science

[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euc...

Repr. of line drawing by Erhard Ratdolt, printer of the edition. Illus. in: Euclides Elementa Geometriae, Venice, 1482. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 P. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... More

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P...

Title page in: Elementa geometria / Euclides. Venice : E. Ratdolt, 1482. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 225.

[Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Copernicus discussing matters of astronomy be...

Frontispiece in: Dialogo ... sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e coprenicano / Galileo Galilei. Fiorenza : G.B. Landini, 1632. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washingto... More

Allegory of arts and sciences - A drawing of a group of people sitting...

Print shows a tribute to the arts and sciences with women instructing young boys and girls, showing symbols relating to music, geometry, chemistry, geography, navigation, painting, industry, and astronomy. Sta... More

[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Bartol, Alexander Melv...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[An exacting housekeeper] - Public domain scan / drawing

President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneat... More

[Students in a science class conducting experiments, Western High Scho...

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Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - class in bacteriology labor...

Title from caption card. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900). Reportedly di... More

[Harvey Washington Wiley, looking through optical instrument in labora...

Photo made for article in N.Y. Herald, 1902 May. Harvey W. Wiley Collection.

School of Technology and Hall of Science, John B. Stetson University

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[The Silver Dart, one of the Aerial Experiment Association's early air...

In album: "Photographs, Laboratory Copy 1908." Penned at lower left of photographic print: "Copyright 09 Burner[?]." Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Fa... More

[Science, [by] Bela L. Pratt, Boston Public Library]

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Women scientists: standing: Miss Nellie A. Brown; L to R: Miss Lucia M...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Treasury Dept. Chemical laboratory of the Internal Revenue Bureau wher...

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Mossessohn, Albert Einstein, Chaim Weizmann and Ussischkin Ussishkin

Photograph shows Zionist leaders Ben-Zion Mossison (1878-1942), Menachem Ussishkin (1863-1941), Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), with scientist Albert Einstein (1879-1955). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Tit... More

[Domestic Science class in Horace Mann School. See Bliss report.] Loc...

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American College in Sultan's city. Biological laboratory, American Gir...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office. Group title: College. Turkey. Gift; American National Red Cross 194... More

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Activities on the Internal Revenue Bureau to enforce pr... More

Medical Science bldg., Vt. Ave. & L, [Washington, D.C.]

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Electric Institute of Washington. Electric ironer class

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Alex. Graham Bell & Jas. J. Davis

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Laboratory] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Laboratory - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A man in a suit and tie standing in a lab, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris &... More

The master mentalist, Newmann the man who knows and his marvelous show...

Includes small portrait of Newmann and small half-tone images of 2 posters advertising his performances. At head of title: The wonder show of the century! Created by Allied Printing. Transferred from; LC Rare B... More

[The Sieff Building at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Isr...

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Public Health Surgeon. Dr. Charles Armstrong, Public Health Surgeon an...

A man in a lab coat looking through a microscope, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General inf... More

Weighing material on balance. Forest Products laboratory, Madison, Wis...

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Domestic science class. High school, San Augustine, Texas

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Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted he...

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Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

[Albert Einstein speaking] - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man giving a speech. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Far...

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A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Far...

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Laboratory courses form an interesting part of the student nurse's tra...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Drawing off solutions into test tubes in micro-biological determinatio...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into the brain of a monkey....

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Taking a sample of blanched cabbage. Blanching is one of the methods u...

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Pouring sample to be used in microbiological titration of vitamins in ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (Uni...

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Recording data concerning aroma, appearance and flavor of dehydrated v...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Doctor Herrald R. Cox who developed the method of producing typhus vac...

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Albany, California. At the Department of Agriculture regional research...

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Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Laboratory technician

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Dr. Cox removing brain of typhus-infected guinea pig. USPHS (United St...

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Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward turns a valve in one...

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Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (Unite...

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Dr. E.A. Steinhaus examining bacteria cultures from insects and ticks....

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Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. (left to right)...

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Miss Jeanne Dougherty, graduate in Bacteriology, working in the labora...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting into brain of monkey. USPHS (U...

