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Balthasar van den Bossche - The Alchemist in His Workshop

Balthasar van den Bossche - The Alchemist in His Workshop

Public domain scan of 18th-century scientific book, illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balthasar van den Bossche - The Iatrochemist

Balthasar van den Bossche - The Iatrochemist

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate X (square)

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate X from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Microscopic section of human lung from mustard gas poisoning, with deat... More

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Premier aérostat à vx021g18h 0 z603qz54h

First hydrogen gas balloon Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying air balloon with a French flag. The illustration depicts the first flight of a gas air balloon on December 1, 1783 by... More

1801 Luftballon piloted by Adler 2013.044 crop

1801 Luftballon piloted by Adler 2013.044 crop

Lithograph captioned "Neueste Erfindung einen Luftballon durch Adler zu regieren 1801", translates as "Newest invention - an air balloon being piloted by eagles 1801". Blue and yellow striped air balloon being... More

Airship designed by 6395w824r 0 0c483k63k

Airship designed by 6395w824r 0 0c483k63k

Airship designed by Jean-Pierre Blanchard Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying airship with oars. The illustration depicts a type of airship with oar-like propulsion mechanisms des... More

Airship flown by w6634484w 0 xs55md123

Airship flown by w6634484w 0 xs55md123

Airship flown by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying airship with assorted propulsion mechanisms and a French flag. The illustration depicts a type... More

Ballon dirigeable de 4q77fs41h 0 c247dt237

Ballon dirigeable de 4q77fs41h 0 c247dt237

Dupuy de Lôme Airship with human engine Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the Dupuy de Lôme airship designed by French naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816-1885). One of the first na... More

Ballon poisson de 9019s368w 0 ng451j60n

Ballon poisson de 9019s368w 0 ng451j60n

Ballon-Poisson De [Ferdinand] Lagleize Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a navigable balloon designed by aeronaut Ferdinand Lagleize in the style of a fish. 1850 (Date attributed to ball... More

Ballon sphérique f7623d65n 0 np193b36b

Ballon sphérique f7623d65n 0 np193b36b

Spherical ball Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the hot air balloon in the style of a sphere with a passenger basket underneath. 1909 (Date attributed to postcard) This postcard is par... More

Ballon à voile k643b2505 0 0r967481h

Ballon à voile k643b2505 0 0r967481h

Guyot's balloon Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a hot air balloon in the style of an airship with a sail and oars for steering. The design of the balloon is credited to "Guyot," likely ... More

Balloon flown by 3197xn272 0 6d56zx84t

Balloon flown by 3197xn272 0 6d56zx84t

"The Giant", Balloon flown by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Nadar) Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the hot air balloon Le Géant (The Giant) flown by French photographer and journalist Gas... More

Bateau volant ws859g81n 0 9p290b295

Bateau volant ws859g81n 0 9p290b295

Design for a flying boat Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying boat. The illustration is based on the design proposed by Italian mathematician, naturalist, and aeronautics pioneer Fr... More

Beckman D2 Oxygen Analyzer 2012 002 5132 cn69m4659

Beckman D2 Oxygen Analyzer 2012 002 5132 cn69m4659

D2 Oxygen Analyzer for Safe Oxygen Therapy Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronaut... More

Biplan farman m613mz47b 0 qj72p8351

Biplan farman m613mz47b 0 qj72p8351

Biplan Farman / Farman Biplane Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a biplane manufactured by Farman Aviation Works, a French aircraft company founded and run by brothers Richard, Henri, ... More

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Depart de léon 3484zj12p 0 h989r4209

Departure of Léon Gambetta and Eugène Spuller aboard the Armand-Barbès Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of French politicians Léon Gambetta (1838-1882) and Eugène Spuller (1835-1896) fleein... More

Dirigeable de pierre t435gf19x 0 ww72bc72x

Dirigeable de pierre t435gf19x 0 ww72bc72x

Dirigeable De [Pierre] Jullien Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a navigable balloon designed by French aeronaut Pierre Jullien featuring a clockwork motor and a rudder, elevator, and gon... More

