Instruments for Science, 1800-1914: Scientific Trade Catalogs in Smithsonian Collections
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Standard Company Name: J. Duboscq
Company Name: M.J. Duboscq, Opticien
Title: Catalogue des Appareils / Employés, Pour La Photographie, sur Plaqué, sur Verre, sur Papier, Construits Dans Les Ateliers
Imprint: France (Paris: 1862)
Pagination and Size: 40 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: photographic equipment
Notes: Item Number: 51668. Includes preface; description of instruments; prices.
Subject Area: Photography ; Microscopy ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Central Scientific Company
Company Name: Central Scientific Company
Title: Physical and Chemical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1909)
Pagination and Size: 302 p.; 26 x 17 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: hydraulic presses, water turbines and transformers
Notes: Item Number: 51679. Catalogue M; Includes prices; index.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Central Scientific Company
Company Name: Central Scientific Company
Title: Physical and Chemical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1912)
Pagination and Size: 515 p.; 26 x 17 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: spectroscopes, motors and meterological sets
Notes: Item Number: 51680. Catalogue M, Reprinted March 1915; Includes prices; index.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Company Name: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, Ltd.
Title: Physical Instruments
Imprint: England (Cambridge: 1906)
Pagination and Size: 74 p.; 28 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: gyroscopes, balance scales and spectometers
Notes: Item Number: 51708. List No. 42; Includes content; prices; index; Advance in prices inserted.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Company Name: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, Ltd.
Title: Callendar's Apparatus for Measuring the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Imprint: England (Cambridge: 19--)
Pagination and Size: 1 p.; 29 x 23 cm
Material Type and Language: Fliers; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: heat measuring instrument
Notes: Item Number: 51711. No. 39; Includes prices; instructions for use.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Max Kohl (Firm)
Company Name: Max Kohl A.G.
Title: Physical Apparatus in Stock
Imprint: Germany (Chemnitz: 19--)
Pagination and Size: 70 p.; 21 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: switch boards, projectors and tuning forks
Notes: Item Number: 51637. Price list No. 50, Vols I, II and III; Includes preface.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Title: Physikalische Apparate / (über 1600 Abbildungen enthaltend)
Imprint: Germany (Berlin: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 384 p.; 31 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; German
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: weights, pulleys and balances
Notes: Item Number: 51667. Includes prices (List No.18); forward; subject index; name index; item index; photograph of laboratory..
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: H.B. & W.O. Chamberlain
Company Name: H.B. & W.O. Chamberlain
Title: Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Philosophical Instruments / Illustrated Catalogue of School Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 186-)
Pagination and Size: 44 p.; 21 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: test tubes, microscopes and air pumps
Notes: Item Number: 51606. Includes prices; index.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Microscopy
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Standard Company Name: Max Kohl (Firm)
Company Name: Max Kohl A.G.
Title: Equipments for Physics and Chemistry Class Rooms
Imprint: Germany (Chemnitz: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 192 p.; 31 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: laboratory and projection equipment
Notes: Item Number: 51635. Price List No. 50, Vol I.; Includes prices; index; price correction note inserted.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Company Name: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, Ltd.
Title: S.G.Brown's Hertzian Wave Detector
Imprint: England (Cambridge: 1908)
Pagination and Size: 5 p.; 29 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Fliers; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: hertzian wave detector
Notes: Item Number: 51614. Leaflet No. 4046; Includes price; description of instrument.
Subject Area: Physics ; Electricity ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Company Name: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, Ltd.
Title: S.G.Brown's Hertzian Wave Detector
Imprint: England (Cambridge: 1907)
Pagination and Size: 8 p.; 29 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Fliers; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: hertzian wave detector
Notes: Item Number: 51615. Leaflet No. 46; Includes price; description of instrument; license application.
Subject Area: Physics ; Electricity ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Title: Neues Wohlfeiles Instrumentarium zur Demonstration der Versuche von Hertz über die Eigenschaften der elektrischen Wellen / Strahlen elektrischer Kraft
Imprint: Germany (Berlin: 189-)
Pagination and Size: 6 p.; 31 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; German
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: oscillator and resonator
Notes: Item Number: 51663. Document No 106; Includes price list.
