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Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory

Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory
(Original Caption) Madame Curie (1867-1934), noted physical chemist, poses in her Paris laboratory. Undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: The Periodic Table Digital Illustration

The Periodic Table Digital Illustration
In the late 19th century, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published his first attempt at grouping chemical elements according to their atomic weights

Background imageChemistry Collection: Rectification Device

Rectification Device
Antique illustration of a DesireSavalles device for rectifying alcohol

Background imageChemistry Collection: Worshipful Company of Salters armorial

Worshipful Company of Salters armorial
This is the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Salters, as presented in a publication dated around 1800. The Worshipful Companies are trade associations based in the City of London

Background imageChemistry Collection: Male student in chemistry laboratory performing high vacuum distillation at low temperature

Male student in chemistry laboratory performing high vacuum distillation at low temperature
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Male student in chemistry laboratory performing high vacuum distillation at low temperature, University of Pennsylvania

Background imageChemistry Collection: Justus Von Liebig Famous Chemist Woodcut

Justus Von Liebig Famous Chemist Woodcut
(Original Caption) 1845- Woodcut of Justus Von Liebig, famous organic chemist, in his labotory at Gliessen where he was a professor

Background imageChemistry Collection: Thomas Edison Standing in Laboratory

Thomas Edison Standing in Laboratory
(Original Caption) Portrait of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) standing in his chemical laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey. Undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Thomas Edison Standing in Chemistry Lab

Thomas Edison Standing in Chemistry Lab
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison is shown here in the chemistry lab at his West Orange, New Jersey plant

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemists Pierre and Marie Curie in Laboratory

Chemists Pierre and Marie Curie in Laboratory
(Original Caption) Portrait of Pierre and Marie Curie in laboratory. Undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Pierre Curie Seated in Laboratory

Pierre Curie Seated in Laboratory
(Original Caption) Profile portrait of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) seated in his laboratory. Undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Model Of Dna Molecule

Model Of Dna Molecule
(Original Caption) Model of a DNA molecule, after a pattern by Dr. Van R. Potter(?). A modification of the Watson-Crick model. Undated b/w photo

Background imageChemistry Collection: Portrait of Marcelin Berthelot

Portrait of Marcelin Berthelot
(Original Caption) Pierre Bertholet (1827-1907), French chemist and statesman

Background imageChemistry Collection: Portrait of Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife by Jacques-Louis David

Portrait of Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife by Jacques-Louis David
(Original Caption) David, J.L. Lavoisier (1748-1825) and wife. Painting. BPA2# 635

Background imageChemistry Collection: Engraving Depicting Alchemist with Crucible from Goethe's Faust

Engraving Depicting Alchemist with Crucible from Goethe's Faust
(Original Caption) The Alchemist in search of a substance that will create human life. Homunculus (the dwarf man) appears in the crucible. a scene from goethe's "Faust"

Background imageChemistry Collection: Madame Curie and Others Experimenting with Radium

Madame Curie and Others Experimenting with Radium
(Original Caption) M. and Mme. Curie experimenting with radium. After a drawing by Andre Castaigne, 1903

Background imageChemistry Collection: Children with Gifts on Christmas Morning

Children with Gifts on Christmas Morning
(Original Caption) Children play with their gifts under the Christmas tree after opening them on Christmas morning

Background imageChemistry Collection: Portrait of Alfred Nobel In His Laboratory by Emil Osterman

Portrait of Alfred Nobel In His Laboratory by Emil Osterman
(Original Caption) Alfred Nobel in his laboratory. Painting by Emil Osterman. Undated

Background imageChemistry Collection: Print of Henry Cavendish after a Portrait by Alexander

Print of Henry Cavendish after a Portrait by Alexander
(Original Caption) Henry Cavendish (1731-1810). English physicist and chemist. After a portrait by Alexander

Background imageChemistry Collection: Portrait of Pierre Joseph Pelletier

Portrait of Pierre Joseph Pelletier
(Original Caption) Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842) French chemist. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageChemistry Collection: Thomas Edison Standing in Laboratory

Thomas Edison Standing in Laboratory
(Original Caption) Portrait of Thomas Edison in his lab, 1904. Edison is shown here standing with a cigar in his left hand

Background imageChemistry Collection: Thomas Edison and Irving Langmuir with Vacuum Tubes

Thomas Edison and Irving Langmuir with Vacuum Tubes
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison (L) and Dr. Irving Langmuir (C) are shown here discussing the vacuum tube at the General Electric Research Laboratory. Undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory

Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory
(Original Caption) Madame Curie in her laboratory ca. 1905. From a rare photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Portrait of French Physicist Jean Baptiste Perrin Posing by Microscope

Portrait of French Physicist Jean Baptiste Perrin Posing by Microscope
(Original Caption) France: Portrait of Jean Baptists Perrin (1870-1942). French physicist and chemist. awarded the 1926 Nobel price for Physics

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemist in His Laboratory

Chemist in His Laboratory
(Original Caption) Co-Winner of Nobel Chemistry Prize. London, England: Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemists Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie in Lab

Chemists Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie in Lab
(Original Caption) Paris, France: Frederick Joliot and his wife, Irene Curie, Physicists, who shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. Photograph in their laboratory. Undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Complicated Rain-Collecting Apparatus in Laboratory

Complicated Rain-Collecting Apparatus in Laboratory
This complicated apparatus is used in the manufacture of heavy water, which differs from ordinary rain water in that it contains twice the amount of hydrogen by weight

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr. And Mrs. Frederick Curie-Joliot

Dr. And Mrs. Frederick Curie-Joliot
(Original Caption) 11/26/35-Paris, France: The award of the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Curie-Joliot, (both pictured), marks the third such award to the Curie family

Background imageChemistry Collection: Eric von Stroheim in the 1936 motion picture The Crime of Dr. Crespi

Eric von Stroheim in the 1936 motion picture The Crime of Dr. Crespi
Eric von Stroheim as Dr. Andre Crespi

Background imageChemistry Collection: A.H. Compton With Irving Langmuir In Lab

A.H. Compton With Irving Langmuir In Lab
(Original Caption) 4/30/36: Dr. A.H. Compton (left), physicist at the University of Chicago, and Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Abe Krems Standing at Blackboard

Abe Krems Standing at Blackboard
(Original Caption) 6/17/1937-Seattle, WA- Portrait of Abe Krems, the youngest graduate in the 1937 class at the University of Washington. Krems, 17, was graduated, cum laude, on June 14

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemists Examining Columbia Laboratory Scrubbing Column

Chemists Examining Columbia Laboratory Scrubbing Column
(Original Caption) Dr. Harold Clayton Urey, Nobel Prize winner (left), and Dr. John R

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemist Experimenting at Lab

Chemist Experimenting at Lab
Dr. Austin W. Curtis Jr. chemist and assistant to Dr. George Washington Carver, conducts an experiment in a laboratory of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemists Wear Gas Masks While Purifying Mustard Gas

Chemists Wear Gas Masks While Purifying Mustard Gas
(Original Caption) 10/4/1942- It takes from 12 to 14 hours to make a batch of Mustard Gas

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr. Linus Pauling at the Chalk Board

Dr. Linus Pauling at the Chalk Board
Dr. Linus Pauling, received a Nobel Prize for his work combining the concept of molecular structures with quantum mechanics

Background imageChemistry Collection: American Chemist Jerome Karle Speaking at Podium

American Chemist Jerome Karle Speaking at Podium
(Original Caption) USA: Jerome Karle, Nobel Prize Winner

Background imageChemistry Collection: Sainte-Claire Deville Giving Demonstration

Sainte-Claire Deville Giving Demonstration
(Original Caption) Sainte-Claire Deville, French chemist who devised method for commercial production of aluminum

Background imageChemistry Collection: Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz

Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz was a German organic chemist who was known for his work on organic compounds

Background imageChemistry Collection: Scientist Paul Ehrlich Holding Test Tube

Scientist Paul Ehrlich Holding Test Tube
Paul Ehrlich holding a test tube. An undated photograph

Background imageChemistry Collection: Leopold Ruzicka

Leopold Ruzicka
(Original Caption) Leopold Ruzicka (1887- ), Noble prize winner for chemistry (1939)

Background imageChemistry Collection: Emil Von Behring In Lab W/Assistant

Emil Von Behring In Lab W/Assistant
(Original Caption) German physiologist Emil von Behring (1854-1917), with an assistant in his laboratory. He won the 1901 Nobel Prize for his work with tetantus and diptheria immunizations

Background imageChemistry Collection: Portrait of Sir Humphrey Davy

Portrait of Sir Humphrey Davy
(Original Caption) Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), English chemist