Dirigeable lebaudy 0p0968212 0 6682x492x

Dirigeable lebaudy 0p0968212 0 6682x492x

Lebaudy Airship Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a semi-rigid airship designed by French brothers Paul and Pierre Lebaudy with the assistance of engineer Henri Julliot for military use. ... More

Dirigeable militaire ital z603qz55s 0 5m60qs94p

Dirigeable militaire ital z603qz55s 0 5m60qs94p

Italian Military Airship Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of an Italian military airship. 1908 (Date attributed to airship design) 1909 (Date attributed to postcard) This postcard is part... More

Dirigeable zeppelin allem sf2686192 0 zc77sr237

Dirigeable zeppelin allem sf2686192 0 zc77sr237

Zeppelin Airship (Germany) Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a German Zeppelin rigid-style military airship. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled ... More

First montgolfier brother rv042v13m 0 hx11xg48b

First montgolfier brother rv042v13m 0 hx11xg48b

First Montgolfier Brothers Balloon Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a globe-shaped flying balloon. The illustration depicts the first successful public hot air balloon demonstration on ... More

La france vd66w081t 0 h702q745p

La france vd66w081t 0 h702q745p

La France. Airship of [Charles] Renard and [Arthur Constantin] Krebs Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the La France French army non-rigid airship first launched by French military engine... More

Le dirigeable baldwin n009w3396 0 6m311q593

Le dirigeable baldwin n009w3396 0 6m311q593

Le Dirigeable Baldwin / The Baldwin Airship 1908 (Date attributed to balloon flight) 1909 (Date attributed to postcard) Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 ... More

Le dirigeable nulli v692t736f 0 8910jv69v

Le dirigeable nulli v692t736f 0 8910jv69v

The Airship Nulli Secundus Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the British airship Nulli Secundus (Latin for "Second to none"). First flown on September 10, 1907, the Nulli Secundus was Bri... More

Le pax dirigeable rj4305541 0 2v23vv61m

Le pax dirigeable rj4305541 0 2v23vv61m

The Pax Airship of Augusto Sévéro, which caused his death Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the semi-rigid airship "Pax" flown by Brazilian aeronaut Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão... More

Monoplan antoinette ns064726b 0 gh93h0640

Monoplan antoinette ns064726b 0 gh93h0640

Antoinette Monoplane Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane manufactured by Antoinette, a French manufacturer of light petrol engines, and flown by French aviation pioneer Arthur ... More

Monoplan blériot rx913r143 0 qj72p8369

Monoplan blériot rx913r143 0 qj72p8369

Blériot Monoplane Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane designed and flown by French aviator, inventor, and engineer Louis Blériot (1872-1936). In 1909, Blériot became world-famou... More

Monoplan r fq977v91m 0 br86b4843

Monoplan r fq977v91m 0 br86b4843

Monoplan R. Esnault-Pelterie Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane designed and flown by French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881-1957). T... More

Parachute de andré vd66w080j 0 sb397951k

Parachute de andré vd66w080j 0 sb397951k

Parachute of André-Jacques Garnerin Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the descent of French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823) in a frameless parachute of his own design. The O... More

Penicillin poster 5.40, World War II photo

Penicillin poster 5.40, World War II photo

United States Federal Government World War II poster, showing a man sitting up in a hospital bed, smiling, reading a magazine and smoking a cigarette, with the caption "Penicillin / THE NEW LIFE-SAVING DRUG / S... More

RCA Exhibit Building 1939 World's Fair Postcard 2007.016 front

RCA Exhibit Building 1939 World's Fair Postcard 2007.016 front

Postcard. Header reads: "W. F. 13 - R.C.A. Exhibit Building, New York World's Fair 1939". Copyright not renewed.

The chemistry of abundance 2008 064 020b 4q77fr98f

The chemistry of abundance 2008 064 020b 4q77fr98f

Advertisement: The Chemistry of Abundance (1939) Print advertisement for Dow Chemical Company depicts a holiday scene with a Christmas tree at the center of a bustling town square. People surround the tree, as ... More

WHAT HAS ROSIE THE RIVETER TO DO WITH Fresh Strawberries for Thanksgiving tb09j594t

WHAT HAS ROSIE THE RIVETER TO DO WITH Fresh Strawberries for Thanksgiv...

