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Portrait of Jeremias Benjamin Richter

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Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762 – 1807) was a German chemist and mining official. He introduced the term stoichiometry, which is the study of the quantifiable relationships between two or more substances undergoing a chemical reaction.

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  • 16 cm W x 24 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I: Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II: Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 4, Folder 4

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Meisenbach Riffarth & Company. “Portrait of Jeremias Benjamin Richter.” Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 4, Folder 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2mxbgdc.

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Dr. Richter

Verlag v. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.

Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Berlin. grav.

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Dr. Richter

Published by Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig

Gravure by Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Berlin

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