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Tungsten ore being analyzed in a laborato...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War I... More

Washington, D.C. Walter Spangenberg in a solid geometry class at Woodr...

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One of the 1,000 skilled Negro women working at the Kaiser shipyards, ...

Caption on print in lot: Baltimore, Maryland. May 1943. Negro woman worker at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyard. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information... More

Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Laboratory 204, wide side v...

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Penasco, New Mexico. A domestic science class in the high school

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Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Laboratory 307, general vie...

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Washington, D.C. A geometry teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School usin...

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Penasco, New Mexico. Science class in the high school making soil test...

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Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Laboratory worker conducting a te...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Building no. 1, laboratory ...

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Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Building no. 1, laboratory ...

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Morris Steigler, business on Market St., Newark, New Jersey. Counter d...

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Abbott Laboratories, 1350 Cote de Liesse, Montreal, Canada. Control la...

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William R. Warner Co., 18th St. and 6th Ave., New York City. Room 705,...

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Abbott Laboratories, 1350 Cote de Liesse, Montreal, Canada. Sealing am...

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Bellevue Medical Center, New York Hospital. Doctor at window

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Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. Infirmary laboratory

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Science Building, Queens College. Entrance detail

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Johnson & Johnson, Research Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Technic...

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Science Building, Queens College. Detail from south

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Morgan High School, Clinton, Connecticut. Science lab I

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Linen Thread Company's Research Lab, 418 Grand St., Paterson, New Jers...

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Drug & food Laboratory, Warren K. Leffler photo

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 854A, frame 7. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Neon refinery exhibit, Weiss Energy Hall, Museum of Natural Science, H...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

[Main Reading Room. Semi-circular stained glass window in alcove by H....

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. Mural of Science in the Pavilion of...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. Mural of Music in the Pavilion of A...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at th...

Artist: John Massey Rhind. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the ... More

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, in Fort Worth, Texas

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum opened in 1945 as the Fort Worth Children's Museum and moved to its current location in 1954. In 1968, the m... More

Dr. Ronald S. Tykoski (mustachioed man in the cowboy hat), a "fossil p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The chemical laboratory where Edison's teams worked on chemicals that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth ...

Significance: Bell Laboratories Holmdel was constructed from 1959 to 1966 according to a plan and design of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Although Saarinen passed away in September 1961 be... More

Wang Laboratories Assembly Plant, Pawtucket Blvd., Lowell, Massachuset...

Index data: WANG LABORATORIES ASSEMBLY PLANT, PAWTUCKET BOULEVARD, FEBRUARY 12, 1988. 1-2, Ed Matos inserting components into circuit board with an automatic insertion machine; 3, Ed Matos checking circuit boar... More

Sketchbook on military art, including geometry, fortifications, artill...

Manuscript on paper. Leaves 4-81 so numbered. Mainly pen and ink diagrs. and drawings, some painted with water colors. The text accompanying part of the illus. is in Italian, a few pages are in Spanish. Frances... More

Sketchbook on military art, including geometry, fortifications, artill...

Manuscript on paper. Leaves 4-81 so numbered. Mainly pen and ink diagrs. and drawings, some painted with water colors. The text accompanying part of the illus. is in Italian, a few pages are in Spanish. Frances... More

Sketchbook on military art, including geometry, fortifications, artill...

Manuscript on paper. Leaves 4-81 so numbered. Mainly pen and ink diagrs. and drawings, some painted with water colors. The text accompanying part of the illus. is in Italian, a few pages are in Spanish. Frances... More

Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...

Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More

Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...

Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River...

Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss b... More

Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...

Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More

Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...

Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More

Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...

Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More

Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...

Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More

Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...

Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More

Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De subtilitate libri XXI : nunc...

Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De subtilitate libri XXI : nunc...

Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De subtilitate libri XXI : nunc...

Frank Hirosama [i.e., Hirosawa] in laboratory / photograph by Ansel Ad...

Frank Hirosawa, half-length portrait, standing in the laboratory, facing slightly left. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-37-A. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965... More

Oakley Plantation, House, State Highway 965, Saint Francisville, West ...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Oakley Plantation House is, perhaps, the finest surviving historic example of Louisiana's rare Angle Tidewater Creole architecture. ...As one of only four sur... More