Background imageChemistry Collection: High School Students in Science Laboratory

High School Students in Science Laboratory
(Original Caption) Models: Irene King, Elma Earle Borden. High School laboratory class

Background imageChemistry Collection: Student Doing Experiment in Laboratory

Student Doing Experiment in Laboratory
(Original Caption) A student is shown doing an experiment in a laboratory class. Model: Michael De Palma. Jr. Undated

Background imageChemistry Collection: Students During Chemistry and Pharmacy Class

Students During Chemistry and Pharmacy Class
Students of Chemistry and Pharmacy receive classroom instruction at St. Thomas Hospital in London

Background imageChemistry Collection: Ubi Crookes Ibi Lux by Leslie Matthew Ward

Ubi Crookes Ibi Lux by Leslie Matthew Ward
Illustrated full-length portrait of British chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)

Background imageChemistry Collection: British Chemist Michael Faraday in His Physics Laboratory

British Chemist Michael Faraday in His Physics Laboratory
(Original Caption) England: Faraday's laboratory at the Royal Institute, 1870

Background imageChemistry Collection: Illustration of Chemical Reactions

Illustration of Chemical Reactions
(Original Caption) Electric Discharge in Rarefied Gases. 1. Discharge in vapour of Alcohol. (2.3.4.5. Geissler's Tubes enclosing rarefied gases.) 2

Background imageChemistry Collection: Illustration Depicting Doctor and Apothecary

Illustration Depicting Doctor and Apothecary
(Original Caption) Doctor and apothecary from Brunswching Buch der Chirurgy

Background imageChemistry Collection: Print of Baron Justus von Liebig's Chemistry Laboratory

Print of Baron Justus von Liebig's Chemistry Laboratory
Illustration depicting the Giessen laboratory of Baron Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) in 1842. Giessen was one of the most advanced centers of chemical research during this period

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev In Laboratory

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev In Laboratory
(Original Caption) Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907) in the chemical laboratory of the University of St. Petersburg. After a painting by N.A. Jarosenko

Background imageChemistry Collection: Detail of Louis Pasteur in His Laboratory by Albert Edelfelt

Detail of Louis Pasteur in His Laboratory by Albert Edelfelt

Background imageChemistry Collection: Engraving Laboratory &Table Of Elements

Engraving Laboratory &Table Of Elements
(Original Caption) 1780-Engraving of the interior of a busy, scientific laboratory and the table of elements

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr William F Giauque Nobel Prize Winner

Dr William F Giauque Nobel Prize Winner
(Original Caption) 11/3/1949-Berkley, CA: Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Pioneering Chemist Percy Julian Holding Award

Pioneering Chemist Percy Julian Holding Award
(Original Caption) USA: Dr. Percy Julian receives Decalogue Society Award

Background imageChemistry Collection: Teen Working on Experiment

Teen Working on Experiment
(Original Caption) Michael DePalma Jr. works on science experiment. Undated photograph. BPA 2 #4336

Background imageChemistry Collection: Harold Urey with Map of Moon

Harold Urey with Map of Moon
11/9/1950- Chicago, IL: Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Chemist Glenn Seaborg with Element Apparatus

Chemist Glenn Seaborg with Element Apparatus
Chemist Dr. Glenn Seaborg with a scientific apparatus and periodic table of the elements. He is expected to be awarded the Noble Prize in Chemistry

Background imageChemistry Collection: Professors Pointing to Periodic Chart

Professors Pointing to Periodic Chart
(Original Caption) U. of C. Profs. Awarded Nobel Chemistry Award. Berkeley Calif.: Dr. Edwin McMillan (left) and Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Gerty and Carl Cori in Their Laboratory

Gerty and Carl Cori in Their Laboratory
Gerty and Carl Cori won the 1947 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for their work linking phosphates, glucose, and metabolism

Background imageChemistry Collection: Professor Linus Pauling Seated at Desk

Professor Linus Pauling Seated at Desk
(Original Caption) 11/2/1954- Pasadena, CA- Professor Linus Pauling, Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology

Background imageChemistry Collection: Linus Pauling with His Family Members

Linus Pauling with His Family Members
(Original Caption) 12/14/54-Stockholm, Sweden: Professor Linus Pauling, 1954 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with family members (L-R) daughter-in-law Anita Pauling, daughter Linda, and wife

Background imageChemistry Collection: Woman Handling Radioactive Isotopes

Woman Handling Radioactive Isotopes
(Original Caption) Using heavy protective gloves and tweezers, this laboratory worker handles radioactive isotopes with the respect to which they are entitled

