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Chemistry : a Text-Book for High Schools
- Macmillan's Canadian School Series
- 1917
High school chemistry textbook written to encompass five components identified in the work's preface as key to chemistry education: to go beyond imparting information, but also to train in critical scientific…
- Author Cornish, George Anthony, 1901-1989
- Contributor Smith, Arthur
- Publisher Macmillan Company of Canada
- Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Chemistry--Study and teaching (Secondary), Education, Secondary, Science--Study and teaching, Cornish, George Anthony, 1901-1989, Textbooks, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, McCarthy, J. P. (Joseph Priestly), 1933-1995, Ramsay, William, 1852-1916, Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810
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Chemistry of Common Things
- Circa 1914
A chemistry textbook intended for secondary students who are limited to a single course in chemistry; the work introduces the practical application of chemistry principles for use in daily life. The text covers a wide…
- Author Brownlee, Raymond B. (Raymond Bedell), 1877-1954, Fuller, Robert W. (Robert Warren), 1871-1953, Hancock, William J., Whitsit, Jesse E. (Jesse Elon), 1874-
- Publisher Allyn and Bacon
- Printer J.S. Cushing & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Chemistry, Technical, Agronomy, Home economics, Mines and mineral resources, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching, Dyes and dyeing, Electrochemistry, Chemical industry
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The Microscopical Examination of Foods and Drugs
- A practical introduction to the methods adopted in the microscopical examination of foods and drugs, in the entire, crushed and powdered states
- 1903
A textbook specifically devoted to the "practical instruction in the methods of examining vegetable foods, drugs, and their powders" written by Henry George Greenish, Professor of Pharmaceutics to the Pharmaceutical…
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The Gyroscope
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration of a gyroscope, an apparatus that exemplifies the laws of conservation of angular momentum, meaning it will maintain rotational movement in a plane of rotation in spite of the force of gravity. The…
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Preparation of Metallic Iron
- 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…
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The Electric Stamp
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an electric stamp, a device used to deface stamps with a heated platinum wire in the form of a design or initial. The device is powered by electricity, using the hand of its user to complete the…
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Smee's Cell and Smee's Battery
- 1870 – 1900
Illustrations of the electric cell and battery apparatus developed by Alfred Smee (1818-1877). The cell consists of two positively charged zinc plates and one negatively charged platinized silver plate immersed in…
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The Electric Machine
- 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…
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Bessemer's Process
- 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…
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Will-O'-The-Wisp (Phosphuretted Hydrogen and Marsh Gas)
- 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…
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Casting Plate-glass
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the manufacture of plate glass, a form of glass traditionally made by casting and rolling and characterized by its excellent surface produced by grinding and polishing.
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Sulphur [Sulfur] Furnace
- 1870 – 1900
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Experiment of Magic Fish Set in Motion by Electricity
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an apparatus used to animate tin fish through the use of an electro-magnet.
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Phosphorescent Flower Emitting Light in a Dark Room
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a flower temporarily illuminated through the use of phosphorescent powder.
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Artificial Flower Coated with Phosphorescent Powder, Exposed to the Light of Magnesium Wire
- 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.
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Experiment of Instantaneous Crystallization
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an experiment in the instantaneous formation of salt crystals.
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Seltzer-water Manufactory
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting the manufacture of seltzer or soda water by use of a wheel to force gas into bottled water.
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Snow Crystals
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting a magnified view of an assortment of snowflakes, also known as snow crystals.
- Author Ward, Lock & Co.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Snowflakes, Ice crystals
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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
Educational volume covering a variety of topics related to electricity and the chemical elements in two parts. The first half of the volume is devoted to electrical and magnetic discoveries and modern electric machines,…
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Quantitative Chemical Analysis notes taken by Frederick Edwin Atwood
- 1900
Notebook used by Frederick Edwin Atwood (1875-1948) during a quantitative chemical analysis course taken at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. A native of Chelsea, Vermont, Atwood received his Bachelor of…
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Chemistry notes taken by Rose Agnes Brabenec
- 1907
Notebook used by Rose Agnes Brabenec (1889-1963) during a high school-level chemistry class in Chesterland, Ohio. The notebook begins with notes pertaining to carbon (chapter 11, page 176) and includes a variety of…
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Fog tracks from radium
- 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…