Text includes sections entitled "Inferior drugs and insidious methods of deception," "Rose geranium oil and its substitutes," and "Phenacetin: methods of analysis and commercial status."

A book about rubber sourcing, cultivation, processing, and the industry during the late colonial period. Published by a rubber goods company presumably for marketing. The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company was founded…

A brochure about the value of using formaldehyde gas for disinfection measures created by a company that sold formaldehyde regenerators, the instrument used to produce and distribute formaldehyde gas. Includes tables of…

A booklet that describes and explains atomic energy in non-specialist terms with similes to common materials like a drop of water or a fireplace. Con Edison is the energy provider for the New York City metro area, they…

This handbook includes a short history of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operations at the plant, the community of Oak Ridge, and short summaries of the Area Offices. Oak Ridge was built starting in late 1942.…

A booklet containing twenty radioactivity experiments designed by New York City teachers to be performed in biology, chemistry, and physics high school classes. The experiments deal with topics such as radioactive…

This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired through commerce in Britain and are illustrated as they would have been imported and bought, for example the opium…

This is a magazine supplement meant to inform the educational leaders of the United States about the need for schools to address atomic energy with their students. It frames atomic energy as the future of the economy …

Booklet explaining nuclear fallout including basic concepts, pathways to man, biological effects, and preventive and remedial measures.

"This report describes radioactive waste materials, their sources in the atomic energy program, and the methods used on processing and storing or disposing of them at atomic energy installations and at laboratories and…

Booklet about the United States nuclear energy program, which includes description of the process, types of nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel, transporting radioactive materials, and economies of nuclear power. Includes…

This reprint is Dr. Thomas Taylor's reply to the magazine "Science" relating to his heavily disputed method of analyzing fats for adulteration. Dr. Thomas (1820-1910) was appointed in 1871 Microscopist to the United…

The Plant-Atlas is a book about the herbal plants that can be used for health remedies. The publication of this book followed that of Sabastian Kneipp's My Water Cure, and is meant as a supplement to help the reader…

Developed circa 1900 and often called the Tallquist Method, it is used to compare a patient's blood color to a chart of red colors to diagnose possible anemia. The method is still used when more sophisticated equipment…

Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical information such as concentration and dosing. In the appendix there are botanical synonyms,…

Translated from the second enlarged and revised German edition by Jane and Caroline Lassell; edited with notes by William Huggins; with numerous woodcuts and colored plates.

From the Preface: "Its object is, on the one…

Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe lived from 1833 to 1915. He spent time studying under Robert Bunsen in Heidelberg, receiving his PhD in 1854. In 1857 Roscoe was appointed head of chemistry at Owens College, Manchester and held…

Comprehensive book on the ice industry with content and illustrations on the harvesting, cutting and storing of ice; ice house construction; handling, transport and marketing of ice; the use of ice in refrigeration; ice…

Annual report including the list of directors, executive committee, finance committee and officers of the Vanadium Corporation of America, as well as the "Eighth Annual Report to Stockholders of Vanadium Corporation of…

Cover and three illustrated plates from an English translation of Atlas der klinischen Mikroscopie des Harnes .

Cover and selected plates from the 4th edition of Dr. Charles W. Purdy's Practical uranalysis and urinary diagnosis.

Cover and illustrated color plates from the 3rd edition of The microscopy of drinking water by George Chandler Whipple. Per the author, the book is designed to serve as a guide for the water analyst and water-works…

Cover and three color plates illustrating the effects of remedial measures to disease upon the body.