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This digital collection features selected chemistry sets, molecular models, and science kits used for both instruction and play, all primarily from the mid-20th century. Some of these objects were previously on display in the Institute's museum as part of the Science at Play exhibition. Materials in this collection also include lecture notes, such as Louis Pasteur’s on stereochemistry, as well as letters between scientists concerning the state of scientific education.

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  • Rare books

    A plan of Stonehenge

    • Anciently called Choir Guar, that is The Great Church, or the Grand Choir
    • Part of A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages Over the Atlantic, in the Years 1805 and 1806, Vol. 2
    • 1812

    This plan is meant to convey a "perfect idea" of the original arrangement of Stonehenge as it once was, rather than in a familiar state of ruin. The horizontal stones are not represented, but Silliman asks the reader to…

    • Author Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
    • Printer D. & G. Bruce
    • Publisher Sargeant, Ezra, 1775-1812
    • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Science, England, Science--Study and teaching, Voyages and travels, England--Stonehenge
  • 390 items
    Rare books

    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. 1

    • 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. In Two Volumes With Plates/Translated From the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond
    • 1799

    This book is volume 1 of 2 the first English translation of two books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819), done in 1799, two years after the original French was published. In 1784 de-St.-Fond…

    • Publisher Ridgway, James
    • Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
    • Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--Hebrides, Geology, Islands, Science--Study and teaching, Scotland--Glasgow, Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, 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, 1734-1816, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
  • Publications

    Figure 12: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean-Baptiste Biot ascend in balloon conducting scientific experiments

    • Part of Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals
    • 1884

    On August 24, 1804, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean-Baptiste Biot ascended in a hot air balloon to a height of 4,000 meters altitude in order to conduct scientific experiments on gases. These experiments led to…

    • Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
    • Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
    • Engraver Deschamps, E.
    • Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, 1778-1850, Biot, Jean-Baptiste, 1774-1862, Hot air balloons, Charles' law, Gases, Science--Study and teaching
  • Publications

    Portrait of John Dalton

    • Part of Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals
    • 1884

    Portrait print of John Dalton (1766-1844) seated at a table with his hand at his temple.

    Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research…

    • Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
    • Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
    • Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemists, Meteorologists, People with disabilities, Scientists with disabilities, People with visual disabilities, Portraits, Science--Study and teaching
  • Publications

    Portrait of Jöns Jakob Berzelius

    • Part of Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals
    • 1884

    Portrait print of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) seated at a table with regalia pins on his jacket.

    Considered one of the founders of modern chemistry and known as the "Father of Swedish Chemistry," he is best…

    • Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
    • Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
    • Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Portraits, Science--Study and teaching
  • 23 items
    Rare books

    A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages Over the Atlantic, in the Years 1805 and 1806, Vol. 2

    • 1812

    Travel log of Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) detailing his research in England, Holland, and Scotland. Silliman founded the American Journal of Science and discovered a way to distill petroleum. Written in first-person,…

    • Author Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
    • Printer D. & G. Bruce
    • Publisher Sargeant, Ezra, 1775-1812
    • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Science, England, England--London, Scotland, Netherlands--Holland (Province), Science--Study and teaching, Voyages and travels, England--Stonehenge, Scotland--Edinburgh
  • 5 items
    Rare books

    Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 2

    • 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 : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 2
    • 1797

    This book is volume 2 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…

    • Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
    • Publisher Jansen, H. J.
    • Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, 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, Scotland--Prestonpans, Voyages and travels, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
  • 4 items
    Rare books

    Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 1

    • 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 : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 1
    • 1797

    This book is volume 1 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…

    • Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
    • Publisher Jansen, H. J.
    • Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, Botany, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Voyages and travels, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, 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, 1733-1819, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
  • 50 items
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    Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

    • From the Earliest Antiquity/Translated From the Edition Published by the Author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries, by Richard Gough
    • 1806

    Volume 4 in a series of 4 travel logs written by William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. He compiled Britannia through…

    • 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, Naturalists, Natural history, Maps, Ruined buildings, England, England--London, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Coins, Roman, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants, Caesar, Julius
  • 66 items
    Rare books

    Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

    • From the Earliest Antiquity/Translated From the Edition Published by the Author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries, by Richard Gough
    • 1806

    Volume 3 in a series of 4 travel logs written by William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. He compiled Britannia through…

    • 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, Naturalists, Natural history, Maps, Ruined buildings, England--London, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Coins, Coins, Roman, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants
  • 72 items
    Rare books

    Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

    • From the Earliest Antiquity/Translated From the Edition Published by the Author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries, by Richard Gough
    • 1806

    Volume 1 in a series of 4 travel logs written by William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. He compiled Britannia through…

    • 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, Nichols, John, 1745-1826, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Coins, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Naturalists, Natural history, England, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants
  • 241 items
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    A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom

    • Observations on Mons. de Sorbière's Voyage into England
    • As Also, Observations on the Same Voyage, by Dr. Thomas Sprat, Lord Bishop of Rochester. With a Letter of Monsieur Sorbière's, Concerning the War Between England and Holland in 1652: to All Which is Prefix'd His Life Writ by M. Graverol. Done into English From the French Original
    • 1709