Advertisement: WHAT HAS ROSIE THE RIVETER TO DO WITH Fresh Strawberries for Thanksgiving? Color print magazine advertisement for Monsanto Chemical Company's product Santocel, a silica aerogel used in insulation... More

Your Quota Two eyes that see Protect them 2012 002 7217 xg94hq433 crop

Your Quota Two eyes that see Protect them 2012 002 7217 xg94hq433 crop

Safety illustration, text reads: "Your Quota: Two eyes that see PROTECT THEM". The illustration shows men wearing protective goggles. Published without a copyright notice in the Beckman Division Feedback news... More

Alchemist Filling Wet Drug Jars FA 2000.001.282

Alchemist Filling Wet Drug Jars FA 2000.001.282

A Man Filling Wet Drug Jars in an Apothecary Shop, artist unknown, 17th-century Italian School, Oil on Canvas. This painting shows the equipment and procedures involved in making a medicinal product, probably "... More

An Alchemist in His Study Heemskerk FA 2000.001.278

An Alchemist in His Study Heemskerk FA 2000.001.278

An Alchemist in his Study Egbert van Heemskerk I A gray-bearded alchemist facing right with red cap writes with quill at desk; in front on tables and floor are many different jars, fabric covers tied with stri... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-112

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-112

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with BASF Seal.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label feat... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-1673

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-1673

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Deity.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depicts... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-1674c

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-1674c

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Persian Indigo Dye Workers.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-21a

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-21a

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label features an elabora... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-275

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-275

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Cow.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depicts a ... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-352

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-352

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Tree Branch.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label d... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-353b

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-353b

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Anchor.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depict... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-354

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-354

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Anchor.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depicts... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-371

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-371

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Pigeons.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depict... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-45

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-45

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Macaw.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depicts ... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-562

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-562

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Woman and Child Milking Cow.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphi... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-726

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-726

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Figures in a Mountainous Landscape.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Phil... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-796

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-796

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Elephant.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label depi... More

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-887

Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik dye label 7-887

“Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Label with Alpaca.” Dye transfer print. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, circa 1900. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Dye label feature... More

D alexander nicolaus scherer 7526c702

D alexander nicolaus scherer 7526c702

An oval bust-length portrait of D. Alexander Nicolaus Scherer. Public domain photograph of portrait painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Early Italian Pharmacy 17th century fa 2000.001.263 Detail

Early Italian Pharmacy 17th century fa 2000.001.263 Detail

Painting of a 17th century pharmacy, showing a woman cleaning a metal bowl, near a furnace, surrounded by other equipment including alchemical apparatus.

Early Italian Pharmacy 17th century fa 2000.001.263

Early Italian Pharmacy 17th century fa 2000.001.263

Painting of a 17th century pharmacy (left side of pair), showing both men and women working, with a wide variety of equipment including alchemical apparatus for distillation.

Effigies Paracelsi Medici Celeberrimi FA 2000.001.203

Effigies Paracelsi Medici Celeberrimi FA 2000.001.203

An engraving of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus (born Theophrastus von Hohenheim) wearing a small medal around his neck. Below the portrait is an inscription reading: "Edura fortis fata refringero, / ... More

Francois-Marius Granet Alchemist FA 2000.003.041

Francois-Marius Granet Alchemist FA 2000.003.041

The Alchemist stands in a largely empty barrel-vaulted room, lit from a window on the center of the end wall. He stands alone, reading a small book. He is dwarfed by the size of the room, almost lost against th... More

Friedrich Graetz 1842-1912 Alchemist of the Past

Friedrich Graetz 1842-1912 Alchemist of the Past

"The Alchemist of the Past, and the Alchemist of the Present" by Friedrich Graetz (1842-1912). The scene depicts a character named Dr. Cashdown Mixer, Analytical Chemist collecting payments for items such as "A... More

Samuel William Fores - Isaac Cruikshank - Friends of the People 1792 Cruikshank

Samuel William Fores - Isaac Cruikshank - Friends of the People 1792 C...

