The papers of Donald F. Othmer offer a glimpse into the life and work of one of the Chemical Engineering field’s most accomplished figures. With nearly 170 linear feet of papers, photographs, and artifacts, this collection presents a well-rounded view of a man who was a distinguished professor, a professional consultant, a prolific Chemical Engineer, a skilled author, a respected leader in his field, a devoted husband, a world traveler, a savvy investor, and a generous philanthropist. A small portion of this collection has been digitized.
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Bateau volant
- Flying boat
- 1670 (Date attributed to boat design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying boat. The illustration is based on the design proposed by Italian mathematician, naturalist, and aeronautics pioneer Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687)…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Lana Terzi, Francesco, 1631-1687, Postcards, Illustrated works, Aeronautics, Ballooning
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First Montgolfier brothers balloon
- Première Montgolfière, sans passagers
- 1783-Jun-04 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a globe-shaped flying balloon. The illustration depicts the first successful public hot air balloon demonstration on June 4, 1783 by French brothers Joseph-Michel…
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Premier aérostat à gaz hydrogène
- First hydrogen gas balloon
- 1783-Dec-01 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying air balloon with a French flag. The illustration depicts the first flight of a gas air balloon on December 1, 1783 by French brothers Anne-Jean Robert…
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Airship designed by Jean-Pierre Blanchard
- Dirigeable du Blanchard
- 1784 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying airship with oars. The illustration depicts a type of airship with oar-like propulsion mechanisms designed and flown by French balloonist Jean-Pierre…
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Airship flown by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
- Dirigeable de Guyton de Morveau et de Vitry
- 1784 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying airship with assorted propulsion mechanisms and a French flag. The illustration depicts a type of airship flown by French chemist and politician…
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Ballon à voile de Guyot
- Guyot's balloon
- 1784 (Date attributed to balloon design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a hot air balloon in the style of an airship with a sail and oars for steering. The design of the balloon is credited to "Guyot," likely referring to the author…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Aeronautics, Postcards, Illustrated works, Hot air balloons, Ballooning
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Parachute de [André-Jacques] Garnerin
- Parachute of André-Jacques Garnerin
- 1797-Oct-22 (Date attributed to parachute demonstration)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the descent of French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823) in a frameless parachute of his own design. The Official Aeronaut of France, Garnerin staged…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Parachutes, Aeronautics, Postcards, Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823, Illustrated works, Parachuting
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Ballon-poisson de [Ferdinand] Lagleize
- [Ferdinand] Lagleize Fish Balloon
- 1850 (Date attributed to balloon design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a navigable balloon designed by aeronaut Ferdinand Lagleize in the style of a fish. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Al…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Aeronautics, Postcards, Illustrated works, Hot air balloons, Lagleize, Ferdinand, Ballooning
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Dirigeable de [Pierre] Jullien
- [Pierre] Jullien's Airship
- 1850-Nov-06 (Date attributed to balloon design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a navigable balloon designed by French aeronaut Pierre Jullien featuring a clockwork motor and a rudder, elevator, and gondola mounted under the front part of the…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Postcards, Jullien, Pierre, Illustrated works, Giffard, Henri, 1825-1882, Ballooning
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Balloon flown by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Nadar)
- L’aérostat “Le Géant” de Nadar
- 1863 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the hot air balloon "“Le Géant” ("The Giant") flown by French photographer and journalist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910). A proponent of manned flight,…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910, Aeronautics, Postcards, Ballooning, Hot air balloons, Illustrated works
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Depart de [Léon] Gambetta et de [Eugène] Spuller à bord du L’Armand-Barbès
- Departure of Léon Gambetta and Eugène Spuller aboard the Armand-Barbès
- 1870-Oct-07 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of French politicians Léon Gambetta (1838-1882) and Eugène Spuller (1835-1896) fleeing Paris via hot air balloon during the Franco-Prussian War. This postcard is…
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Ballon Dirigeable de Dupuy de Lôme, à moteur humain
- Dupuy de Lôme Airship with human engine
- 1872-Feb-02
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the Dupuy de Lôme airship designed by French naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816-1885). One of the first navigable balloons, the Dupuy de Lôme was powered…
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La France. Dirigeable de [Charles] Renard et [Arthur Constantin] Krebs
- La France. Airship of [Charles] Renard and [Arthur Constantin] Krebs
- 1884-Sep-08 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the La France French army non-rigid airship launched by French military engineer Charles Renard (1847–1905) and Arthur Constantin Krebs (1847 or 1850-1935) on…
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Le Pax Dirigeable d’Auguste Sévéro, qui causa sa mort
- The Pax Airship of Augusto Sévéro, which caused his death
- 1902-May-12 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the semi-rigid airship "Pax" flown by Brazilian aeronaut Augusto Sévéro (1864-1902) and French mechanic Georges Saché over Paris on May 12, 1902. Propelled by an…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Severo, Augusto, 1864-1902, Ballooning--Accidents, Ballooning, Postcards, Illustrated works
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Dirigeable Lebaudy
- Lebaudy Airship
- 1904 (Date attributed to airship design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a semi-rigid airship designed by French brothers Paul and Pierre Lebaudy with the assistance of engineer Henri Julliot for military use. This postcard is part of…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Postcards, Military airships, Illustrated works, Ballooning
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Dirigeable Militaire Italien
- Italian Military Airship
- 1908 (Date attributed to airship design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of an Italian military airship. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Postcards, Military airships, Illustrated works
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Le Dirigeable Baldwin
- The Baldwin Airship
- 1908 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 designed by pioneer balloonist and U.S. Army major Thomas Scott Baldwin (1854-1923) for the United States Army. First flown on…
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Ballon sphérique
- Spherical ball
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the hot air balloon in the style of a sphere with a passenger basket underneath. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Aeronautics, Postcards, Ballooning, Hot air balloons, Illustrated works
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Biplan Farman
- Farman Biplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a biplane manufactured by Farman Aviation Works, a French aircraft company founded and run by brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. This postcard is part…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Aeronautics, Postcards, Airplanes, Farman Aviation Works, Biplanes, Illustrated works
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Dirigeable "Zeppelin" Allemagne
- Zeppelin Airship (Germany)
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a German Zeppelin rigid-style military airship. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales:…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Military, Aeronautics, Postcards, Military airships, Illustrated works
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L'Astronome
- The Astronomer
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of an astronomer posed with a telescope. An anthropomorphic rendering of a moon is visible in the background. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in…
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Le Dirigeable Nulli Secundus
- The Airship Nulli Secundus
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the British airship Nulli Secundus (Latin for "Second to none"). First flown on September 10, 1907, the Nulli Secundus was Britain's first powered military…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Airships, Aeronautics, Postcards, Military airships, Illustrated works
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Le Pharmacien
- The Pharmacist
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a pharmacist posed before various pharmaceutical bottles. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et…
- Subject Postcards, Pharmacists, Pharmacy, Illustrated works
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Monoplan Antoinette
- Antoinette Monoplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane manufactured by Antoinette, a French manufacturer of light petrol engines, and flown by French aviation pioneer Arthur Charles Hubert Latham…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Aeronautics, Postcards, Airplanes, Latham, Hubert, 1883-1912, Illustrated works
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Monoplan Blériot
- Blériot Monoplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane designed and flown by French aviator, inventor, and engineer Louis Blériot (1872-1936). In 1909, Blériot became world-famous for making the first…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Flight, Blériot aircraft, Aeronautics, Postcards, Airplanes, Illustrated works, Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936
