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20 items
Geometrical Illustrations of Newlands' and Mendelejeff's Periodic Law of the Atomic Weights of the Chemical Elements
- 1889
A reprint of an article that was first published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, series III, volume I.
- Author Haughton, Samuel
- Subject Periodic law, Chemical elements, Atomic weights
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100 items
Die Mineralwasser - und Limonaden-Fabrikation
- The Mineral Water and Lemonade Production
- Circa 1890
Price lists and manufacturing information for mineral water and lemonade flavoring essences from the Erste Bremer Dampffabrik äth. Öle und Essenzen Schädlich & Jakob company, Bremen. Includes a description of each…
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299 items
Illustrated Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Assay Goods, Manufactured and Imported by Richards & Co., Limited.
- 1890s
A three-part catalog of chemical supplies and laboratory apparatus sold by Richards & Co., Limited. The first part lists general laboratory supplies, the second includes specific analytical and physio-chemical…
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214 items
Colour Measurement and Mixture
- 1891
Part of the Romance of Science Series, this volume provides an expanded version of a lecture series given by the author, Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) at the Royal Society of Arts. Contents include sixteen…
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262 items
Electrical Experiments: A Manual of Instructive Amusement
- 1891
Written to show how electrical apparatus can be assembled at little cost for engaging instruction of scientifically-curious youth, this work includes descriptions of simple experiments that demonstrate elementary…
- Author Bonney, G. E.
- Publisher Whittaker & Co.
- Printer Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Subject Electricity, Science--Study and teaching, Magnetism, Electromagnetic theory, Electricity--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Electricity--Study and teaching (Elementary)
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437 items
My Water-Cure
- Tested for more than 35 years and published for the cure of diseases and the preservation of health
- 1892
Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) was a Bavarian priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement. He is known for the "Kneipp Cure", a form of hydrotherapy using the application of water through…
- Author Kneipp, Sebastian, 1821-1897
- Publisher H. Grevel & Co.
- Printer Koesel, Joseph
- Subject Hydrotherapy, Water, Therapeutics, Medicine--Religious aspects, Baths--Health aspects, Pharmacology, Medical rehabilitation, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Baths
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4 items
Scientific Correspondence of Joseph Priestley
- 1892
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…
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6 items
Biographical notice of Pres't Henry Morton, Ph. D., of the Stevens Institute of Technology
- Prepared on the occasion of the presentation to the trustees and faculty
- 1892-Feb-15
A biographical account of Henry Morton (1836-1902), written to accompany the presentation of Morton's painted portrait to the Stevens Institute of Technology trustees. A reproduction of the portrait is shown in the…
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156 items
Measurement of Light and Colour Sensations
- A New Method Investigation the Phenomena of Light and Colour by Means of the Selective Absorption in Coloured Glass, Graded in to Scales of Equivalent Colour Value
- 1893
Joseph Williams Lovibond (1833-1918) was a British brewer who developed the first practical colorimeter. After discovering that coloration was a good index for assessing the quality of his beer, he sought an accurate…
- Author Lovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams), 1835-1918
- Publisher G. Gill
- Subject Light, Colors, Spectrum analysis, Colorimetry
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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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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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550 items
A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day
- For the Use of Schools and Young Persons
- 1894
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This fifth edition of Buckley's…
- Author Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Publisher E. Standford
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929, Historians of science, Women in science, Science, Medieval, Science, Ancient, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Natural history
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44 items
Edward Livingston Youmans, Interpreter of Science for the People
- 1894
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…
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Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements
- 1894
Digitized content includes two figures of Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853-1923) apparatus for boiling point elevation.
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2 items
The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland, D.D., F.R.S., Sometimes Dean of Westminster, Twice President of the Geological Society, and First President of the British Association
- 1894
Biography detailing the life of renowned geologist William Buckland (1784-1856), a pioneer of modern geological inquiry. Buckland's studies paved the way for Charles Darwin's (1809-1882) development of evolutionary…
- Author Gordon, E. O. (Elizabeth Oke)
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Buckland, William, 1784-1856, Geologists, Evolution (Biology), Ichthyosauria, Scientific illustration
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5 items
The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 1
- 1894
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…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography
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5 items
The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 2
- 1894
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…
- Author Owen, Richard, Rev.
- Publisher John Murray (Firm)
- Subject Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Naturalists, Scientists--Biography
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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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184 items
Chemists and Their Wonders: The Story of the Application of Chemistry to Various Arts and Manufactures
- Circa 1896
Presents an overview of popular chemistry and its influence on modern industry. Focuses on the industrial application of chemical principles, excluding the application of chemical research in areas such as medicine and…
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20 items
Elektrochemie, Ihre Geschichte und Lehre
- Electrochemistry, its History and Teaching
- 1896
Fully illustrated work containing a comprehensive analysis of the history and pedagogy of electrochemistry. Digitization includes several printed figures, including a number of chapter headings that depict portraits of…
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Publisher Veit & comp.
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Electrochemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemists, Galvani, Luigi, 1737-1798, Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Fechner, Gustav Theodor, 1801-1887, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Schönbein, Christian Friedrich, 1799-1868, Joule, James Prescott, 1818-1889, Kohlrausch, Rudolf H. A. (Rudolf Hermann Arndt), 1809-1858, Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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102 items
Micrographie des Poudres Officinales
- Micrography of Officinal Powders
- 1896
Volume intended to demonstrate the use and efficiency of micrography as a method to characterize a powder and recognize its purity. Contains 40 photomicrographs depicting views of powdered Officinalis, or medicinal…
- Author Herlant, A.
- Publisher Lambertin, Henri
- Contributor Herlant, L., Billen, G.
- Subject Microscopy, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herbs, Photomicrography, Photomicrography--Equipment and supplies, officinalis
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29 items
New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise
- 1896
Addressed not to "the experimenter or to the toy-maker, nor to the scholar in school or college, but to those who have to deal with Electricity as a part of their life work," this volume seeks to provide an introduction…
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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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202 items
The Coal Tar Colours of the Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning, Höchst on the Main, Germany
- The Coal Tar Colours, their Properties and Reactions, and the Methods of their Application
- 1896
Sample book containing a "general survey of [Farwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning's] various coloring matters... their solubility, the methods of applying them to wool, cotton, and silk, and their employment in…
- Creator Of Work Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning
- Publisher The Farbwerke
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Coal-tar colors, Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning
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344 items
The Development of the Periodic Law
- 1896
This reference work represents a comprehensive study of the development of the natural law underlying the relations of the elements and their properties. Provides a detailed description of the events, discoveries, and…