"The Friends of the People", Isaac Cruikshank (1764–1811), Scottish painter and caricaturist, London, 15 November 1792, hand-colored etching, published by S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly. In his time, Priestley’... More

Humphrey Davy baronet fa 2000 001 mc87pr315

Humphrey Davy baronet fa 2000 001 mc87pr315

Portrait of "Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart., President of the Royal Society, &c. &c. &c.", engraved by Samuel William Reynolds (1773–1835) after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770–1845). A portrait of Sir Humphry ... More

James Gillray 1793 Dumourier Dining in State at St James P.933.53.11

James Gillray 1793 Dumourier Dining in State at St James P.933.53.11

Dumourier Dining in State at St James's, on the 15th of May, 1793 by James Gillray. Published 30 March 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street. “One of Gillray’s finest efforts, particularly impressive in ... More

Jasperware cameo portrait 3t945r493 0 5999n3987

Jasperware cameo portrait 3t945r493 0 5999n3987

Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man. Cameo is oval with the portrait of an unidentified man looking forward; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper ... More

Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley 01.11.008

Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley 01.11.008

Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley Cameo is oval with the profile of Joseph Priestley; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; sticker on back identifies the framer.

Johannes Weiland Alchemist with Scale FA 2000.001.268

Johannes Weiland Alchemist with Scale FA 2000.001.268

Alchemist with Scale by Johannes Weiland (Vlaardingen 1856–1909 The Hague) Seated gray-bearded man three-quarter view facing right, in black coat with fur collar and cuff, black hat on head, sits at red carpet... More

Joseph Priestley statue Williamson reproduction FA.01.01.29

Joseph Priestley statue Williamson reproduction FA.01.01.29

Statue is a copy of the one in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Joseph Priestley statue in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham is made of bronze, cast in 1951 from the marble original of 1874.

Liebig Company Memorial Trading Card 01.12.001 front

Liebig Company Memorial Trading Card 01.12.001 front

French trading card for Véritable Extrait de viande Liebig (Real Liebig Meat Extract) depicting Justus von Liebig on the front. There are three main images on the front - central image is of a monument to Liebi... More

Liebig Company Trading Card Ad 2007.137 front

Liebig Company Trading Card Ad 2007.137 front

English trading card for Liebig's Extract of Meat depicting two children throwing a gigantic jar of Liebig's extract of meat over a net or fence. Four more jars are placed on the ground. Front: "ANNUAL SALE E... More

Liebig Company Trading Card Ad 2014.003.001 front

Liebig Company Trading Card Ad 2014.003.001 front

French trading card for Véritable Extrait de viande Liebig (Real Liebig Meat Extract) depicting a lion hunt in Africa. Front: Scene of lion chase, male lion on left attacking hunter and female lion on the righ... More

Liebig Company Trading Card Ad 2014.003.002 front

Liebig Company Trading Card Ad 2014.003.002 front

French trading card for Véritable Extrait de viande Liebig (Real Liebig Meat Extract) depicting Egyptians capturing a crocodile. Text: Veritable Extrait de Viande Liebig 3_EGYPTE: Chasse au Crocodile VOIR AU VERSO

Marie-Marc-Antoine Bilcoq, 1755-1838 The iatrochemist

Marie-Marc-Antoine Bilcoq, 1755-1838 The iatrochemist

The Iatrochemist by Marie Marc Antoine Bilcoq. Painting, oil on canvas. In a large stone chamber, a young woman in a blue skirt leans close to study a flask held by an elderly, bearded iatrochemist. He rests a... More

Mattheus van Hellemont The Alchemist

Mattheus van Hellemont The Alchemist

The Alchemist by Mattheus von Helmont (Antwerp 1623-After 1679, Brussels) Oil on Canvas. A bearded seated man facing three quarters left, with glasses and bright red shirt, bends over open book on desk stacked ... More

