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Nouvelle Chymie du goût et de l'odorat, ou, L'art de composer facilement et à peu de frais les liqueurs à boire et les eaux de senteurs
- L'art de composer facilement et à peu de frais les liqueurs à boire et les eaux de senteurs
- 1774
The third edition of a work concerning the operations of infusion, distillation, composition, and filtration used in the preparation of spirits, flavors, perfumes, and essential oils. The work also discusses the…
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Trois Traitez de la Philosophie Naturelle non Encore Imprimez
- Three Treaties of Natural Philosophy Not Yet in Print
- 1612
A collection of alchemical works containing the first appearance of the supposed biography of alchemist Nicholas Flamel (c. 1340-1418). Flamel was a French scribe and manuscript-seller. Flamel and his wife, Perrenelle…
- Contributor Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Flamel, Nicolas, -1418
- Publisher Marette, Guillaume
- Author Artephius, Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais
- Subject Flamel, Nicolas, -1418, Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Alchemy, Alchemists, Occultism, Occultists, Emblems, Symbolism
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Élémens de Chymie, Théorique et Pratique
- 1777 – 1778
Textbook by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) and his colleagues, written to accompany the course of chemistry they gave under the auspices of the Academy of Dijon. The work was hailed throughout Europe as an…
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Jubilee of the Discovery of Mauve and of the Foundation of the Coal-Tar Colour Industry
- 1906
A transcript and description of the various proceedings of the International Celebration of the Coal-tar Colour Jubilee taking place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and various locations in America including…
- Publisher Perkin Memorial Committee
- Editor Meldola, Raphael, 1849-1915, Green, Arthur G., Cain, John Cannell
- Printer Wright, George Edward
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Coal-tar products, Coal-tar colors, Mauve, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
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Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 2
- Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 2
- 1797
This book is volume 2 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Jansen, H. J.
- Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1804, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Voyages and travels, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
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Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 1
- Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 1
- 1797
This book is volume 1 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Jansen, H. J.
- Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, Botany, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Voyages and travels, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1819, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
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Astronomie
- 1767
Plate illustrates the moon's craters (figure 20), an armillary sphere (figure 21), celestial positioning (figures 19, 22-24, 26) and a comet (figure 25). This plate comes from the "Astronomie" section of Volume 5 of…
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La calcination Solaire de L'antimoine
- Solar calcination of antimony
- Part of Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 2
- 1669
Plate depicts a man standing at a table where sunlight is projected past a mirror, causing the heating of antimony, as illustrated by the plume of smoke emanating from the antimony specimen located on the table. A…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Antimony, Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 2
- A Compendious Body of Chymistry
- 1669
The second edition of Nicaise Le Fèvre's (1610-1669) seminal work was augmented shortly before the death of the author. Popularizing the science of chemistry, select plates have been digitized from both volumes of this…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 1
- A Compendious Body of Chymistry
- 1669
The second edition of Nicaise Le Fèvre's (1610-1669) seminal work was augmented shortly before the death of the author. Popularizing the science of chemistry, select plates have been digitized from both volumes of this…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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L'explication des caracteres chymiques
- The explanation of the chemical characters
- Part of Traité de la Chymie, Vol. 1
- 1669
A key to alchemical and chemical symbols.
The second edition of Nicaise Le Fèvre's (1610-1669) seminal work was augmented shortly before the death of the author. Popularizing the science of chemistry, select plates…
- Author Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669
- Publisher Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703
- Subject Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669, Chemistry, Textbooks, Pharmacy
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Traité Élémentaire de Chimie
- 1789
This work by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is widely considered the first of its kind in modern chemical literature. Select digitized content includes front cover, frontismatter, woodcut vignettes, as well as thirteen…
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Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier
- Description of the aerostatic machine experiments of Mr. & Mr. Montgolfier
- 1783
Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond’s Description des expériences assembles first-hand observations, research, technical descriptions, letters, tables, diagrams, and illustrations related to the groundbreaking experiments…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Robert, Nicolas Louis, 1761-1828, Airships, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Aeronautics, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Ballooning, Hot air balloons, Robert, Anne-Jean, 1758-1820, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810
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Plate 2: Case for producing inflammable gas
- 1783
This case was designed by the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean (1758-1820) and Nicolas Louis (1761-1828) Robert to quickly produce large quantities of hydrogen gas through the reaction of sulfuric acid with iron filings. The…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 1: Robinet
- Faucet
- 1783
This plate illustrates the parts and mechanism of the faucet used to control the gas in the first hydrogen-filled balloon, launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27, 1783. In the illustration on Plate 3,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Frontispiece and title page (Plate 5) from Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier [Description of the aerostatic machine experiments of Mr. & Mr. Montgolfier]
- 1783
Inscribed: "Expérience faite à Versaille, en présence de leurs Mejestés et de la Famille Royale, par Mr. Montgolfier, le 19 Sept. 1873. La Machine Aérostatique avoit 57 Pieds de haut sur 41 de Diamètre."
On September…
- Artist Lorimier, Etienne Chevalier de, 1759-1813
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Engraver Delaunay, Nicolas, 1739-1792
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Frontispiece, Ballooning, Title pages, Hot air balloons
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Plate 7: Meusnier’s observations of the hydrogen balloon, August 27, 1783 (figs. 2-6)
- 1783
Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier (1754-1793), an officer in the French Royal Corps of Engineers and a mathematician, observed the flight of the hydrogen-filled balloon launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 3: Filing the balloon with hydrogen gas
- 1783
Illustration relating to the experiment that resulted in the world’s first hydrogen-filled balloon, conducted in Paris in August 1783, in which a taffeta balloon with a rubber coating was filled with hydrogen gas…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Engraver Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, ca. 1748-ca. 1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 4: Machine aerostatique
- Aerostatic machine
- 1783
Inscribed: "de Mr. Montgolfier, construite dans le Jardin de Mr. Reveillon, rue de Montreuil Fauxbourg St. Antoine, aux dépens de l’Académie Royale des Sciences."
Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) assembled this…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 8: Machine aérostatique
- Aerostatic machine
- 1783
Inscribed: "Machine Aérostatique de 70 Pieds de hauteur sur 46 de Diamètre, qui s’est élevé à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 Pieds le 19. Oct, 1783."
On October 19, 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 9: Bateau volant
- Flying boat
- 1783
Inscribed: "Copié sur celui du Jesuite-Lana."
Faujas de Saint-Fond’s research for Description des expériences took him to the library of the King, where he consulted the book Prodromo, ouero saggio di alcune inuentioni…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 6: Meusnier’s observations of the hydrogen balloon, August 27, 1783 (fig. 1)
- 1783
Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier (1754-1793), an officer in the French Royal Corps of Engineers and a mathematician, observed the flight of the hydrogen-filled balloon launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
