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74 items
Wolldruck
- Impression sur laine
- Prints on Wool
- 1912
Sample book with printing instructions and 244 dyed and printed wool fabric samples.
- Creator Of Work Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.
- Subject Textile printing, Dyes and dyeing--Wool
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16 items
Saison-Farben
- Couleurs Mode
- Fashion Shades
- Undated
Sample book with dyeing instructions and 32 mounted fabric samples.
- Creator Of Work J.R. Geigy A.G.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Wool
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Solar Prominence
- 1872
Plate from the publication Spectrum Analysis Explained, Including an Explanation of the Received Theory of Sound, Heat, Light, and Color by Dana Estes (1840-1909). The plate depicts Solar prominences as observed by…
- Creator Of Work Estes, Dana, 1840-1909
- Printer Of Plates New England Lithographic Co.
- Publisher Estes & Lauriat
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Sun--Prominences, Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908
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Röntgen-Photographie zweier ineinander geschlungener Hände
- X-ray photograph of two hands clasped together
- 1896 – 1897
Part of the Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie (Journal of Electrochemistry), Vol. 3.
- Publisher Wilhelm Knapp Verlag (Düsseldorf)
- Subject Scientific illustration, Hand, Radiography, X-rays
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Aufnahme einer menschlichen Hand nach dem Röntgen'schen Verfahren
- Picture of a human hand according to the X-ray method
- 1895 – 1896
Part of the Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie (Journal of Electrochemistry), Vol. 2
- Publisher Wilhelm Knapp Verlag (Düsseldorf)
- Subject Scientific illustration, Hand, Radiography, X-rays
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Apparatus for Analysis of Atmospheric Air, Devised by Dr. Klas Sondén
- 1912
Plate from The Composition of the Atmosphere with Special Reference to Its Oxygen Content (1912).
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226 items
Princess & Fairy, or, The Wonders of Nature
- 1899
Through the personas of a princess and a fairy, this volume explains different so-called "wonders of nature" to young readers, including insects, several varieties of flowers, snow crystals, metals, and clouds. The…
- Author Martyn, Lily
- Publisher W. & R. Chambers Ltd.
- Subject Natural history, Children's literature, Science, Science--Study and teaching
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176 items
The Edgewood Arsenal
- The Chemical Warfare
- 1919-Mar
The Chemical Warfare was published monthly by the enlisted men of Edgewood Arsenal in Edgewood, Maryland "to bring the news—to stimulate [them] in [their] work—to make for happiness—to cheer and to educate." This issue…
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19 items
Triumphs & Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- A Popular Treatise on Modern Chemistry and its Marvels, written in Non-Technical Language for General Readers and Students
- 1913
- Author Martin, Geoffrey, 1881-1966
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Chemistry
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400 items
Fairy Land of Chemistry: Explorations in the World of Atoms
- Real Fairy Folks
- 1887
Lucy Jane Rider Meyer (1849-1922) was an American social worker and educator who worked to provide health and social services for the poor, children, and elderly. A graduate of Oberlin College (class of 1872), Lucy…
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3 items
Sulfur Dyes on Cotton Yarn
- 1900
Sample book for sulfur dyes on cotton yarn. Contains dyeing instructions and mounted thread samples on folded cards.
- Creator Of Work Berlin Aniline Works
- Subject Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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56 items
Standard Paint Specifications of the War Department, Pamphlet No. 1
- 1918
Specifications, including mix percentages and instructions, for paints and varnish for the United States War Department. Contains paint samples and standard colors for army equipment such as camouflage, deck and floor…
- Creator Of Work United States. War Department
- Subject Paint--Standards
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20 items
An Exhibit Prepared Under the Auspices of the National Research Council with the Cooperation of the Chemical War Service of the United States Army, Now Permanently Installed at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
- 1921
Exhibition program for "The Chemical Exhibit" installed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. circa 1921. The central feature of the exhibit is a topographical model showing coal tar and other chemical…
- Author Howe, Harrison Estell, 1881-1942
- Contributor United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service
- Creator Of Work National Research Council (U.S.)
- Publisher Chemical Foundation (U.S.)
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Coal-tar products, Chemical warfare
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25 items
Naphtol AS on Rayon
- 1927
Sample book for Naphtol AS dyes, used for "embroidery purposes, for effects in silk, woollen and cotton clothes, for curtains, underwear made of artificial silk, etc." Contains dyeing instructions and 70 mounted dyed…
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30 items
The Palatine Fast Dyestuffs
- 1920
Sample book for Palatine fast dyes, a trade name for metal-complex dyes where chromium is incorporated into the dyestuffs molecule by the manufacturer. The process for Palatine fast dyes was achieved around 1915 by I.G.…
- Contributor General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Creator Of Work General Dyestuff Corporation
- Subject Colorfastness (Textiles), Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Dyes and dyeing--Wool
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42 items
Benzo Colours on Cotton Yarn, Part II
- 1921
Part II of a sample book from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs—containing mounted…
- Creator Of Work Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing--Yarn, Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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58 items
Benzo Colours on Cotton Yarn, Part I
- 1921
Part I of a sample book from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs—containing mounted dyed…
- Creator Of Work Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing--Yarn, Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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