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…

Illustrated book outlining silk manufacturing including a history of silk, information on silkworms and reeling silk from the cocoons. Printed photographic illustrations of manufacturing equipment, silkworms and the…

The illustrated second volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked goods,…

A textbook specifically devoted to the "practical instruction in the methods of examining vegetable foods, drugs, and their powders" written by Henry George Greenish, Professor of Pharmaceutics to the Pharmaceutical…

A 1904 supplement to the 1902 catalog, The Dyeing of Cotton, addressing dyestuffs related to cotton dying, especially Diamine and Immedial colors, that developed or improved in the two years after the primary work’s…

The Amalgamated Copper Company was an American security holding corporation; its assets consisted of stock in sundry subsidiary companies. The volume describes the company's early growth and provides fiscal and property…

Digitized content includes a limited selection of illustrations.

Report of a research study concerned with the essential properties of explosives and the phenomena of their decomposition. The findings ascertain what maximum quantity of explosives can safely be used without causing a…

Sample book containing 158 fabric samples with displaying a wide variety of printed patterns with recipes and methods. The final pages of the book include a series of advertisements for several dyestuff companies.

Pamphlet containing 82 dyed fabric samples organized in a table. The table provides the trade name of the dye used, application instructions, and colorfastness observations. Dyes shown include diazo dyes, trisazo dyes,…

Publication detailing the business operations of the Mitchell Mining Company. Includes six sections: Organization and Officers of the Company, A Word Concerning Mr. George Mitchell, A Business Statement from the…

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."

Second edition handbook for the assistance of laborers who conduct blasting operations and civil engineering work. Work is illustrated with black and white prints depicting machinery and diagrams, and includes three…

A transcript and description of the various proceedings of the International Celebration of the Coal-tar Colour Jubilee taking place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and various locations in America including…

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…

December 1906 issue of the journal Things Chemical published by the Charles E. Sholes Company. This Christmas themed issue contains articles such as Recent Chemical Development in Germany; An Automatic Steam Water…

Digitized content includes a page from the November 1906 issue of the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists and a foldout of an interleaved reflectance spectroscopy chart. The journal article excerpt includes…

Volume inspired by correspondence between Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and various contemporary artists. According to Ostwald, "These letters appeared during the winter and spring of 1903-1904 in the scientific…

Digitized content includes fourteen notable illustrations from the publication Röntgen Rays and Electro-Therapeutics, with Chapters of Radium and Phototherapy. Illustrations depict Professor Wilhelm Röntgen, friction…

The Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik, informally referred to as the Badische, was founded in 1865. Its products were first introduced into the United States in 1871 by William Pickhardt (d. 1894) & Adolf Kuttroff…

Frontispiece depicting an engraved portrait and signature of Matthew Carey Lea (1823-1897). Lea, a Philadelphian lawyer and scientist, was devoted to the chemistry of photography. He is known as the father of…

Text includes illustrations as follows:

Fig. 1. Chemicals needed for the exercises in this bulletin
Fig. 2. Apparatus used in preparing oxygen
Fig. 3. Apparatus used in preparing nitrogen
Fig. 4. Apparatus used in…

Intended to inform the inexperienced college graduate how to design and equip a chemical laboratory, this volume includes sections describing the various general features, appliances, and apparatus needed. Credits the…

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

Volume presents and advertises the Edge Moor Iron Company's Water Tube Boiler apparatus, the company's principal product. Thoroughly illustrated with black and white photographic and intaglio prints depicting the…