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2 itemsTrade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract] with Franz Karl Achard
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts German (Prussian) chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) walking through a sugar beet refinery, with view of workers illustrating various stages of the production…
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2 itemsTrade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract]
- Claude Louis Berthollet visits Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at the Sorbonne in Paris
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts chemist Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) visiting Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) while Lavoisier was working in a lab at the Université de Paris or Sorbonne University. They…
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2 itemsTrade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts alchemist Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280) working in a lab with a vessel releasing steam. Also includes an inset bust of Magnus. Verso is an advertisement for Liebig's Extract of Meat along…
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2 itemsTrade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company]
- Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts 8th-century Arabic polymath Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān (c. 721-c. 815), westernized by Europeans as "Geber," speaking with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik. They stand over a scroll with…
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2 itemsTrade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with Justus von Liebig
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts the monument of Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) in Munich, Germany with an inset of Liebig working in the laboratory as well as a closeup of the statue's bust surrounded by a laurel wreath.…
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Percentage composition of foods
- 1922
Scientific diagram illustrates the percentage composition of foods including a pork chop, cod, egg, cream cheese, bean and bread. Illustrations are after the charts created by Charles Ford Langworthy of the United…
- After Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932
- Author Tower, Samuel Francis
- Publisher D.C. Heath and Company
- Subject Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching, Middle school education, Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932, Food--Composition, Education, Secondary, Textbooks, Science
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Percentage composition of foods
- 1922
Scientific diagram illustrates the percentage composition of foods including corn, potato, onion, apple, peanut butter and olive oil. Illustrations are after the charts created by Charles Ford Langworthy of the United…
- After Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932
- Author Tower, Samuel Francis
- Publisher D.C. Heath and Company
- Subject Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching, Middle school education, Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932, Food--Composition, Education, Secondary, Textbooks, Science
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12 itemsPlastics Make the Package Dow Makes the Plastics
- 1953
Pamphlet reviews plastic packaging manufactured by Dow Chemical Company including flexible films like Saran Wrap, foamed products such as Styrofoam, coatings including Ethocel, as well as molding and extrusion materials…
- Author Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics--Molding, Polymers, Food--Packaging, Plastics--Extrusion, Styrene, Thin films
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16 itemsQuality products for the growing low- calorie market with Du Pont Cylan calcium cyclamate a non-nutritive sweetener
- 1946
Currently banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to potential health concerns, this pamphlet outlines how Cyclan, or calcium cyclamate, can be used as an artificial sweetener in place of sugar as a…
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Gift box containing Dow plastics products
- 1964
General view of a promotional gift box containing assorted Dow plastics products, including Saran Wrap and Handi-Wrap sandwich bags. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during…
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2 itemsA Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons
- 1820
The cover and title page are digitized from the first edition of this seminal work responsible for exposing dangerous adulterations to foods and beverages. Food and drug purity legislation followed later in the…
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152 itemsAdulterations of Food; With Short Processes for their Detection
- 1874
Chapters cover food types commonly adulterated through the use of additives, with some additives being non-food items such as plaster of Paris, lead and brick dust. End of book features plate illustrations of common…
- Author Atcherley, Rowland J.
- Publisher W. Ibister & Co.
- Subject Food--Analysis, Food adulteration and inspection, Food additives
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30 itemsThe Horsford Cook Book
- Circa 1877
Pocket-sized cookbook features recipes using Horsford baking powder including recipes for biscuits, rolls, muffins and short cakes.
- Publisher Rumford Chemical Works
- Subject Baking, Baking powder, Cooking, Rumford Chemical Works, Recipes, Baked products, Baked products industry
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2 itemsHousehold supplies sales display featuring Saran Wrap and Handi-Wrap
- 1965
Two views of a sales display featuring assorted household supplies, including Dow brand Saran Wrap and Handi-wrap. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
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2 itemsChemical and Engineering News profiling Dr. Betty J. Sullivan (1902-1999)
- 1948-Jul-12
Two-page article from the July 12, 1948 edition of Chemical and Engineering News profiling Dr. Betty J. Sullivan (1902-1999).
Betty J. Sullivan was born on May 31, 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and educated at the…
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Crystals of Fats, Butter, Beef & Lard, Representing Butter, Oleomargarine & Butterine
- Plate I
- 1886
Eighteen illustrations of various fats under a microscope. Some examples are under polarized light. Dr. Taylor was trying to create a method of analyzing different fat types to be able to judge purity of food against…
- Author Taylor, Thomas
- Printer Of Plates A. Hoen & Co.
- Subject Food--Analysis, Oils and fats, Margarine, Butter, Oils and fats--Research
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14 itemsDr. T. Taylor's reply to "Science", relating to the crystals of butter, animal fats, and oleomargarine
- 1886
This reprint is Dr. Thomas Taylor's reply to the magazine "Science" relating to his heavily disputed method of analyzing fats for adulteration. Dr. Thomas (1820-1910) was appointed in 1871 Microscopist to the United…
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12 itemsOral history interview with Konrad E. Bloch
- 1993-Mar-22
The interview begins with Konrad E. Bloch describing his childhood in Neisse, Germany, and his undergraduate education at Technische Hochschule in Munich. During a research assistantship in Davos, Switzerland, Bloch had…
- Interviewee Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Oxford, Biosynthesis, Biochemists, Human Genome Project, Cholesterol, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-, Columbia University, Nobel Prize winners, Cholesterol--Synthesis, Nutrition
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150 itemsThe Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice
- A Complete Practical Treatise for Farmers, Dairymen, Ice Dealers, Produce Shippers, Meat Packers, Cold Storers, and All Interested in Ice Houses, Cold Storage and the Handling or Use of Ice in Any Way, Including Many Recipes for Iced Dishes and Beverages
- 1893
Comprehensive book on the ice industry with content and illustrations on the harvesting, cutting and storing of ice; ice house construction; handling, transport and marketing of ice; the use of ice in refrigeration; ice…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Recipes, Ice industry, Ice
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3 items15 Delightful Recipes Prepared in a New Way
- 1930s
Promotional pamphlet Aji-No-Moto, a mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd. Designed to market Aji-No-Moto to housewives, the pamphlet includes recipes for a variety of…
- Creator Of Work S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd., Rudolf Mosse, Inc.
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Recipes, Monosodium glutamate, Advertising
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2 itemsAji-No-Moto: A Real Flavor Triumph...
- 1930s
Advertisement for Aji-No-Moto, a mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Creator Of Work S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Monosodium glutamate, Advertising
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Aji-No-Moto: Essence of Taste
- 1930s
Advertisement for Aji-No-Moto, a mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Creator Of Work S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Monosodium glutamate, Advertising
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3 itemsAji-No-Moto: The Perfect Flavor Blend!
- 1933
Advertising brochure for Aji-No-Moto, a mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Creator Of Work S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Monosodium glutamate, Advertising
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Advertisement for K.T. Epicurean's Powder
- 1930s
Advertisement for K.T. Epicurean's Powder, a mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by the Kun Tai Factory, Shanghai, and distributed in the United States by Wah Chah Company.
- Creator Of Work Wah Chah Company
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Monosodium glutamate, Advertising
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2 itemsAji-No-Moto: Essence of Taste
- 1930s
Advertisement for Aji-No-Moto, a mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Creator Of Work S. Suzuki & Co., Ltd.
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Monosodium glutamate, Advertising