Subject Area: Electricity ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Max Kohl (Firm)
Company Name: Max Kohl Aktiengesellschaft
Title: Physical Apparatus
Imprint: Germany (Chemnitz: 19--)
Pagination and Size: 24 p.; 29 x 21 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: laboratory and scientific instruments
Notes: Item Number: 51639. Supplement to general catalog 50, volumes I-III; Includes price.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Title: Projektionen mit dem Universal-Schul-Projektions-Apparat Type NOR.
Imprint: Germany (Berlin: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 96 p.; 25 x 18 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; German
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: projection equipment
Notes: Item Number: 51662. Includes index; price list; description of instruments; use of equipment; endorsement letters inserted; equipment list inserted; preprinted return address postcard inserted.
Subject Area: Education
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Standard Company Name: Max Kohl (Firm)
Company Name: Max Kohl A.G.
Title: Physical Apparatus / Vol. II. Apparatus and Supplies for General Use. Introduction to Physics. Mechanics. Wave Theory. Acoustics. Optics. Heat. Meteorology. Cosmology.
Imprint: Germany (Chemnitz: 191-)
Pagination and Size: 962 p.; 31 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: laboratory, physical and chemical equipment
Notes: Item Number: 51634. Price List No. 50, Vols II and III; Includes preface; conditions of sale; awards; contents; corrections; testimonials; index; Page numbering begins at 200; Pencil drawings on end page of preface inserted; price sheets for Simple Physical Apparatus inserted; note pasted to back of front cover.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Meteorology
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Standard Company Name: Max Kohl (Firm)
Company Name: Max Kohl
Title: Physikalische Apparate
Imprint: Germany (Chemnitz: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 882 p.; 31 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; German
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: electric motors, chemical balances and microscopes
Notes: Item Number: 51636. Includes preface; index; Price List No. 21; 10 page catalog "Experimentier-Schalttafeln für Lehranstalten und Laboratorien."; Four drawing of equipment configuration inserted.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Deleuil
Company Name: De Deleuil
Title: Catalogue Des Instruments / De Physique, De Chimie, D'optique et De Mathématiques
Imprint: France (Paris: 1865)
Pagination and Size: 319 p.; 23 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: levers, pullies and manometers
Notes: Item Number: 51729. Includes table of content; index; prices; reports; historical notices; expositions attended.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Deleuil
Company Name: De Deleuil
Title: Catalogue Des Instruments / De Physique, De Chimie, D'optique et De Mathématiques
Imprint: France (Paris: 1863)
Pagination and Size: 101 p.; 23 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: balances, metric measures and burettes
Notes: Item Number: 51730. Includes index; prices; reports; historical notices; expositions attended.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Company Name: Ferdinand Ernecke
Title: Catalogue No. 10 of Physical Instruments / for use in Teaching or Experimenting in the various Sciences
Imprint: Germany (Berlin: 1885)
Pagination and Size: 160 p.; 26 x 18 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: turbines, model steam engines and agricultural ploughs
Notes: Item Number: 51732. Includes preface; testimonials; prices; index; advertisements; drawings inserted.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Engineering
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Standard Company Name: William Y. McAllister (Firm)
Company Name: William Y. McAllister
Title: Catalogue of Magnesium Stereopticons; Magnesium Lamps; Oxy-Hydrogen Microscopes; Oxy-Hydrogen Polariscopes; Oxy-Hydrogen Kaleidoscopes; Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticons; Oxy-Calcium Stereopticons; Dissolving View Apparatus; Magic Lanterns and views for the same
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 186-)
Pagination and Size: 108 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: stereopticons, magic lanterns and glass slide pictures
Notes: Item Number: 51740. Includes contents; prices; description; instructions for operation of instruments; description of glass slide pictures.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Central Scientific Company
Company Name: Central Scientific Company
Title: Physical and Chemical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1914)
Pagination and Size: 515 p.; 25 x 16 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: barometers, pulleys and centrifuges
Notes: Item Number: 51744. Includes index; prices; note to science teachers; ordering instructions; shipping instructions; description of the instruments; use of instruments; function of instruments.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: J. Duboscq
Company Name: Maison Jules Duboscq
Title: Historique & Catalogue de tous les Instruments D'Optique Supérieure / Appliqués Aux Sciences et a L'industrie
Imprint: France (Paris: 1885)
Pagination and Size: 114 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: solar reflectors, spectroscopes and photometers
Notes: Item Number: 51748. Includes forward and table of contents; prices; projection images; metals and awards.
