Philadelphia Area Archives

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Pythagoras Boyd recipe book for dyes and dyeing, circa 1860-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 2 leaves)
Abstract:: A volume comprised of formulas for dyes and dyeing textiles written by print works chemist Pythagoras Boyd between the years 1860 to 1865.

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Book of recipes for varnishes, lacquers, and dyes, 1835-1855 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A parchment bound volume spanning from 1835 to 1855 containing handwritten recipes and instructions for varnishes, lacquers, and dyes.

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The Textile Manufacturer's Journal: The Perkin Jubilee, 1906

Extent:: 0.10 linear feet (1 folder)
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Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies, 1946-1974 (inclusive) 1951-1966 (bulk)

Extent:: 44 photographic prints (1 box)
Abstract:: Black and white print photographs of the instrumentation and facilities used in the manufacture of dyes at the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies.

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"Fast Blues, Suitable for Dyeing Silk and Wool Without the Use of Spirit" Circular, 1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.10 linear feet (1 folder)
Abstract:: This is a sheet of dyeing instructions in English, French, and German which was printed by Brooke, Simpson & Spiller.

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Analysis of an aluminum alloy notebook: Notebook of Warren G. Schlinger, 1942

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 notebook)
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Charles F. Chandler notebook of Aniline dyes, 1898

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 notebook)
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H. Kohnstamm & Co. color specimens, undated

Extent:: 1 linear feet (2 boxes)
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Household and organic chemistry course notebooks, 1942

Extent:: 1 linear feet (2 notebooks)
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Recueil de quelques préparations, galeniques et chimiques: avec quelque recettes utiles et curieuses, pour servir aux pharmaciens, chirurgiens, aux personnes charitables, et aux curieux. Le tout tiré des meilleurs auteurs, taut anciens que modernes, [?] en 1758, augmenté ... corrigé et transcris à Huningue en haute Alsace; relie à Basel en Suisse, chez M. Samuel Haag, dans le courant du mois de Mars 1786, before 1786 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: An eighteenth century, leather-bound volume with a fish scale pattern spine stamped in gold and a label that reads "recettes diverses." The volume contains a collection of pharmaceutical recipes providing remedies for various ailments on 140 pages. Each page has a black ink double ruled border. A majority of the recipes have explanations for usage and dosage

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