Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…

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…

Digitized content includes a page from the November 1906 issue of the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists and a foldout of an interleaved reflectance spectroscopy chart. The journal article excerpt includes…

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

Sample book containing dyeing instructions and 54 mounted fabric swatches dyed with National Aniline & Chemical Company manufactured dyes. Consists of one cardboard leaf that folds out into 9 sections.

A small gray box with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a dye bath. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed on the…

A small, orange, Tintex brand dye box with an illustration of a pair of legs wearing stockings. A folded instruction sheet is included in the box.

Dyes are charged, water-soluble, organic compounds that chemically bind…

A small, cardboard, Tintex brand dye box printed with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a sink. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye…

Sample book containing paper samples colored with dyestuffs manufactured by the National Aniline & Chemical Company, Inc. The colors are categorized into three groups: acid colors, basic colors, and direct colors.…

Volume providing an overview of products manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan including industrial chemicals, pharmaceutical products, metal alloys, dyes, and insecticides. Each product is…

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…

This sample book begins with a selection of recipes for the preparation of dye vats. Each recipe lists the solvents and solutes necessary to mix large-volume solutions of indigo textile dye using Indigo M.L.B. brand…

Accordion folded book containing dye recipes and samples. Folds out into 10 sections with mounted wool felt samples in a cube pattern.

Written under the pseudonym, "Technicus," this work was intended for the busy chemist, manufacturer, or merchant as a straightforward reference to answer questions regarding how to test a pigment and determine its…

Eleventh issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Eighth issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Fifth issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Third issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Work divided into three parts, the first providing an overview of color theory and nomenclature, the second describing advanced concepts of color measurement (e.g., spectrometry), and the third part concerning color…

This Ten Millionen Mark Gutschein, or ten million Mark voucher, was issued by Schwefelsäure-Werke Curtius GmbH, or Curtius Sulfuric Acid Works GmbH. Paper features a watermark design.

Curtius ran an ultramarine dye…