Subject Area: Optics ; Education ; Spectroscopy
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Standard Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Title: Instruments D'Optique Et de Précision / Sources Lumineuses et Appareils de Projection
Imprint: France (Paris: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 44 p.; 27 x 19 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: heliostats, projection microscopes and projection apparel
Notes: Item Number: 51749. Catalogs 1 & 2; prices; table of content; preface; awards.
Subject Area: Optics ; Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Title: Instruments D'Optique Et de Précision / Interférences-Diffraction-Polarisation-Double réfraction
Imprint: France (Paris: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 44 p.; 27 x 19 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: polariscopes, compensators and projectors
Notes: Item Number: 51751. Catalog 4; Includes prices; table of content; discussion on light waves; awards; listing of all catalogs.
Subject Area: Optics ; Education ; Physics
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Standard Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Title: Instruments D'Optique Et de Précision / Réflexion-Réfraction-Vision
Imprint: France (Paris: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 35 p.; 27 x 19 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: kaleidoscopes, mirrors and prisms
Notes: Item Number: 51752. Catalog 5; Includes prices; table of content.
Subject Area: Optics ; Education ; Physics
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Standard Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Company Name: Ph. Pellin
Title: Instruments D'Optique Et de Précision / Appareils de measure
Imprint: France (Paris: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 32 p.; 27 x 19 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: spherometers, refractometers and goniometers
Notes: Item Number: 51753. Catalog 7; Includes prices; listing of all catalogs; awards.
Subject Area: Optics ; Education ; Physics
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Standard Company Name: E. Ducretet E. Ducretet & L. Lejeune
Company Name: E. Ducretet
Title: Catalogue des Instruments de Précision
Imprint: France (Paris: 1870)
Pagination and Size: 97 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: hydraulic presses, barometers and manometers
Notes: Item Number: 51756. Includes preface; prices; index.
Subject Area: Physics ; Meteorology ; Education
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Standard Company Name: A. Loiseau et Fils
Company Name: A. Loiseau Fils
Title: Appareils Électriques, Scientifiques & Instructifs / Prix Courant
Imprint: France (Paris: 1870)
Pagination and Size: 16 p.; 21 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; French
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: magnets, electric motors and electric telegraphic signals
Notes: Item Number: 51760. Includes prices.
Subject Area: Physics ; Electricity ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Société Genevoise
Company Name: Société Genevoise
Title: Illustrated Price List of Physical and Mechanical Instruments
Imprint: Switzerland (Geneva: 1900)
Pagination and Size: 258 p.; 24 x 16 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: dividing machines, theodolites and compression pumps
Notes: Item Number: 51790. Includes medals and exhibition awards; preface; remarks; ordering instructions; contents; index of authors; index of subjects; chapter numbers 0 through 9.
Subject Area: Physics ; Engineering ; Education
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Standard Company Name: E.S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc.
Company Name: Ritchie's
Title: Illustrated Catalogue of Philosophical Instruments, and School Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 1860)
Pagination and Size: 84 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: gyroscopes, air pumps and batteries
Notes: Item Number: 51791. Includes preface; testimonials; descriptions of instruments; prices; sets of apparatus.
Subject Area: Physics ; Natural Philosophy ; Education
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Standard Company Name: W. and S. Jones
Company Name: W. and S. Jones
Title: ACatalogue of Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments
Imprint: England (London: 1822)
Pagination and Size: 16 p.; 21 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: astronomical, optical mathematical
Notes: Item Number: 52490. Includes descriptions of instruments; prices.
Subject Area: Natural Philosophy ; Education ; Physics
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Standard Company Name: E.M. Clarke
Company Name: E.M. Clarke
Title: No title
Imprint: England (London: 183-)
Pagination and Size: 10 p.; 21 x 13 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: magneto-electric machines and apparatus
Notes: Item Number: 52491. Includes prices.
