Produced by Rumford Chemical Works, manufacturers of baking powder, this cookbook features an illustration of the Rumford Chemical Works manufactory along with an illustration of the baking powder they produce on the…

Biography of American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) who founded Popular Science magazine. Youman experienced partial blindness at age 17, which lasted until he was about 30…

Frontismatter and plates have been digitized from this volume on poisonous substances. Chromolithographed frontispiece plate illustrates blood spectra. Digitized plates depict various poisonous substances under…

Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1834-1907) traveled to the United States in 1876 to visit the booming oil industry in western Pennsylvania. During his visit, he studied rock formations in the area, visited oil refineries,…

Cover, frontispiece, title page and plate have been digitized from this work featuring Joseph Priestley's correspondence with Josiah Wedgwood and other notables. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was an English clergyman and…

Frontismatter and select illustrations have been digitized from this work on the laws of heat.

Cover, frontismatter, title page and plate have been digitized from this biography of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892). Owen published extensively on fossils and is…

Cover, frontismatter, title page and plate have been digitized from this biography of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892). Owen published extensively on fossils and is…

Cover, frontismatter and title page have been digitized from this biography of English surgeon John Abernethy (1764-1831). Abernethy invented the Abernethy biscuit as an aid for digestion. He wrote one of the earliest…

Cover, frontispiece and title page have been digitized from this biography of Irish anatomist James Macartney (1770-1843). Macartney wrote extensively on the subject of anatomy and was a pioneer in the development of…

Cover, frontismatter and title page have been digitized from this biography of American chemist and science educator Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864). One of the first American professors of science, Silliman founded the A…

Cover, frontismatter, frontispiece and title page have been digitized from this biography of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). He is credited for discovering the principles of…

Digitized in entirety, this illustrated work contains photographs and histories of companies that produced munitions for use in World War One. Includes the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pennsylvania Trojan…

A brief, illustrated history of Tungsten, or wolfram, a rare metal first isolated by Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) and Spanish chemists and brothers José…

Preface describes how this chemistry textbook contains an intermediate level of instruction, being more advanced than elementary chemistry but not as comprehensive as college chemistry. The modified periodic table of…

Intended as a health reference book for the family, topics include diseases, anatomy, hygiene, care of the sick, medicinal plants and administration of medicine. Select anatomical diagrams have been digitized along with…

Digitized in entirety, this illustrated work outlines the history of the General Aniline & Film Corporation. Intended as an advertising brochure, includes information on the General Aniline Works Division, detailing…

A memorial written for Joseph Henry, who served as secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, the precursor of the Smithsonian Institution, and then became the first Secretary of the Smithsonian…

Autobiography of Scottish Astronomer James Ferguson, who is known for his astronomical and scientific instrument inventions. The frontispiece portrait of Ferguson and title page have been digitized from this work.

A layman's introduction to topics in chemistry including a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies, and water; chemical changes…

Designed to give students an understanding of the animal worlds, Popular Zoology describes and identifies the animals in two kingdoms of nature: the Invertebrates and the Vertebrates. The volume includes copious…

An instruction book compiled by the Women's Silk Culture Association to encourage the development of an industry in the United States for the culture of raw silk. The book was compiled from various authorities on…

German publication features numerous color charts with painted color swatches from various German paint manufacturers. Book content includes backgrounds and information on purchasing colorants and paints; colors and…

Intended as an introduction to the study of chemistry, this volume contains illustrations throughout the text including color plates. Color plates have been digitized along with a selection of illustrations.