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6 items
W. & B. Douglas Special Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Pumps, Hydraulic Machines and Appliances
- 1896 – 1897
Illustrated catalogue for Victorian water pumps, horsepower pumps, windmill pumps, and hydraulic rams. Hydraulic rams were considered one of the greatest technical innovations of the 19th-Century allowing farms and…
- Creator Of Work W. & B. Douglas (Firm)
- Publisher W. & B. Douglas (Firm)
- Subject Fire pumps, Water, Pumping machinery, Pumping machinery--Equipment and supplies, Spraying equipment, Hydraulic rams, Hand pumps
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35 items
A Handbook on Modern Explosives
- A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and use of Dynamite, Gun-Cotton, NitroGlycerine, and other Explosive Compounds, Including Collodion-Cotton, with Chapters on Explosives in Practical Application
- 1897
Second edition volume describing explosive compounds of the late 1890s, with a particular focus on nitroglycerine compounds and varieties of gun-cotton. Includes discussion of explosive manufacture, detail of their…
- Author Eissler, M.
- Publisher Crosby Lockwood and Son
- Subject Explosives, Nitroglycerin, Guncotton, Gunpowder
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30 items
Formaldehyde Gas as a Germicidal and Disinfecting Agent as Employed with the Sanitary Formaldehyde Regenerator
- 1897
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…
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136 items
Recipes for the Manufacture of Aerated & Mineral Waters and Non-Alcoholic Cordials
- 1897
Work containing a series of recipes for a variety of non-alcoholic beverages including aerated and mineral waters, dry fruit sodas, and non-excisable cordials using W. J. Bush & Co. brand flavors and syrups. W. J. Bush…
- Author Bush, William Ernest, 1861-1903
- Contributor W.J. Bush & Co
- Publisher Little & Son Printers
- Subject Mineral waters, Liqueurs, Flavoring essences, Brewing, Carbonated beverages, Flavor, Syrups (Carbonated beverages), Recipes
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28 items
Acetylene : A Light That Tells the Truth
- 1898
Published by J.B. Colt Company, a New York-based producer of lamps and acetylene products, this small volume is dedicated to marketing the use of acetylene gas in artificial lighting. The work posits the acetylene lamp…
- Author J. B. Colt & Co.
- Publisher The Company
- Subject Acetylene, Gas-burners, Gas-lighting, Gas-lighting--Equipment and supplies, J.B. Colt & Co.
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23 items
Experimental Science : Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics
- 1898
Fully and elaborately illustrated publication concerned with introductory-level physics. As the author writes in his preface, "the design of this work is to afford to the student, the artisan, the mechanic, and in fact…
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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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19 items
The Book of Health
- 1898
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…
- Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
- Subject Human anatomy--Study and teaching, Human skeleton, Poisonous animals, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Human anatomy, Phrenology, Medicine, Popular, Phrenology--Study and teaching, Family medicine, Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904, Human skeleton--Study and teaching
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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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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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15 items
Acid Colors on Piece Goods
- After 1900 – before 1950
Sample book containing dyeing instructions and 54 mounted fabric swatches dyed with National Aniline & Chemical Company manufactured dyes. Consists of one cardboard leaf that folds out into 9 sections.
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74 items
Benzo Colours on Cotton Cloth
- 1900 – 1950
Sample book from the Bayer Company, Inc. — the North American extension of the German company, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—containing mounted dyed yarn and cotton thread samples. Bayer & Co. was the first…
- Creator Of Work Bayer Company, Inc.
- Publisher Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co., Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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195 items
Colour : A Handbook of the Theory of Colour
- 1900
Volume concerning the theory of color, its production, and the phenomena which occur upon mixing colors. Intended for practical users with previous experience in color theory such as artists, painters, dyers, and calico…
- Author Hurst, George H. (George Henry)
- Publisher Scott, Greenwood
- Printer Aberdeen University Press
- Subject Colors, Color--Study and teaching, Hurst, George H. (George Henry)
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7 items
Die moderne Chemie : Eine Schilderung der chemischen Grossindustrie
- Modern Chemistry : A Description of the Large-Scale Chemical Industry
- 1900
Work providing a comprehensive look at the German chemical industry at the turn of the twentieth century. Chapters range to discuss topics from phosphorus and mineral acids to glass fabrication and the chemical…
- Author Bersch, Wilhelm, 1868-1918
- Publisher Hartleben, A.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Employees, Women employees, Factories, Industrial sites, Chemical industry, Chemical workers
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13 items
Dyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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156 items
Echtheits - Tabellen der Substantiven Baumwollfarbstoffe
- Authenticity Tables of Substantive Cotton Dyes
- 1900
A tabular overview of the field of substantive cotton dyes. Substantive dyes, also referred to as direct dyes, become chemically fixed to textile fibers without the aid of a mordant. Contains dyed and mounted cotton…
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354 items
Flesh Foods, with Methods for their Chemical, Microscopical, and Bacteriological Examination
- A practical hand-book for medical men, analysts, inspectors, and others
- 1900
Written by Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (1867-1948), a British chemist who specialized in the microscopic and chemical study of handwriting for forensic analysis, Flesh Foods summarizes the various contemporary…
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3 items
James Macartney: A Memoir
- 1900
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…
- Author Macalister, Alexander
- Publisher Hodder and Stoughton
- Subject Medicine--Biography, Macartney, James, Anatomists, Scientists--Biography
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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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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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36 items
The Grasselli Chemical Company catalog
- Circa 1900
This is a chemical catalog for the Grasselli Chemical Company in Cleveland, Ohio. It includes a short company history, a list of chemicals manufactured by the company, and summaries on the history and use of some of the…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Women in advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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40 items
Benzidinfarben auf Baumwollstoft
- Benzidine Colours on Cotton Cloth
- 1901
Sample book containing 495 cotton samples dyed with Friedrich Bayer & Co. brand benzidine-based dyes. Benzidine is a synthesized substance that was commonly used in the preparation of direct dyes, or dyes which do not…
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172 items
Les Produits Chimiques et les Matières Colorantes: Le Blanchiment, la Teinture, et l'Impression des Fibres Textiles
- Chemical Products and Coloring Materials: Bleaching, Dyeing, and Printing of Textile Fibers
- 1901 – 1902
1901 issue of a French periodical concerned with the dyeing of textiles. The content is divided into four parts: a reflection on universal exhibitions, in particular, the Universal Exhibition of Paris 1900; chemical…
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342 items
The Baker's Book [Volume I]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1901
The illustrated first volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking knowledge. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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75 items
The Tippler's Vow
- 1901
Volume containing a poem of 25 strophes by Lee Fairchild (1860-1910). The poem, written in the first-person point of view, is a promise to embrace temperance. It is printed first, continuously, then each verse is…
- Author Fairchild, Lee
- Artist Paleologue, Jean de, 1855-
- Publisher Croscup & Sterling
- Subject Liquors, Alcoholism, Poetry, Fairchild, Lee, Paleologue, Jean de, 1855-, Temperance