Permanent Exhibition
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Barite
- Undated
Barium (atomic symbol Ba) is an alkaline Earth metal. Barite (also spelled baryte) is a mineral composed of barium sulfate. It is used in paints, inks, paper, and rubber. It is also used in radiology for diagnostic…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Barite
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Tourmaline
- Undated
Boron (atomic symbol B), a naturally occuring Earth element, was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard in 1808. Tourmaline is a boron silicate. Opaque and black in…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Tourmaline
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Amazonite
- Undated
Amazonite is a potassium-based blue-green variety of microcline feldspar. Its color may be an indication of the presence of iron or lead. Amazonite has been used as a decorative gemstone in statues and jewelry.
- Subject Amazonite, Precious stones, Minerals
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Celestine
- Undated
Celestine is a mineral with a light blue color. It is a source of the element strontium (atomic symbol Sr). Strontium compounds are commonly used in fireworks, fluorescent lights, and dyes and paints.
- Subject Celestite, Precious stones, Minerals
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Professor Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1978
Study for a never-finished portrait of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS (1910-1994), by English artist Graham Sutherland. Hodgkin was an English biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for her work in…
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Crystal puller
- Circa 1964 – 1968
Used to create silicon ingots for use in the semiconductor industry, this crystal puller consists of two main parts, the furnace and the puller: the furnace is cylindrical and located at the bottom of the instrument, it…
- Creator Of Work Lorenzini, Robert E.
- Manufacturer Elmat
- Subject Silicon, Semiconductors
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28 items
Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- Elements of Pyrotechnics
- 1811
Written originally as a technical manual, this volume provides an historical account of the art and science of fireworks, with sections on materials, the manufacture of unit fireworks and display pieces, aquatic and…
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Unidentified man in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified man, presumably a laboratory assistant, posed near a work bench with assorted scientific apparatus, including a microscope. While the setting of this photograph is also unidentified, the…
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Laboratory at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
- 1925
General view of a laboratory bench at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (H.R.I.M.R.) showing assorted laboratory glassware and scientific apparatus. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical…
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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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Distillation still
- Before 2007
Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. A distilled beverage is a liquid meant for consumption containing ethyl alcohol…
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Distillation
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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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Bleeding bowl
- 1752
Bowls like this one were used to catch the blood released by bleeding. The appearance of blood was a useful diagnostic tool for physicians, who examined it for clues about the body's internal state. This large bowl was…
- Subject Medicine, Bloodletting, Blood, Phlebotomy
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Dinner in December
- 1944
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman in the kitchen holding a loaf of bread over a table with prepared foods. A man in winter attire stands at the kitchen door in the background. The…
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Food...fit for an American
- 1952-May-24
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman buying groceries at a checkout counter with a line of people behind her, including an African American man. The accompanying paragraph details…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Refrigerated foods, Agricultural chemicals, Grocery trade, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Food industry and trade--Sanitation, Food--Preservation, Women in advertising, Flavoring essences, African Americans, African American men, Corporations, African Americans in advertising
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Alchemical master and disciple
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
This 17th-century engraving is from Thomas Norton's The Ordinall of Alchimy and was made after a 15th-century illuminated manuscript (now preserved in the British Library). Norton, a practicing alchemist, depicts the…
- Author Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Vaughan, Robert, 1597-1663
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy
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Boy with chemistry set at Christmas
- 1937
General view of an unidentified man and young boy posed in front of a Christmas tree in a domestic setting. A chemistry set, presumably a gift, is visible in front of the boy.
- Subject Chemistry sets, Educational toys, Christmas, Children
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Arne Tiselius demonstrating electrophoresis apparatus
- 1939-Sep-15
General view of of Swedish biochemist Arne Tiselius (1902-1971) demonstrating use of an electrophoresis apparatus at the University of Uppsala during a 1939 meeting of the American Chemical Society. Electrophoresis is a…
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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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The First Lecture in Experimental Philosophy
- 1748
The full text above and below the image of this print reads, "The First Lecture in Experimental Philosophy. / Engraved for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard London.…
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Jean Henri van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society
- 1800s
This engraving shows Dutch mathematician and physicist Jean Henri van Swinden (1746–1823) demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam. The Felix Meritis Society was founded in…
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A Design for a General Laboratory
- 1822
This engraving by Alfred William Warren is based on a painting by English watercolor specialist Cornelius Varley. The engraving depicts a design for a general scientific laboratory, with the apparatus numbered.
- After Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873
- Engraver Warren, A. W. (Alfred William)
- Subject Laboratories
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Hydrophobia
- 1800s
Originally published in Vanity Fair on January 8, 1887, this chromolithograph depicts Louis Pasteur holding two white rabbits.
- Artist Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907
- Printer Of Plates Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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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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Portrait of George Trapp
- 1930
Standing portrait of George Trapp, a blue-collar worker, looking left; dressed in work clothes including a cap, white shirt, vest, and smock; holding the neck of a green glass carboy in left hand; to left, crates used…