Background imageChemistry Collection: Professor Lise Meitner Receives Otto Hahn Prize for Physics

Professor Lise Meitner Receives Otto Hahn Prize for Physics
(Original Caption) Munich, Germany. Smart Gathering

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr. Vincent Du Vigneaud Smoking Cigar

Dr. Vincent Du Vigneaud Smoking Cigar
(Original Caption) Prize thought. New York. Dr. Vincent Du Vigneaud reflects on his success, with the aid of a big cigar, after he named winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Background imageChemistry Collection: Vincent du Vigneaud at His Desk

Vincent du Vigneaud at His Desk
(Original Caption) Winner of Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Background imageChemistry Collection: Scientist Bottling Radioactive Isotopes

Scientist Bottling Radioactive Isotopes
A scientist carefully bottles isotopes with robotic arms from behind a protective wall at the Radiochemical Centre, one of the largest pharmaceutical factories in the world

Background imageChemistry Collection: Alexander Todd Points At Molecule Model

Alexander Todd Points At Molecule Model
(Original Caption) 10/29/1957-Cambridge, England - Professor Sir Alexander Todd, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, points at a model of a molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid Ocotber 29th

Background imageChemistry Collection: Alexander Todd Looks at Molecule Model

Alexander Todd Looks at Molecule Model
(Original Caption) 10/29/1957-Cambridge, England - Professor Sir Alexander Todd, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, poses beside a model of a molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid Ocotber 29th

Background imageChemistry Collection: Melvin Calvin Inspects Chlorella Tanks

Melvin Calvin Inspects Chlorella Tanks
(Original Caption) 11/2/1961-Berkeley, CA- Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dr. Melvin Calvin inspects Chlorella growing tanks in his laboratory

Background imageChemistry Collection: Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin
(Original Caption) 11/3/1961-Berkeley, CA- Nobel Prizewinner Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr. Melvin Calvin with Sucrose Model

Dr. Melvin Calvin with Sucrose Model
(Original Caption) 11/9/1961-Berkeley, CA- Holding a model of the sucrose molecule used in his current study of sugar structure, Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin Displaying Image of a Molecule

Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin Displaying Image of a Molecule
(Original Caption) Mrs

Background imageChemistry Collection: Doctor Guilio Natta at His Desk

Doctor Guilio Natta at His Desk
(Original Caption) 11/5/1963-Milan, Italy: Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr. Giulio Natta Writing at Desk

Dr. Giulio Natta Writing at Desk
(Original Caption) Dr. Giulio Natta, co-winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is shown writing at his desk at his Milan home November 5th. Natta and Dr

Background imageChemistry Collection: Robert L. Strickman Displaying Filter Substance

Robert L. Strickman Displaying Filter Substance
(Original Caption) Robert L

Background imageChemistry Collection: Gerhard Hertzberg Working at Desk

Gerhard Hertzberg Working at Desk
Dr. Gerhard Hertzberg, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Background imageChemistry Collection: Dr Paul Flory Working in Laboratory

Dr Paul Flory Working in Laboratory
10/15/1974-Palo Alto, CA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Dr. Paul Flory, Stanford University Chemistry Professor and winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is shown in his laboratory

Background imageChemistry Collection: John Warcup Cornforth

John Warcup Cornforth shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Vladimir Prelog of Switzerland. | Location: University of Sussex, Brighton, England, UK

Background imageChemistry Collection: Professor Melvin Calvin Speaking

Professor Melvin Calvin Speaking
Portland, Or.: Closeup of Professor Melvin Calvin, University of California speaking

Background imageChemistry Collection: Frederick Sanger and DNA Model

Frederick Sanger and DNA Model
British biochemist Professor Frederick Sanger was awarded his second Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1980

Background imageChemistry Collection: Professors Celebrating Nobel Prize Announcement

Professors Celebrating Nobel Prize Announcement
(Original Caption) Cambridge

Background imageChemistry Collection: Thomas Britton

Thomas Britton.Engraved image in feb 1777 by lond mag.AdobeRGB.Now in the public domain

Background imageChemistry Collection: Antique illustration of scientific discoveries: Steam power, Marquis de Jouffroy

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries: Steam power, Marquis de Jouffroy

Background imageChemistry Collection: Antique illustration of scientific discoveries, electricity and magnetism

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries, electricity and magnetism: Benjamin Franklin



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