Notebook in which Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) has pasted an assortment of government regulations and other items of interest related to food inspection and public health. Alongside these printed regulations are…

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…

This illustration depicts the visible solar spectrum compared to the visible spectrums of sodium, barium, strontium and hydrogen. Explanatory text states that the illustration is purely an example as the actual solar…

A letter excerpt, likely by Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) in which he posits that time spent extracting trace quantities of Arsenic from food coloring dyes is impractical as the proportion of Arsenic is too small to…

According to the author's preface, the following work contains "many of the chief facts connected with the origin, the phenomena, and the employment of Colour." The work's early chapters discuss topics concerning…

Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs.…

Portrait photograph frontispiece of Sir William Crookes taken in 1911, when sitter was 79 years old.

Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy.…

R. E. Doolittle, Chief of the New York Food and Drug Laboratory, of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, discusses Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a method for the detection of Martius Yellow dye in coloring mixtures and gives…

A representative from the Badische Company sends Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a sample of "Jelly Red" dye and a sample of candy colored with it. They have enclosed a copy of a letter from Coca-Cola bottlers and…

Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) writes to the Henry H. Otters Manufacturing Company to discuss calculations concerning the proportion of arsenic in food dye.

Chandler was an American Chemist known for his work in…

Volume written with the intent to apply standardized nomenclature to colors and color names. The work is self-proclaimed as one of the few "modern books on the subject of color" that is not "purely technical...…

Sample book of dyed materials from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co., the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company, Bayer AG, established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs. The book…

Catalog entry for instruments designed for photometric analysis. Photometers can be used to measure the presence and concentration of organic and inorganic compounds in solution by determining the absorbance of specific…

Sample book with printing instructions and 244 dyed and printed wool fabric samples.

Sample book from the Bayer Company, Inc.--the North American extension of the German company, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.--containing mounted dyed wool thread and swatch samples. Bayer & Co. was the first…

Tin container of powdered henna pigment manufactured by S. B. Penick & Company. Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, also known as the henna or mignonette tree. Whole henna leaves must be dried and…

A chemistry textbook intended for secondary students who are limited to a single course in chemistry; the work introduces the practical application of chemistry principles for use in daily life. The text covers a wide…

A corporate history of Read Holliday & Sons, Limited, fully illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions. The work is digitized in its entirety.

Founded by Read Holliday (1809-1889) in 1830, Read…

Volume concerned with the science of color and applications of color science. Subjects discussed include the electromagnetic spectrum and wave theory; terminology and nomenclature of color; perception of color by the…

A second revised edition of a text on color science. According to the author in his preface, this work deals “in a practical manner with the science of mixing ordinary colours and dyes… thus made applicable to the…

Revised second edition of a 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,…

Work intended to “standardize colors for the Textile and allied industries so that the standard name or standard number will always signify the color so designated in this card.” This work and its subsequent editions…

Sample book containing a description of dye application methods, a table for conversion of dyestuff percentages to avoirdupois, and 238 mounted fabric swatches dyed with National Aniline & Chemical Company manufactured…

Brief volume concerning the properties and use of red lead. Red lead, or lead (II,IV) oxide, is a powdery substance characterized by its bright orange-red color. It is often used as a pigment, though it can also be used…

Work intended to convey to the average person the laws and principles of color to improve their appreciation, understanding, and employment of color in daily life. Includes nine pages of color samples that collectively…