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3 items
New York Toy and Game Co. Fingerprinter Forensics Lab
- 1932
Cardboard game box containing a children's fingerprinting set. The materials include a rectangular pane of glass blackened from use, a paintbrush, an ink roller, three used "fingerprint record sheets," two containers of…
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9 items
Chemistry for Nurses
- 1930
Volume intended to provide nursing students with instruction in chemistry. The volume's content conveys the concepts from inorganic, organic, analytical, biological, and physical chemistry most applicable to a…
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262 items
Electrical Experiments: A Manual of Instructive Amusement
- 1891
Written to show how electrical apparatus can be assembled at little cost for engaging instruction of scientifically-curious youth, this work includes descriptions of simple experiments that demonstrate elementary…
- Author Bonney, G. E.
- Publisher Whittaker & Co.
- Printer Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Subject Electricity, Science--Study and teaching, Magnetism, Electromagnetic theory, Electricity--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Electricity--Study and teaching (Elementary)
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A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day
- For the Use of Schools and Young Persons
- 1894
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This fifth edition of Buckley's…
- Author Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Publisher E. Standford
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929, Historians of science, Women in science, Science, Medieval, Science, Ancient, Science--Study and teaching (Elementary), Natural history
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The Fairy-Land of Science
- 1883
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This work, one of Buckley's…
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Chemistry: Serious Fun
- 1991
In this video produced by the American Chemical Society, two actors from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Alfonso Ribeiro and Tatyana Ali, prepare to attend a new semester at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).…
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Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 2
- 1806
This book is volume 2 in a series of 4 travel logs originally written by William Camden in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. Camden traveled…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Nichols, John, 1745-1826
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Travel, Nichols, John, 1745-1826, Voyages and travels, Maps, Ruined buildings, England--London, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Naturalists, Natural history, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Coins, Roman, Coins, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants
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44 items
An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry : Explaining its Principles, and their Application to Arts, Manufactures, &c. &c. &c. in a Clear and Familiar Manner : with an Appendix Containing the Modern Theory
- 1802
A treatise on chemistry, written by Richard Stack (-1812), an author and a lecturer, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and Vice President of the Royal Irish Academy. Stack dedicated his work to Robert Perceval, M.D.…
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Chemcraft Chemical Magic
- 95 Mystifying Magical Demonstrations
- 1940
A manual written for middle to high school-age students to accompany the Chemcraft Chemical Magic Set. Includes 58 magic-themed experiments for the user to "amaze [their] friends by producing odors, invisible inks, and…
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Linus Pauling Lectures on Valence and Molecular Structures: Part 3
- 1957
In this third lecture in a series on valence and molecular structure, Pauling addresses ligancy, coordination numbers and complexes, metallic valence, oxidation numbers, hydrogen bonds, and weak forces.
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Linus Pauling Lectures on Valence and Molecular Structures: Part 2
- 1957
In part two of this lecture series on valence and molecular structures, Pauling focuses on ionic and covalent bonds, bond and molecular resonance, and how different bonds effect an element's properties. To demonstrate,…
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Linus Pauling Lectures on Valence and Molecular Structures: Part 1
- 1957
This is the first in a series of three recorded lectures about valence and atomic structure given by Linus Pauling when he was a professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. In this lecture, Pauling…
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25 minutes 41 seconds
Chemistry Is Cool2
- 1996
Video of a performance presented by COSI (Center of Science and Industry) during the 1996 Ohio Chemical Council annual conference in Columbus, Ohio. In this performance, host Krista teaches the audience about chemical…
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5m 53s
Passing Through: Behind The Scenes
- Circa 1993
This is a promotional work created by the National Plastics Center and Museum to advertise their educational video, Passing Through. Passing Through is a film for teenagers and high school science students in which a…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Producer WAVE, Inc.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Plastics, Educational films, Middle Ages
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Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom
- Undated
"Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom" is one of fifty-three short education films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…
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How to Use The Chemical Illustrators
- 1940
Modeling kit instruction manual, six unused cardboard sheets containing pop-out pieces representing ions, and a handwritten document found in the pages of the manual signed and dated Herbert T. Pratt, January 2, 1995.
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Philosophy in Sport Made in Earnest : Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports, Volume 2
- 1827
Dedicated to the celebrated novelist Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), this work is written in the form of a novel for young people in which the scientific principles underlying many games and toys are explained to two…
- Author Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856
- Publisher Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
- Artist Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Early childhood), Educational toys, Physics, Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849
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Philosophy in Sport Made in Earnest : Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports, Volume 1
- 1827
Dedicated to the celebrated novelist Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), this work is written in the form of a novel for young people in which the scientific principles underlying many games and toys are explained to two…
- Author Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856
- Publisher Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
- Artist Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Early childhood), Educational toys, Physics, Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849
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Philosophy in Sport Made in Earnest : Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports, Volume 3
- 1827
Dedicated to the celebrated novelist Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), this work is written in the form of a novel for young people in which the scientific principles underlying many games and toys are explained to two…
- Author Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856
- Publisher Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
- Artist Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching (Early childhood), Educational toys, Physics, Thaumatropes, Motion pictures, Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849
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8 items
Notes on manufacturing catalysts
- Undated
Scientific notes and diagrams on the manufacturing of catalysts written by Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
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Praktische Uebungen in der Benützung und Anwendung des Polarisationsmikroskopes
- Practical Exercises in the Use and Application of Polarization Microscopes
- Undated
Practical exercises in the use and application of polarization microscopes provided by Professor Schwartzman.
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Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining the State of the Arts, the Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain, Vol. 2
- containing mineralogical descriptions of the country round Newcastle ; of the mountains of Derbyshire ; of the environs of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and St. Andrews ; of Inverary, and other parts of Argyleshire ; and of the cave of Fingal.
- 1799
Volume two of the first English translation of a work by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). The original French, Voyage en Angleterre, en Écosse, et aux Îles Hébrides was published two years prior, in…
- Publisher Ridgway, James
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Geology, Science--Study and teaching, Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1804, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works
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262 items
Laboratory Chemistry for Girls
- 1923
Textbook of chemistry for use in schools where "girls are studying chemistry for any purpose - general education, or preparation for a trade or for higher education." The content of the work includes an overview of…
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5 items
Microcraft Triple Objective Microscope Instructions
- 1953
Microscope instructions and an inspection information card for the Microcraft Microscope Set No. 310.
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