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Plate XVI: Copper, Malachite
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-3. Red Copper.
1. Cuprite, or Red Oxide of Copper
2. The same [Cuprite]
3. The same [Cuprite]

Figures 4-7. Blue Copper.
4. Azurite or Chessylite
5. The same [Azurite]
6. The same [Azurite]
7. The same…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Copper, Malachite
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Plate XVII: Nickel, Cobalt, Iron
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-4. Nickel Ores.
1. Capillary Nickel
2. Red Arseniet of Nickel
3. Chloanthite
4. Annabergite, or Nickel-Ochre

Figures 5-13. Cobalt Ores.
5. Cobalt-Pyrites
6. Cobalt-Glance, or Cobaltine
7. The same [Cobaltine]…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Meteorites, Iron, Cobalt ores, Nickel ores
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Plate XVIII: Pyrites, Magnetic Iron, Iron-Glance, Iron Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-4. Magnetic Pyrites.
1. Magnetic Pyrites

Figures 2-8. Pyrites.
2. Pyrites
3. The same [Pyrites]
4. The same [Pyrites]
5. The same [Pyrites]
6. The same [Pyrites]
7. The same [Pyrites]
8. Pyrites

Figures…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Pyrites, Magnetite, Hematite
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Plate XX: Galena, Cerussite, Anglesite, Pyromorphite, Molybdate, Chromate, Tin Ore, Zinc Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-3. Galena, Sulphuret of Lead.
1. Galena
2. The same [Galena]
3. The same [Galena]

Figures 4-8. White Lead Ore, Cerusite.
4. White Lead Ore
5. The same [White Lead Ore]
6. The same [White Lead Ore]
7. The same…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Galena, Cerussite, Tin ores, Zinc ores
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Plate XXI: Bismuth Ores, Uranium Ores, Titanium Ores, Tantalum Ores, Wolfram Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figure 1. Greenockite

Figures 2-6. Bismuth Ores.
2. Native Bismuth
3. Metallic Bismuth
4. Native Bismuth
5. Bismuthine
6. Eulytine, or Bismuth-Blende

Figures 7-12. Uranium Ores.
7. Pitch-blende
8. Uran-ochre
9. Lime-U…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Titanium ores, Tantalum ores, Uranium ores, Bismuth ores
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Plate XXII: Molybdenum Ores, Chrome Ores, Antimony Ores, Arsenic Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-2. Molybdenum Ores.
1. Molybdenite, Sulphuret of Molybdenum
2. Molybdenite

Figures 3-4. Chrome Ores.
3. Chromic Ochre
4. Chromic Ironstone

Figures 5-10. Antimony Ores.
5. Native Antimony
6. Grey Antimony,…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Arsenic ores, Antimony ores, Molybdenum ores
158 items
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The Mineral Kingdom
- With Colored Illustrations of the Most Important Minerals, Rocks, and Petrifications
- 1859
Johann Gottlob von Kurr (1798-1870) published Das Mineralreich in Bildern as a professor of mineralogy and botany at the Stuttgart Polytechnic Institute in 1858. Digitized in entirety, this first edition English…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Periodic table in style of helix drawn on one cylinder
- 1863 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a helix drawn on a single cylinder. This table was originated by French geologist and mineralogist…
- Creator Of Work Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-1886, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-1886, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Periodic table in style of helix drawn on one cylinder
- 1863 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a helix drawn on a single cylinder. This table was originated by French geologist and mineralogist Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois…
- Creator Of Work Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-1886, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-1886, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration
132 items
Publications

Beeton's Book of Chemistry
- 1865
Publication providing an overview of the basic principles of chemistry with regards to non-metallic elements. Includes engravings, experiments, an appendix containing tables and supply lists, and an index. Part of a…
- Contributor Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865
- Author Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877
- Publisher Frederick Warne (Firm)
- Subject Chemistry, Nonmetals, Chemical elements, Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865, Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877, Science--Textbooks, Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Series table based on Law of Octaves
- 1865 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements based on the Law of Octaves, which surmises that, when arranged by increasing atomic weight, chemical elements with similar physical and chemical…
- Creator Of Work Newlands, John A. R., Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Newlands, John A. R.
9 items
Publications, Charts, diagrams, etc