    This book is an English translation of the French original, written in 1664. Written after Monsieur Sorbière (1615-1670) spent three months in 1663 in England, this book details his thoughts on several different topics.…

    • Author Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Graverol, M., Sprat, Thomas, 1635- 1713
    • Printer Woodard, J.
    • Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Travelers, Great Britain, England--London, Netherlands--Holland (Province), England, Religion and science, Religion, Curiosities and wonders, Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713, Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Science--Study and teaching, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Letter
  • Publications

    Fog tracks from radium

    • Part of Intermediate Text Book of Chemistry
    • 1919 (Date of publication)

    Plate features photographs by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869-1959) of the fog tracks of radium. Figures one and two illustrate the paths of helium atoms, with an enlargement in figure three. Figure four shows the…

    • Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
    • Publisher The Century Co.
    • Photographer Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-1959
    • Subject Textbooks, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-1959, Radium, Radium--Analysis, Scientific illustration
  • 115 items
    Rare books

    Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects

    • 1856

    Authored by American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887). Popularizing science, Youmans founded Popular Science magazine. Digitized in entirety, this textbook uses color…

    • Author Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887
    • Subject Chemistry, Atomic theory, Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching
  • 2 items
    Scientific apparatus and instruments

    Series Sixty student microscope

    • 1955 – 1960

    American Optical Corporation Sixty student model monocular microscope features American Optical Spencer objective lenses.

    American Optical Corporation was a successor to the Spencer Lens Company, founded by Charles…

    • Manufacturer American Optical Corporation
    • Subject Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science--Study and teaching, American Optical Corporation
  • Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

    Charles C. Price in classroom

    • 1950s

    General view of American chemist Charles C. Price lecturing in front of a blackboard. This photograph was likely taken at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of…

    • Subject Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001, Portraits, Chemists, Scientists with disabilities, People with disabilities, University of Notre Dame, Science--Study and teaching
  • Photographs

    Charles C. Price Fulbright Lecture in Japan

    • 1962

    General view of American chemist Charles C. Price standing in front of a blackboard covered with assorted chemical notations. This photograph was taken at either Osaka University or Kyoto University in Japan, where…

    • Subject Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001, Portraits, Chemists, Scientists with disabilities, People with disabilities, Science--Study and teaching
  • Publications

    Modified periodic table of elements

    • Part of Intermediate Text Book of Chemistry
    • 1919

    This modified periodic table of elements differs from Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev's (1834-1907) version as explained in the text.

    • Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
    • Subject Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Periodic table, Periodic table of the elements, Textbooks, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching
  • Ephemera, Postage stamps

    Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (40th anniversary)

    • 1976

    Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México (the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico) on January 1, 1936. Established during the…

    • Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
    • Subject Commemorative postage stamps, Mexico, Postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), Science--Study and teaching
  • Postage stamps, Ephemera

    Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (25th anniversary)

    • 1951

    Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México (the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico) on January 1, 1936. Established during the…

    • Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
    • Subject Commemorative postage stamps, Mexico, Postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science--Study and teaching
  • Rare books, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Mendeleyev's Periodic Table of the Elements

    • 1871

    This is the first published periodic table of elements in its modern form with the elements of each group arranged vertically. Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1834-1907) created this table for the second edition of his…

    • Author Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
    • Publisher Tip. t-va "Obshchestvenna︠i︡a polʹza
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Periodic table, Periodic table of the elements, Textbooks, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration, Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
  • 17 items
    Publications

    Intermediate Text Book of Chemistry

    • 1919

    Preface describes how this chemistry textbook contains an intermediate level of instruction, being more advanced than elementary chemistry but not as comprehensive as college chemistry. The modified periodic table of…

    • Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
    • Publisher The Century Co.
    • Subject Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Periodic table, Periodic table of the elements, Textbooks, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765, Mayow, John, 1641-1679
  • Publications

    Frontispiece: Scene from the Hamstead Colliery mining disaster of 1908

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "Science at a Colliery Disaster," frontispiece plate depicts a scene from the Hamstead Colliery mining disaster of 1908, which occurred in Hamstead, England. The rescue party wear respirators while performing a…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Coal mine accidents, Disaster relief, Respirators (Medical equipment), Textbooks, Coal mines and mining--Fires and fire prevention, Coal mines and mining, Chemistry
  • Publications

    Women picking cotton waste for use in explosive manufacturing

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "One Stage in the Manufacture of an Explosive," photographic reproduction depicts women in a factory picking cotton waste. The cotton waste will be converted into guncotton, or nitrocellulose, which is used in…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Creator Of Work Nathan, Frederick, Reinhold Thiele & Company
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Explosives industry, Guncotton, Nitrocellulose, Women employees
  • Publications

    Inside the stalactite caverns in Padirac, France

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "Where Stalactites Abound," illustration depicts two men exploring inside the stalactite caverns in Padirac, France. Rays of light emit from the opening at the top of the cavern. A stairwell descends into the…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Stalactites and stalagmites, Caves, Discoveries in geography, Textbooks
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