Subject Area: Electricity ; Education
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Standard Company Name: German Educational Exhibition
Company Name: German Educational Exhibition
Title: Scientific Instruments
Imprint: United States (St. Louis, MO: 1904)
Pagination and Size: 221 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: theodolites, spectrometers and projectors
Notes: Item Number: 52495. Includes introduction; index; instruments exhibited; floor plan of German exhibits.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Surveying
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Standard Company Name: Joseph M. Wightman
Company Name: Joseph M. Wightman (successor to Claxton & Wightman)
Title: ACompanion to the Air Pump, with a description of Claxton's Improved Single Cylinder Lever Air Pumps / A descriptive explanation of a great variety of apparatus and experiments, many of which are original
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 1839)
Pagination and Size: 44 p.; 19 x 12 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: air pumps
Notes: Item Number: 52499. Include preface; testimonial; description of instrument; use of instrument; appendix.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Curt W. Meyer (Firm)
Company Name: Curt W. Meyer
Title: Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Physical & Chemical Apparatus, for School Use / Electro Medical Instruments, Batteries, Optical Goods, Etc
Imprint: United States (New York, NY: 1881)
Pagination and Size: 68 p.; 20 x 13 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: electric machines, physical and chemical apparatus
Notes: Item Number: 52500. Includes preface; medals awarded; notice of ordering and shipping instructions; prices; miscellaneous price list; extracts from the press; book list; appendix.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Joseph M. Wightman
Company Name: Joseph M. Wightman (Successor to Claxton & Wightman)
Title: ACatalogue of Philosophical, Astronomical, Chemical and Electrical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 1846)
Pagination and Size: 44 p.; 19 x 12 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: air pumps, magnets and glass prisms
Notes: Item Number: 52501. Includes a description of the company; gold medal award; testimonials; description of instruments; prices; list of astronomical diagarams.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Natural Philosophy
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Standard Company Name: Joseph M. Wightman
Company Name: Joseph M. Wightman
Title: Catalogue and Prices of Philosophical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 185-)
Pagination and Size: 36 p.; 19 x 12 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: hydrometers, balances and pyrometers
Notes: Item Number: 52502. Includes price list.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: James W. Queen & Company
Company Name: James W. Queen & Co.
Title: Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Physical Instruments and School Apparatus
Imprint: United States (New York, NY: 1874)
Pagination and Size: 159 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: spherometers, gyroscopes and barometers
Notes: Item Number: 52503. Includes notice; preface; description of instruments; prices; index.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: James W. Queen & Company
Company Name: James W. Queen & Co.
Title: Abridged Catalogue of Optical Instruments / Mathematical Instruments, Physical Apparatus, Meteorological Instruments
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 1883)
Pagination and Size: 34 p.; 23 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: field glasses, binoculars and telescopes
Notes: Item Number: 52505. Includes notice; description of instruments; prices; letter inserted.
Subject Area: Optics ; Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Standard Scientific Company
Company Name: Standard Scientific Company
Title: Farwell-Stifler Optical Bench / As used in Columbia University in the College Physics Laboratory and in the Optometry Courses
Imprint: United States (New York, NY: 1914)
Pagination and Size: 8 p.; 23 x 16 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: optical bench, spherical lenses and spherical glass mirrors
Notes: Item Number: 52508. Bulletin No. 4; Includes description of instruments; price list.
Subject Area: Optics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Franz Schmidt & Haensch Optische-Mechanische Werkstätten
Company Name: Franz Schmidt & Haensch Optisch-Mechanische Werkstätten
Title: Projektions-Apparate / Apparate speziell zur Projektion von Diapositiven, Apparate zur Projektion von Diapositiven, sowie für experimentelle und mikroskopische Demonstrationen, Episkope und Epidiaskope, Lichtquellen und Zubehör, Objektive, Stative und Projektionsschirme
Imprint: Germany (Berlin: 1910)
Pagination and Size: 73 p.; 28 x 21 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: projectors and microscopes
Notes: Item Number: 52509. Catalog IV; Includes terms of sale; forward; description of instruments; prices; special offers; Nachtrag zum Preisblatt vom Juni 1912 inserted; Neuer Projektionsapparat für durchsichtige und undurchsichtige objekte inserted.
Subject Area: Education ; Microscopy
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Standard Company Name: Dr. James R. Chilton
Company Name: Dr. James R. Chilton
Title: ADescriptive Catalogue of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus, Chemical Preparations, &c. &c.
Imprint: United States (New York, NY: 1855)
Pagination and Size: 88 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: air pumps, balances and batterys
Notes: Item Number: 52519. Includes preface; description of instruments; prices; list of chemicals and reagents; list of apparatus and chemicals.
Subject Area: Chemistry ; Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: J.L. Hammett Co.
Company Name: J. L. Hammett
Title: Illustrated Catalogue of School Merchandise
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 187-)
Pagination and Size: 50 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: school desks, student microscopes and school books
Notes: Item Number: 52528. Includes bound pages from catalogs of various other manufacturers; description of instruments and furniture; prices; testimonials.