Mattheus van Helmont - An Alchemist at Work

Mattheus van Helmont - An Alchemist at Work

An Alchemist at Work by Mattheus von Helmont Antwerp 1623-After 1679, Brussels Oil on Canvas A bearded alchemist is seated at a small bench, holding up a pair of spectacles to read a manuscript. Vessels, books,... More

Mattheus van Helmont An Alchemist at Work with assistants

Mattheus van Helmont An Alchemist at Work with assistants

An Alchemist at Work by Mattheus von Helmont Antwerp 1623-After 1679, Brussels Oil on Canvas A bearded alchemist is seated at a small bench, holding up a pair of spectacles to read a manuscript. Vessels, books,... More

Mattheus van Helmont The Alchemist fa 2000 001 j67314356

Mattheus van Helmont The Alchemist fa 2000 001 j67314356

The Alchemist by Mattheus von Helmont. Painting, oil on canvas. This scene depicts tools and materials used both in alchemy and in art—most notably the large écorché figure placed on the alchemist's table, whi... More

Mattheus von Helmont Alchemist at Work

Mattheus von Helmont Alchemist at Work

An Alchemist at Work by Mattheus von Helmont Antwerp 1623-After 1679, Brussels Oil on Canvas Within the shadowy confines of a workshop, an alchemist is surrounded by broken apparatus and overflowing piles of cr... More

Mexican Brand Insect Fluid Label 2014 010 116 jh343s40p

Mexican Brand Insect Fluid Label 2014 010 116 jh343s40p

Mexican Brand Insect Fluid Label circa 1910 – circa 1915 Printed bottle label for Mexican Brand Insect Fluid compound, depicting a woman using the product in a bedroom, with the tagline "What is Home without ... More

Michael faraday 707957642 b5644r755 dl full size

Michael faraday 707957642 b5644r755 dl full size

A lithograph portrait of a young Michael Faraday, looking left with his hand on his hip.

Our Mutual Friend by Joseph Keppler 1885 Puck 2017011

Our Mutual Friend by Joseph Keppler 1885 Puck 2017011

A cartoon for the cover of Puck, January 7, 1885. It shows a doctor and a sexton, happily greeting a striped candy cane, whose colored lines are marked with the names of dangerous additives that have been used... More

Paul Ehrlich by Franz Wilhelm Voigt 2014.031 crop

Paul Ehrlich by Franz Wilhelm Voigt 2014.031 crop

Portrait of Paul Ehrlich Portrait of Paul Erhlich, recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to immunology. Ehrlich was a German Jewish physician and scientist who worked... More

Paul Ehrlich by Franz Wilhelm Voigt 2014.031

Paul Ehrlich by Franz Wilhelm Voigt 2014.031

Portrait of Paul Ehrlich Portrait of Paul Erhlich, recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to immunology. Ehrlich was a German Jewish physician and scientist who worked... More

Plate xviii chymie cn69m494r dr26xz05s dl full size

Plate xviii chymie cn69m494r dr26xz05s dl full size

Plate XVIII: Chymie Hand-colored engraving from the "Chimie" section of Volume 3 of the Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication, which consisted ... More

Portrait of George Trapp, worker, by Gerrit A. Beneker dl full size

Portrait of George Trapp, worker, by Gerrit A. Beneker dl full size

Standing portrait of George Trapp, a blue-collar worker, looking left; dressed in work clothes including a cap, white shirt, vest, and smock; holding the neck of a green glass carboy in left hand; to left, crat... More

Portrait of Reinhart Geiger, locomotive engineer, by Gerrit A. Beneker dl full size

Portrait of Reinhart Geiger, locomotive engineer, by Gerrit A. Beneker...

