899-Dec-31 – 1900-Jan-02
Paul Walden (1863-1957), a German-Latvian chemist known for his work in stereochemistry, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his treatise "Ueber anorganische Fermente" ("On Inorganic Ferments"). Walden…
- Author Walden, Paul, 1863-1957
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Fermentation, Walden, Paul, 1863-1957
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Medical Jurisprudence
- 1899-Nov-30
A chromolithograph print of Dr. Thomas Stevenson (1838-1908), an English toxicologist and forensic chemist, by A.G. Witherby for Vanity Fair, November 30, 1899.
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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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Letter from František Wald to Georg Bredig, February 1899
- 1899-Feb-01
Frantisek Wald (1861-1931), a Czech chemist, provides his opinion on the burgeoning field of physical chemistry in a letter to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
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Letter from Eduard Buchner to Georg Bredig, November 1899
- 1899-Nov-20
Eduard Buchner (1860-1917), a German chemist and zymologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1907, discusses his work on enzymes in a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Buchner additionally expresses his…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Buchner, Eduard, 1860-1917
- Subject Buchner, Eduard, 1860-1917, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Enzymes, Nobel Prize winners
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Experimental Science : Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics
- 1898
Fully and elaborately illustrated publication concerned with introductory-level physics. As the author writes in his preface, "the design of this work is to afford to the student, the artisan, the mechanic, and in fact…
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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 Georg Bredig to a colleague, February 2, 1899
- 1899-Feb-02
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks his colleague about a chemical substance.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry
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Letter from Heinrich J. Goldschmidt to Georg Bredig, January 6, 1899
- 1899-Jan-06
Heinrich Goldschmidt (1857-1937), an Austrian chemist working in Norway, thanks Georg Bredig (1864-1944) for his holiday greetings and discusses the difficulty of understanding a scientific treatise.
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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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Letter from Richard Anschütz to Georg Bredig
- 1899-Feb-19
Richard Anschütz (1852-1937), a German organic chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Bonn, corresponds with Georg Bredig (1868-1944) regarding the preparation of maleic acid esters.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Anschütz, Richard 1852-1937
- Subject Anschütz, Richard 1852-1937, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry
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Letter from Max Bodenstein to Georg Bredig, September 1899
- 1899-Sep-25
Max Bodenstein (1871-1942), a German physical chemist, informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that their scientific work would likely not interfere with each other. Bodenstein suggests that Bredig continue working with…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942
- Subject Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Metal clusters, Chemistry, Colloids
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, March 1899
- 1899-Mar-27
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for translating his work from French into German, and responds to questions that Bredig posed to him in previous correspondence.
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, March 1899
- 1899-Mar-03
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for translating his work from French into German.
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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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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, December 11, 1898
- 1898-Dec-11
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) discusses recent developments in physical chemistry with his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Arrhenius additionally inquires about the statutes of the Jablonowski foundation…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Nobel Prizes