Permanent Exhibition
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Professor Wohler
- After 1840 – before 1940
A half-length portrait of Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), a German chemist.
- Artist Cook, Conrad
- After L'Allemand, Conrad, 1809-1880
- Subject Wöhler, Friedrich, 1800-1882
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Ballon-poisson de [Ferdinand] Lagleize
- [Ferdinand] Lagleize Fish Balloon
- 1850 (Date attributed to balloon design)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a navigable balloon designed by aeronaut Ferdinand Lagleize in the style of a fish. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Al…
- Artist Molynk, A.
- Subject Aeronautics, Postcards, Illustrated works, Hot air balloons, Lagleize, Ferdinand, Ballooning
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69 items
Charles F. Chandler notebook Aus Nord Amerika
- 1854 – 1855
Notebook containing 49 pages of laboratory notes taken by Charles F. Chandler in Göttingen as a pupil of Professor Friedrich Wöhler in 1854 and in Berlin as a pupil of Professor Heinrich Rose in 1855. In these pages,…
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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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A chemist watching over distillation process
- 1875
An etching of a chemist watching over a distillation process. The apparatus being used includes a gas-fueled bunsen burner at far left heating liquids in glass retorts. The products of the distillation are being…
- Artist Ouler, Walter W.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemists, Distillation
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Compound Monocular Microscope
- 1880 – 1890
Black metal (iron) U-shaped base with cylindrical brass (plated) parts; two metal slide clips mounted to slide plate; rotatable eye piece lowered or raised by the adjustment of top right knob; circular mirror underneath…
- Manufacturer Maison Nachet & Fils (Paris)
- Subject Microscopes, Maison Nachet & Fils (Paris)
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Set of Celluloid Billiard Balls in Wooden Box
- Circa 1880
Set of celluloid billiard balls with brown cue ball; balls are divided in bottom section of square wooden box by cardboard dividers.
- Subject Billiards, Celluloid, Plastics industry and trade
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M. [Monsieur] Louis Pasteur in his Laboratory
- 1885 (Date of painting)
Reproduction portrait print of French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) depicting Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm, surrounded by his experimental apparatus and innovative laboratory glassware developed for…
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Man being vaccinated
- Circa 1885
Interior photograph depicts a man standing next to a laboratory table with a man standing behind the subject holding what appears to be a needle or a medical device. Another man stands behind the subject holding up his…
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Micro-Chemistry of Poisons
- 1885
Frontismatter and plates have been digitized from this volume on poisonous substances. Chromolithographed frontispiece plate illustrates blood spectra. Digitized plates depict various poisonous substances under…
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The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists
- 1885-Dec-23
Featured on the back cover of Puck magazine, this cartoon entitled "The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists" mocks those who traveled to France to receive Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) new vaccine for the rabies…
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms featuring a racially stereotyped depiction of an Asian boy smoking an opium pipe. A celluloid cuff and collar adorn the boy's exaggerated Asian-style…
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms with boy sailing
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms depicts a boy sailing on a cuff, demonstrating their waterproof appeal. Verso includes an advertisement for celluloid products along with advice for…
- Publisher Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
- Subject Celluloid, Printed ephemera, Advertising, Advertising cards
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms with magician
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms depicts a magician pulling a celluloid cuff out of a bowl of water, demonstrating their waterproof appeal. He also wears a celluloid cuff as a hat.…
- Printer Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
- Subject Celluloid, Magicians, Magic tricks, Advertising cards, Advertising, Printed ephemera
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Portrait of Louis Pasteur
- Circa 1894
- Engraver Champollion, Eugène-André Champollion
- Publisher Musée du Louvre
- Subject Microbiologists, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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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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Dow Did It!
- 1897-May-21
Press clippling from The Midland Sun, May 21, 1897.
- Creator Of Work Midland Sun
- Subject Michigan--Midland, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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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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Aluminum necklace
- 1900s
Round silver aluminum necklace consisting of numerous triangular shaped pieces arranged in an overlapping pattern; hook and eye clasp are attached via thread to the main body of the necklace.
- Subject Aluminum, Jewelry, Electrochemistry
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Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971)
- 1900 – 1925
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971), a Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, who prepared the first insulin treatment given to a child with…
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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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Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927)
- 1904
Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927). Along with Constantin Fahlberg, Remsen discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin in 1879.
A native of New York City, Remsen received his M.D. from the Columbia University…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of a female employee analyzing unidentified substances in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the…
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101 uses for an Eveready
- 1917
An advertising pamphlet for Eveready flashlights, includes an explanation of how an electric flashlight will aid the user along with how it operates with the use of an Eveready Tungsten Battery. Features illustrations…
- Author National Carbon Company, Inc.
- Publisher American Ever Ready Works
- Subject Electric lamps, Flashlights, Electric batteries, Tungsten lamps, Eveready Battery Company, Advertising