Subject Area: Education ; Physics ; Microscopy
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Standard Company Name: H.B. & W.O. Chamberlain
Company Name: H.B. & W.O Chamberlain's
Title: Catalogue of Philosophical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 186-)
Pagination and Size: 14 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: air pumps, electrical machines and induction coils
Notes: Item Number: 52529. Includes description of instruments; prices.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Microscopy
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Standard Company Name: James W. Queen & Company
Company Name: James W. Queen & Co.
Title: Priced and illustrated catalogue of physical instruments / Chemicals and chemical apparatus and school apparatus generally
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 1884)
Pagination and Size: 253 p.; 23 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: gyroscopes, magnets and thermometers
Notes: Item Number: 52536. Twenty-eighth edition; Includes notice; preface; testimonials; description of instruments; prices; catalogue of scientific books and works of reference.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: William Y. McAllister (Firm)
Company Name: W. Mitchell McAllister
Title: Priced and illustrated catalogue of meteorological and philosophical instruments / Chemical and school apparatus. Thermometers
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 1869)
Pagination and Size: 73 p.; 23 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: barometers, electrometers and magnets
Notes: Item Number: 52542. Includes notice; description of instruments; prices; book list; content.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: E. Leybold's Nachfolger
Company Name: E. Leybold's Nachfolger
Title: Catalogue of physical apparatus
Imprint: Germany (Cologne: 190-)
Pagination and Size: 286 p.; 29 x 22 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: levels, electro-magnets and galvanometers
Notes: Item Number: 52546. Includes preface; notes and conditions of business; discussion of equipment; prices; explanation of abbreviations; index; note on price of catalogs; manual of attestations and references included.
Subject Area: Electricity ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd.
Company Name: Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd.
Title: Price list of apparatus for experiments in practical physics
Imprint: England (London: 1912)
Pagination and Size: 650 p.; 28 x 21 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: drawing instruments, sliding callipers and balances
Notes: Item Number: 52548. Includes awards; preface; contents; conversion table; metrical system of weights and measures; section on scientific books; index.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Drawing Instruments
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Standard Company Name: E.S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc.
Company Name: E.S. Ritchie and Sons
Title: Ritchie's Illustrated Catalogue of Physical Instruments and School Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 1877)
Pagination and Size: 116 p.; 23.5 cm x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: instruments for the teaching of mechanical, electrical and physical principles and phenomena
Notes: Item Number: 52552. Includes prices; inserted sheet of testimonials.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Standard Scientific Company
Company Name: Standard Scientific Company
Title: Stansico-Eriksen Transparent Models of Engines
Imprint: United States (New York, NY: 1917)
Pagination and Size: 4 p.; 23 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: transparent engine models
Notes: Item Number: 52554. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Education ; Physics ; Engineering
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Standard Company Name: E.S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc.
Company Name: E.S. Ritchie
Title: E.S. Ritchie's Catalogue
Imprint: United States (: 1900)
Pagination and Size: 63 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types:
Notes: Item Number: 52555. Includes prices.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Scientific Materials Company
Company Name: Scientific Materials Company
Title: Scimatco Series of New and Improved Apparatus for Educational Laboratories
Imprint: United States (Pittsburgh, PA: 1914)
Pagination and Size: 16 p.; 27.5 x 21 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types:
Notes: Item Number: 52557. Includes prices; Includes inserts on company's research department; insert on "reagent bottles" and "metallography tables".
Subject Area: Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Scientific Instruments, Circular 333 / Siemens & Halske A.-G.'s Precision Resistances
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1907)
Pagination and Size: 4 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: precision resistances
Notes: Item Number: 52565. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Electricity ; Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Scientific Instruments, Circular 336
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1907)
Pagination and Size: 4 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: galvanometers
Notes: Item Number: 52568. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Electricity ; Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Scientific Instruments, Circular 346
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1906)
Pagination and Size: 8 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: refractometers, spectroscopes and balances
Notes: Item Number: 52571. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Scientific Instruments, Circular 347 / The Epidiascope
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1906)
Pagination and Size: 12 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: the epidiascope
Notes: Item Number: 52572. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Education ; Natural History ; Optics
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Scientific Instruments, Circular 348
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1907)
Pagination and Size: 12 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: kromscops and cameras
Notes: Item Number: 52573. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Photography ; Optics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Scientific Instruments, Circular 350 / The Studentia Calorimeters
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 1907)
Pagination and Size: 16 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: calorimeters
Notes: Item Number: 52574. Includes prices; product description.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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