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27 items
A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica
- 1886
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…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable
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16 items
Atomic energy here to stay
- 1949
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 …
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56 items
Controlled nuclear fusion
- 1968
- Author Glasstone, Samuel, 1897-1986
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Controlled fusion
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48 items
Fallout from nuclear tests
- 1963
Booklet explaining nuclear fallout including basic concepts, pathways to man, biological effects, and preventive and remedial measures.
- Author Comar, C. L.
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Radioactive fallout, Nuclear weapons--Testing
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40 items
Handling radioactive wastes in the atomic energy program
- 1949
"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…
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48 items
Atomic fuel
- 1967
- Author Hogerton, John F.
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Nuclear fuels
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74 items
Atoms to electricity
- 1983
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…
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14 items
Dr. T. Taylor's reply to "Science", relating to the crystals of butter, animal fats, and oleomargarine
- 1886
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…
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192 items
Plant-atlas to "My water-cure," : containing sixty nine pictorial representations of all the medicinal-plants mentioned as well as some others in general use among the people
- 1893
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…
- Author Kneipp, Sebastian, 1821-1897
- Publisher Koesel, J.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botany, Hydrotherapy
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12 items
Tallqvist's Hämoglobin scale
- 1900 – 1920
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…
- Author Tallqvist, Theodor Waldemar, 1871-1927
- Publisher Sharp & Smith
- Subject Hemoglobin, Diagnosis, Medical care, Blood
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39 items
Hand Book of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
- Circa 1919
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,…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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16 items
Spectrum Analysis in its Application to Terrestrial Substances, and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies
- 1872 (Published)
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…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Spectrum analysis
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5 items
The Life & Experiences of Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe... Written by Himself
- 1906
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…
- Author Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
- Publisher Macmillan Company
- Subject Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
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150 items
The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice
- A Complete Practical Treatise for Farmers, Dairymen, Ice Dealers, Produce Shippers, Meat Packers, Cold Storers, and All Interested in Ice Houses, Cold Storage and the Handling or Use of Ice in Any Way, Including Many Recipes for Iced Dishes and Beverages
- 1893
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…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Recipes, Ice industry, Ice
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9 items
Eighth Annual Report of the Vanadium Corporation of America Year Ended December 31st 1927
- 1928
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…
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13 items
Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice and Journeyman House Painter and Decorator
- Lesson 12: Color Mixing
- 1922
Digitized content includes the title page and a lesson on the mixing of colored paints from Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice and Journeyman House Painter and Decorator. Includes a…
- Contributor Vanderwalker, F.N. (Fred Norman), 1885-1945
- Creator Of Work Painting & Decorating Contractors of America
- Subject Color, Painting, Paint
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4 items
Atlas of Urinary Sediments
- with special reference to their clinical significance
- 1899
Cover and three illustrated plates from an English translation of Atlas der klinischen Mikroscopie des Harnes .
- Author Rieder, Hermann
- Contributor Delépine, Sheridan, 1855-1921
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Urology, Scientific illustration
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8 items
Practical uranalysis and urinary diagnosis
- A manual for the use of physicians, surgeons, and students
- 1898
Cover and selected plates from the 4th edition of Dr. Charles W. Purdy's Practical uranalysis and urinary diagnosis.
- Creator Of Work Purdy, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1846-1901
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Scientific illustration
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21 items
The Microscopy of Drinking Water
- 1914
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…
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4 items
A text-book of practical therapeutics, with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis
- 1909
Cover and three color plates illustrating the effects of remedial measures to disease upon the body.
- Author Hare, H.A. (Hobart Armory), 1862-1931
- Publisher Lea & Febiger
- Subject Care of the sick, Therapeutics
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15 items
Drugs and medicines of North America
- A quarterly devoted to the historical and scientific discussion of the botany, pharmacy, chemistry and the therapeutics of the medicinal plants of North America, their constituents, products and sophistications
- 1884-Apr – 1887-Jun
Select plates digitized including drawings of plant specimens, maps illustrating locale of plant specimens as well as magnified illustrations of plant parts.
- Creator Of Work Lloyd, C. G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926, Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936
- Subject Botany, Medical, Phytogeography, Pharmacy, Drugs, Materia medica
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7 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 54
- 1972-Jan – 1972-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was the Hercules' in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the Number 1 and 3…
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6 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 49
- 1967-Jan – 1967-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the January-February…
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10 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 48
- 1966-Mar – 1966-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was the Hercules Powder Company's in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the…
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10 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 27
- 1945-Jan – 1945-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the June and October…