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Postcard for General Dyestuff Corporation of the General Aniline & Film Corporation with woman using dye bath
- Circa 1953
Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…
- Creator Of Work General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Publisher Dexter Press, Inc.
- Subject General Dyestuff Corporation, General Aniline & Film Corporation, Dyes and dyeing, Dye industry, Postcards, Printed ephemera
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22 items
Das Deutsche Farbenbuch
- The German Color Book
- 1923 – 1926
German publication features numerous color charts with painted color swatches from various German paint manufacturers. Book content includes backgrounds and information on purchasing colorants and paints; colors and…
- Author Trillich, Heinrich
- Publisher Heller, B.
- Subject Color, Paint, Varnish and varnishing, Varnish industry, Paint industry and trade
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Portrait of William Crookes, age 24
- 1856 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Half-length photographic portrait of William Crookes taken in 1856, when sitter was 24 years old.
Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy. He…
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Portrait of Sir William Crookes, O.M., age 79
- 1911 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
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.…
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The Life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S.
- With a foreword by Sir Oliver Lodge
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy. He notably discovered thallium and conducted experiments on the properties of highly rarified gases, rare earth…
- Author Fournier d'Albe, E. E. (Edmund Edward), 1868-1933
- Publisher T. Fisher Unwin (Firm)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Crookes, William, 1832-1919, Thallium
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Portrait of William Crookes, age 57
- 1889 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Half-length photographic portrait of William Crookes taken in 1889, when sitter was 57 years old.
Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy. He…
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Portrait of William Crookes as Hofmann's assistant
- 1850 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Half-length photographic portrait of William Crookes seated next to a table containing a scientific instrument. Taken at age 18 when Crookes was August Wilhelm von Hofmann's assistant.
Plate from the biography of Sir…
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Die Farbenfibel
- The Color Guide
- 1921
Digitized in entirety, this German color guide features painted color swatches throughout the text. Sections include achromatic and chromatic colors, bright and dark shades, murky colors, as well as color harmony.
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Publisher Unesma
- Subject Color, Colors--Analysis, Color--Analysis, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
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Positive ray parabolas
- Part of Isotopes
- 1922
Photographic reproductions of parabolas illustrate typical positive ray parabolas, multiply charged parabolas of mercury as well as parabolas of neon and lithium.
Digitized in entirety, this work on isotopes covers…
- Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
- Publisher Edward Arnold (Publishers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Isotopes, Parabola, Mass spectrometry, Lithium, Radioactivity, Mercury, Neon
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Mass spectra analysis of mercury, boron, bromine, sulphur, and phosphorus
- Part of Isotopes
- 1922
Mass spectra illustration depicts an analysis of elements including mercury, boron, bromine, sulphur, and phosphorus.
Digitized in entirety, this work on isotopes covers topics including radioactive isotopes, positive…
- Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
- Publisher Edward Arnold (Publishers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Isotopes, Neon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Mass spectrometry, Radioactivity, Bromine, Boron, Mercury
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Original mass spectrograph
- Part of Isotopes
- 1922
Photographic reproduction of the original mass spectrograph set up in the Cavendish Laboratory in 1919 includes a lettered key outlining the components of the instrument.
Digitized in entirety, this work on isotopes…
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Isotopes
- 1922
Digitized in entirety, this work on isotopes covers topics including radioactive isotopes, positive rays, neon, the mass spectrograph, analysis of the elements, electrical theory of matter, atomic numbers, spectra and…
- Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
- Publisher Edward Arnold (Publishers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Isotopes, Neon, Mass spectrometry, Radioactivity
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Mass spectra analysis of neon, chlorine, argon, and krypton
- Part of Isotopes
- 1922
Mass spectra illustration depicts an analysis of elements including neon, chlorine, argon, and krypton.
Digitized in entirety, this work on isotopes covers topics including radioactive isotopes, positive rays, neon,…
- Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
- Publisher Edward Arnold (Publishers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Isotopes, Neon, Mass spectrometry, Radioactivity
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Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colours: With Observations
- 1794
Author John Dalton outlines his own red-green color blindness discovered through botanical studies of flower hues. Blank endpapers omitted during digitization.
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Oral history interview with Seymour Meyerson
- 1991-Mar-07
Seymour Meyerson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Chicago from which he received his undergraduate degree. By 1943 Meyerson began active service with the US military, spending the…
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6 items
Oral history interview with Keith R. Jennings
- 2008-Apr-24 (First session)
- 2008-Apr-25 (Second session)
Keith R. Jennings begins his oral history by discussing his youth and education in the United Kingdom, including his chemistry studies at University of Oxford, where he worked with Jack Wilfrid Linnett, and his…
- Interviewee Jennings, Keith R., 1932-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Chromatographic analysis, Jennings, Keith R., 1932-, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Gerhard Herzberg
- 1986-May-05
Gerhard Herzberg descries his schooling in Germany. An interest in science and mathematics was kindled at his school in Hamburg; indeed, Herzberg's first interest was astronomy. More practical considerations led him to…
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Mauve Colored Cotton Bow Tie
- 1950 – 1990
Adjustable mauve colored cotton self-tie bow tie.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Clothing and dress
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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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Total Solar Eclipse of 18th August, 1868, at Mantawaloc-Kekee
- Fig. 121
- 1872 (Published)
An illustration of a solar eclipse during the last 2 minutes, 25 seconds, therefore just before the reappearance of the sun's rays. The accompanying text states: ""Scarcely had the last ray of sunlight disappeared,"…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Sun, Scientific illustration
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Solar Prominence Observed by Zollner
- Pl. XI
- 1872 (Published)
Prominences represented in their natural colors, as seen through a large telescope when the slit of the spectroscope was open wide and directed on to the red C-line. These prominences are characteristic of the an…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Sun
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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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Solar Prominence Observed by Young
- Pl. XII
- 1872 (Published)
Prominences represented in their natural colors, as seen through a large telescope when the slit of the spectroscope was open wide and directed on to the red C-line. These prominences are characteristic of the a…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Sun
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Solar Prominence Observed by Respighi in 1870
- Pl. XIII
- 1872 (Published)
Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889) was the director of the University Observatory at the Campidoglio at Rome. Starting in October of 1869 he observed daily the entire limb of the sun recording prominences and other phenomena.…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Respighi, Lorenzo, 1824-1889, Sun
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Solar Spectra of Prominences, Corona, Aurora Borealis, and Chromosphere
- Pl. IX
- 1872 (Published)
This plate illustrates four spectra from solar phenomena.
Spectrum 1 is Solar Spectrum and Spectrum of the Prominences, during a total Eclipse.
Spectrum 2 is Spectrum of the Corona. Observed by Charles Young…- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart
- Subject Spectrum, Solar, Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Scientific illustration