Portrait of Reinhart Geiger, locomotive engineer, standing, facing left; dressed in cap, blue coat, and gloves; holding oil can; locomotive in background; train tracks in lower right. Gilded frame with label: "... More

Preparing of Ramie 35 Fiber for weaving PP01.11.021D.035

Preparing of Ramie 35 Fiber for weaving PP01.11.021D.035

"Preparing ramie fiber for weaving", Image 35, from The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment. This five volume, brocade-bound set of 62 Chinese watercolor paintings was collected by Sidney and Mildred E... More

The Alchemist N.C. Wyeth 1937 - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Alchemist N.C. Wyeth 1937 - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Alchemist by N. C. Wyeth. Painting, oil on canvas. Facing a glowing furnace at left, a bearded alchemist in green with red cap looks at flask of green liquid with young assistant in red singlet; laboratory... More

The Alchemist’s Experiment Takes Fire 1687 CHF fa 2000.001.276

The Alchemist’s Experiment Takes Fire 1687 CHF fa 2000.001.276

The alchemist's experiment has erupted in a fire, with glass shattering in midair and smoke billowing upward. In foreground an explosion at left shows smoke, fire and flying glass shards from a shattered alembi... More

The Medical Alchemist by Janneck FA.2000.00.275

The Medical Alchemist by Janneck FA.2000.00.275

Three figures are shown in a well-lit room in front of an open window. In the background is a cabinet full of glassware. Centrally, a seated alchemist in a physician's red cap with fur trim holds a flask in his... More

The Shannon Portrait of the Hon Robert Boyle

The Shannon Portrait of the Hon Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle (1627–1691), an Irish-born English scientist, was an early supporter of the scientific method and founder of modern chemistry. Boyle is known for his pioneering experiments on the physical properti... More

Thomas Wijck Alchemist in his Study FA 2000.001.280

Thomas Wijck Alchemist in his Study FA 2000.001.280

The Alchemist in His Study with a Woman Making Lace by Thomas Wijck (Beverwijck 1616–1677 Haarlem), Holland, 17th Century, Oil on panel A dark study illuminated by single leaded glass window at left; in middl... More

Trouble Comes to the Alchemist FA 2000.001.269

Trouble Comes to the Alchemist FA 2000.001.269

Trouble Comes to the Alchemist Dutch School, 17th-century Although the title suggests this is an image of an alchemist, the scene is one of a physician conducting a uroscopy for a female patient. Similar objec... More

Van Bentum Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory FA 2000.001.285

Van Bentum Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory FA 2000.001.285

The Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory by Justus Gustav van Bentum (Leiden 1670–1727) Holland, 17th or 18th century A white bearded man raises his hands as his chemical apparatus explodes, illuminating hi... More

Old method of Bleaching Figure 20 Appleton 1884

Old method of Bleaching Figure 20 Appleton 1884

Figure 20: Early method of bleaching cotton and linen goods on lawns Color plate illustrates an early method of bleaching cotton and linen goods on lawns. Two women stand in a vast landscape holding watering c... More

Agostino Ramelli Plate 184 Fountain b1063696 643

Agostino Ramelli Plate 184 Fountain b1063696 643

“Plate 184: Fountain.” In Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Paris, France, 1588. Pipes outwardly decorated like serpents spew water from the large vase into the basin of the fount... More

Alchemists Workshop detail from Title Page AQ24 (3)

Alchemists Workshop detail from Title Page AQ24 (3)

Alchemist's workshop, detail from the Title page ofBeschreibung allerfürnemisten mineralischen Ertzt unnd Bergkwercks Arten : wie dieselbigen, unnd eine jede in Sonderheit jrer Natur und Eigenschafft nach, auss... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate I (square)

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate I from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Microscopic section of human lung from phosgene shell poisoning. Dea... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate I

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate I from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Microscopic section of human lung from phosgene shell poisoning. Dea... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate II

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate II from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Blue type of asphyxia from phosgene poisoning, with intense venous con... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate III

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate III from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Pallid type of asphyxia from phosgene poisoning, with circulatory fai... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate IV

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate IV from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Gangrene of foot caused by vascular thrombosis from chlorine poisoning... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate IX

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate IX from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Ulceration of trachea by mustard gas." Text begins: "The characterist... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate V

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate V from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Erythema of skin from general exposure to the vapour of yellow cross su... More

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate X

American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Po...

Plate X from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee (American Red Cross, 1918). Plate title: "Microscopic section of human lung from mustard gas poisoning, with deat... More

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