The Chemistry of Combustion Applied to the Economy of Fuel with Special Reference to the Construction of Fire Chambers for Steam Boilers
- 1867
Digitized content includes diagrammatic figures included in the work, The Chemistry of Combustion Applied to the Economy of Fuel with Special Reference to the Construction of Fire Chambers for Steam Boilers. The nine…
- Author Dimond, Ezekiel Webster, 1836-1876
- Printer Fiske, Edward Rice
- Subject Fuel, Combustion, Steam-boilers, Chemical elements, Chemical reactions, Scientific illustration
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Periodic table designed by Dmitri Mendeleev (1889)
- 1869 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed in the style of a so-called "periodic chain" with the numbers of valences for each element noted on the left-hand side. This table was…
- Creator Of Work Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Series table designed by Dmitri Mendeleev (1869)
- 1869 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table with Group 0 positioned in the middle of the table and with steps on both sides. This table was originated by Russian chemist…
- Creator Of Work Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Series table with interrupted short periods
- 1869 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements by Dmitri Mendeleev with additions by Edward G. Mazurs. Mendeleev originated this series table with interrupted short periods in 1869 and Mazurs…
- Creator Of Work Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Series table with sixteen vertical groups
- 1869 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a series table with sixteen vertical groups. This table was originated by Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev…
- Creator Of Work Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
Publications, Illustrations

Artificial Flower Coated with Phosphorescent Powder, Exposed to the Light of Magnesium Wire
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an experiment in which an artificial flower coated with phosphorescent powder temporarily becomes luminous and shines in the dark when exposed to magnesium wire.
- Author Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Science--Experiments, Phosphorescence, Phosphors
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Bessemer's Process
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Black and white illustration depicting a chamber with bursts of heat emitting from either side. The scene represents an environment in which the Bessemer process may be conducted. The Bessemer process, developed by Sir…
- Publisher Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Steel, Steel--Thermal properties, Bessemer, Henry, Sir, 1813-1898, Bessemer process
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Periodic table in the style of spiral with radii (Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer, 1870)
- 1870 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a spiral with eight radii. This table was originated by German chemist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926) in 1870 and classified by…
- Creator Of Work Baumhauer, Heinrich Adolph, 1848-1926, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
Publications, Illustrations

Phosphorescent Flower Emitting Light in a Dark Room
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a flower temporarily illuminated through the use of phosphorescent powder.
- Author Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Science--Experiments, Phosphors, Phosphorescence
Publications, Illustrations

Preparation of Metallic Iron
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration showing an apparatus used to generate an environment in which iron is able to ignite with oxygen at room temperature. The illustration is labeled to indicate a source of hydrogenated gas, a desiccative…
- Publisher Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Science--Experiments, Iron--Corrosion, Combustion
Publications, Illustrations

Sulphur [Sulfur] Furnace
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
- Author Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Furnaces, Sulfur
2 items
Slides, Charts, diagrams, etc

Symmetrical series table by Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1870 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements organized in symmetrical, chessboard-like pattern with seven periods going down the table and eight groups going across. This table was originated by…
- Creator Of Work Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration
Publications, Illustrations

The Electric Machine
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an Electric Machine, or a device used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy to store a static positive charge. The device operates by turning a glass plate between two metal-coated…
- Publisher Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Electricity, Electric machines, Electrical engineering, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Science--Experiments
Publications, Illustrations

Will-O'-The-Wisp (Phosphuretted Hydrogen and Marsh Gas)
- Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
- 1870 – 1900
Black and white illustration depicting an evening marsh scene. The illustration demonstrates the natural occurrence of phosphoric compounds which become luminous in the presence of atmospheric gases. The illustration…
- Publisher Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Science--Experiments, Nonmetals, Phosphors, Phosphorescence

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