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2 items
Reproduction of Voltaic Pile
- 2018
Modern reproduction of the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Base and top are wooden. Between the base and top rests a stack or pile of 46 copper-zinc cells. Electrodes used to tranfer the…
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Bottle for Combivir Antiviral Medication
- 1997 – 2011
Small cylindrical plastic white bottle with safety cap used for holding pills. Medicine bottle is empty.
- Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline
- Subject HIV (Viruses)--Treatment, HIV infections--Treatment, Antiviral agents, AZT (Drug), Drugs, Medicine bottles, GlaxoSmithKline
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4 items
Harry Potter Spells and Potions
- Decade starting 2000
A manual for Harry Potter Spells & Potions Chemistry I Set No. 501.
Digitized content includes the work's first two pages. This work is protected by copyright law; to view the full text, contact or visit the Science…
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Bottle for Norvir Antiviral Medication
- 1996 – 2009
Square plastic pill bottle with safety cap. Medicine bottle is empty.
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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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"It's Easy to Dye with Diamond Dyes" Tin Sign
- Circa 2000
This is a modern reproduction of a late-19th-century tin advertising sign. The sign depicts a woman dyeing cloth in red dye. Articles of clothing including a stocking and blouse are on a clothesline hung above her head.…
- Contributor Diamond Dyes Company (Burlington, Vt.), Wells & Richardson Co.
- Manufacturer Desperate Sign Company
- Subject Diamond Dyes Company (Burlington, Vt.), Dyes and dyeing, Commercial art
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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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German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber
- After 1950 – before 1995
Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…
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Bottle for Zidovudine Antiretroviral Medication
- After 1987
Small plastic cylindrical medicine bottle. Safety cap is missing. Medicine bottle is empty.
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Teddy Ruxpin Mechanical Animal
- 1985
Teddy Ruxpin is an animatronic children's toy in the form of a talking 'Illiop', a creature that looks like a bear. The bear's mouth and eyes move while "reading" stories played on an audiotape cassette deck built into…
- Creator Of Work Worlds of Wonder, Forsse, Earl Kenneth
- Subject Audiocassettes, Magnetic tapes, Stuffed animals (Toys), Toys, Teddy bears, Educational toys
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William Henry Perkin- Pioneer in Synthetic Organic Dyes
- 1980
William Henry Perkin depicted in his laboratory. Perkin, center, examines test dyeing of silk taffeta with mauve aniline dye. Left, his father, the backer of the plant, stands behind Perkin and admires the fabric. In…
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Pottery testing with Perkin-Elmer Model 303 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified York research scientist using a Perkin-Elmer Model 303 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to detect traces of lead and cadmium released by glazed pottery and ceramic ware. Per notations…
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Jeanette Clarke using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Fordham Hospital
- 1970s
General view of Jeanette Clarke, employee at New York City's Fordham Hospital, using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to measure the lead content in a sample of blood. Per notations…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Life sciences, Hospitals, Scientific apparatus and instruments, African American women, Blood--Analysis, Corporations, African Americans, Women employees, Laboratories, Clarke, Jeanette
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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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Painted Lead Soldiers
- Before 1978
Soldiers are of various different designs; each seems to be hand painted.
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Beckman Chem-Mate pH meter with fruit
- Circa 1975
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Hewlett-Packard Model 35 Calculator with case
- 1972
Developed in 1972, the HP-35 was Hewlett Packard's first pocket calculator and the first pocket calculator ever to have transcendental functions. Twenty HP engineers spent two years and approximately $1 million…
- Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Company
- Subject Pocket calculators, Calculators, Hewlett-Packard Company
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Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit
- 1971
Cardboard box with color printing on lid, showing young men and women engaged in chemical testing of environmental factors (air, water). Inside is a blue plastic tray with wells for test equipment, including a…
- Manufacturer Parker Brothers, inc.
- Subject Games, Chemistry sets, Toys, Chemicals, Environmental testing
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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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Double flask for demonstrating anaerobic fermentation
- 1939 – 1967 (Date span attributed to photograph)
Photograph of a double flask used by French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to demonstrate anaerobic fermentation, as displayed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Per notations…
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How do you fingerprint a vapor?
- 1966
This advertisement for both the Beckman GC-5 Gas Chromatograph the IR-102 Infrared Spectrophotometer markets a complete system for chromatographic analysis. Specifically, the ad touts the compact size (although large by…
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Helipot custom microcircuit balancing on a fingertip
- 1964-Jul
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products, in this case a microcircuit.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Microelectronics, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Spinco Division Model R Paper Electrophoresis System
- 1963
Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding affinity.
The image of all 3 components was photographed by Russell Illig per a…
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What makes a rose a rose or an eye an eye?
- 1961
Color print advertisement for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Image depicts a rose on the left, a blue eye on the right, and a multi-colored chemical model in the center of the page. The accompanying…
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Weather-O-Meter and Fade-O-Meters at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- Circa 1960
View of employee William White examining a Weather-O-Meter at the Althouse Chemical Company Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory in Reading, Pennsylvania. To the left of the Weather-O-Meter are two…