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…

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

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 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…

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 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.…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Volume describes the properties, varieties, and application process of calcimine wall color treatment. The work includes color plates showing color relationships, Calcimo brand wall colors for sale from the Muralo…

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…

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…

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…

Sample book containing 495 cotton samples dyed with Friedrich Bayer & Co. brand benzidine-based dyes. Benzidine is a synthesized substance that was commonly used in the preparation of direct dyes, or dyes which do not…

Sample book for sulfur dyes on cotton yarn. Contains dyeing instructions and mounted thread samples on folded cards.

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, painters, dyers, and calico…

Dye label depicting a racially stereotyped Indian woman and child milking a cow. The woman wears a sari amidst a lush landscape. Racist caricatures of Indian people and of Hindu symbols were used by Badische Anilin &…

Dye label depicts a tree branch with foliage. Decorative border includes the Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) trademark insignia.

Founded in 1865, Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) was once the largest chemical…

Dye label depicts pigeons standing in a lush landscape with flowers in the foreground. Decorative border includes the Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) name on a banner adornment.

Founded in 1865, Badische Anilin &…

Dye label depicts a macaw in the trees with a shoreline and body of water in the background. Decorative border includes the Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) trademark insignia.

Founded in 1865, Badische Anilin &…