Digitized content includes two figures of Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853-1923) apparatus for boiling point elevation.

Addressed not to "the experimenter or to the toy-maker, nor to the scholar in school or college, but to those who have to deal with Electricity as a part of their life work," this volume seeks to provide an introduction…

First edition volume written by Terrell Croft (1880-1967), an American engineer and author of many technical books on electrical and mechanical subjects. The fully illustrated publication was written "to present the…

Intended to inform the inexperienced college graduate how to design and equip a chemical laboratory, this volume includes sections describing the various general features, appliances, and apparatus needed. Credits the…

Second edition volume with chapters on the motor car painting process, a special chapter on "Painting with Nitrocellulose Products," and several chapters on motor painting material specifications. The volume includes…

Publication providing a thorough corporate history of the Hooker Electrochemical Company, an American chemical company that produced chloralkali products from 1903 until 1968 when it was acquired by Occidental…

A corporate history of the New Jersey Zinc Company, thoroughly illustrated with black and white photographic prints. The New Jersey Zinc Company (now the Horsehead Holding Corporation), founded in 1848 in Pittsburgh…

Publication detailing the business operations of the Mitchell Mining Company. Includes six sections: Organization and Officers of the Company, A Word Concerning Mr. George Mitchell, A Business Statement from the…

A corporate history of Read Holliday & Sons, Limited, fully illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions. The work is digitized in its entirety.

Founded by Read Holliday (1809-1889) in 1830, Read…

Volume providing an overview of products manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan including industrial chemicals, pharmaceutical products, metal alloys, dyes, and insecticides. Each product is…

The Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik, informally referred to as the Badische, was founded in 1865. Its products were first introduced into the United States in 1871 by William Pickhardt (d. 1894) & Adolf Kuttroff…

Eighteen soap samples, each colored with a different dye combination manufactured by the National Aniline and Chemical Company. Includes a description of the soap's composition and the method of dying.

Digitized content includes fourteen notable illustrations from the publication Röntgen Rays and Electro-Therapeutics, with Chapters of Radium and Phototherapy. Illustrations depict Professor Wilhelm Röntgen, friction…

Digitized content includes three engraved illustrations. Figure 22, Dwarf's Tower (Zwergli-Thurm) near Viesch in the canton of Valais. From a sketch by Lady Lyell, taken September 1857, Figure 23, Ravine on the farm of…

Biography detailing the life of renowned geologist William Buckland (1784-1856), a pioneer of modern geological inquiry. Buckland's studies paved the way for Charles Darwin's (1809-1882) development of evolutionary…

A second edition French volume of L'Air containing 95 engravings. The volume is an informational overview of the Earth's atmosphere: the materiality of air, the formation of rain and thunderstorms, winds, the…

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…

Piece is bound in stained veneer and consists of 20 veneer samples interleaved with printed parchment.

Vibrant collection of Indanthren dyings on rayon hanks are included in this mid-20th century sample book published by the General Dyestuff Corporation. Indanthren was the trade name for the first synthetic vat dyes…

Catalog containing various quarry blasting explosives and equipment manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Provides a guide for selecting the proper explosive for quarrying work, detailing the…

An introduction to chemistry written for a general audience. Edited by George S. Clason, an American author famed for writing the book The Richest Man in Babylon, Everyday Miracles of Modern Chemistry provides an…

Catalog advertising explosives manufactured and produced by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Includes two sections, dynamite grade markings and monobels, duobels, and carbonites. Each provides discussion on the…

Pamphlet summarizing data accumulated by the Stamford Water Works reflecting the bacterial and mechanical efficiency of an automatic control for liquid-chlorine disinfection of water. Includes data tables and two black…

Pamphlet providing an introduction the the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research of the National Research Council. Describes the division's promotional activities, projects, international relations, and…

Promotional booklet describing the infrastructure for health and safety testing of various products manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Highlights du Pont's toxicology program. Fully…