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Portrait of Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Box 4, Folder 4- Undated
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779 - 1848) was a Swedish physician, chemist, and one of the founders of modern chemistry. He is particularly recognized for determining atomic weights in his experiments, which contributed to a…
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Artist Krüger, Franz, 1797-1857
- Subject Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Portraits
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Portrait of Max Planck
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Portrait of Max Planck (1858-1947). Max Planck is known as the father of quantum theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of energy quanta. Planck made significant contributions to the world…
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Physicists
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
Box 3, Folder 17- Undated
Portrait of Robert Bunsen (1811-1899).
Bunsen, a German chemist, developed several techniques used for separating, identifying, and measuring chemical substances and is credited with the invention of the Bunsen burner.…
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Chemists
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Portrait of Robert Bunsen (1811-1899).
Bunsen, a German chemist, developed several techniques used for separating, identifying, and measuring chemical substances and is credited with the invention of the Bunsen burner.…
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Chemistry, Portraits, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Portrait of Robert Wichard Pohl
Box 22- Undated
Postcard featuring a black and white portrait of Robert Wichard Pohl ( 1884-1976). Pohl was a German physicist and professor at the University of Göttingen. He is known for being a pioneer in the field of solid-state…
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Portrait of Rudolf Clausius
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
- Photographer Schafgans, Theo, 1892-1976
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Subject Clausius, R. (Rudolf), 1822-1888
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Portrait of Sadi Carnot
Box 4, Folder 4- Undated
Nicolas Léonard "Sadi" Carnot (1796 – 1832) was a French mechanical engineer, physicist, and early pioneer in the field of thermodynamics.
- Artist Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), 1843-1909
- Subject Carnot, Sadi, 1796-1832, Physicists, Engineers
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Portrait of Stanislao Cannizzaro
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Portrait of Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826-1910).
- Subject Cannizzaro, Stanislao, 1826-1910, Chemists
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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Portrait of Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927).
Svante Arrhenius is known as one of the founders of Physical Chemistry. In 1903, Arrhenius was the third person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his electrolytic…
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Portrait of Theodor von Grotthuss
Box 4, Folder 4- Undated
Theodor von Grotthuss was a German chemist from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is recognized for developing the first theory of electrolysis in 1806 and defining the first law of photochemistry in 1817. Grotthuss'…
- Artist Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), 1843-1909
- Subject Grotthuss, Theodor von, 1785-1822
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Portrait of W. A. Schmidt
Box 21- Undated
Portrait of W. A. Schmidt taken at Albert Blanck's studio in Leipzig, Germany.
- Artist Blanck, Albert
- Subject Chemists, Scientists, Schmidt, W. A., Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Chemists, Scientists
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
Box 21- Undated
Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), taken by Georg Brokesch's studio in Leipzig, Germany.
Ostwald was a German chemist and philosopher. In 1909, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis…
- Photographer Brokesch, Georg, 1849-1896
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
Box 21- Undated
Side profile of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932).
Ostwald was a German chemist and philosopher. In 1909, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental…
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Portrait of Wilhelm Pfeffer
Box 4, Folder 38- Undated
Engraving of Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845-1920). Pfeffer was a German botanist and pioneer in plant physiology. In 1887, he became a professor at the University of Leipzig and the director of its botanical garden.
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Portrait of William Ramsay
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Portrait of William Ramsay (1852-1916).
The Scottish chemist William Ramsay (1852–1916) is known for his work introducing the noble gases (Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon) as a new group on the periodic…
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Ramsay, William, 1852-1916, Chemists, Portraits, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Portrait of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Portrait of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907). William Thomson was a British mathematician, physicist, and engineer. He became Baron Kelvin in 1892 and the first British scientist to be elevated to the…
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Portrait of an Julius Thomsen
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826-1909) was a Danish chemist noted in thermochemistry for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle.
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Portrait of an unidentified man
Box 21- Undated
Black and white portrait of an unidentified man wearing a suit. The photograph was taken at a studio owned by Wilhelm Höffert (1832-1901).
- Subject Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of an unidentified man
Box 21- Undated
Black and white portrait of a man wearing a suit. Taken by F. Hundt in Münster, Germany.
- Photographer Hundt, Friedrich, 1807-1887
- Subject Hundt, Friedrich, 1807-1887, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of an unidentified man
Box 26- Undated
Orange-toned photograph of a seated man at a table with an opened book. The man's gaze is directed at the viewer.
- Subject Portraits
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Portrait of an unidentified scientist
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
Black and white printed portrait of a scientist with an indecipherable autograph beneath.
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Portrait of an unidentified scientist, possibly "Ravulo"
Box 4, Folder 41- Undated
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Meisenbach Riffarth & Company, Scientists