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FREUD, SIGMUND. (1856-1939). Austrian neurologist, writer and founder of psychoanalysis.
Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed, in English, on "Marsfield Gardens" printed stationery card, 12mo, London stationery, January 5, 1939.
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JENNER, EDWARD. (1749-1823). English scientist who pioneered the development of vaccination by developing smallpox vaccine.
Autograph Manuscript Signed, 8vo, n.p., ca. 1822.
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ARMSTRONG, NEIL A., MICHAEL COLLINS, EDWIN (BUZZ) ALDRIN, JR. Armstrong, (1930-2012) American astronaut, and aerospace engineer, first person to walk on the Moon; Collins (b. 1930), American astronaut; Aldrin (b. 1930), American astronaut and second person to walk on the Moon.
Signed color NASA photograph, 4to, captioned, "Prime Crew of Fifth Manned Apollo Mission," photograph dated on verso, 1974, issued by US Government Printing Office.
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JENNER‚ EDWARD . (1749-1823). English physician and scientist who pioneered the development of vaccination by developing smallpox vaccine, often referred to as the father of immunology. He is credited with coining the term, vaccination.
Superb Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp, on one page, 8vo, Chaunty Cottage, Thursday noon, n.y.
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LAVOISIER , ANTOINE LAURENT DE and CONDORCET, MARQUIS DE. Lavoisier: (1743-1793) French financier and scientist. Condorcet: (1743-94) French mathematician, one of the main liberal philosophers and political leaders of the French Revolution. Both served together in the National Treasury during the French Revolution.
Scarce Manuscript Letter Signed, in French, 4to, Paris, July 7, 1792.
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OLSON, CHARLES. (1910-1970).
Rare Typed Letter Signed, 2 full separate 4to pages, Lerma, Campeche, Mexico, April 13, 1951.
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MEITNER, LISE. (1878-1968) Austrian physicist. She was a member of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut in Berlin (1912-1938). Meitner fled Germany for Stockholm in 1938. She is best known for her work on disintegration products of radium, thorium and actinium.
Substantive Autograph Letter Signed, in German, to Otto Hahn, on Government postcard, Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute, Berlin-Dahlem. May 16 [1917].
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FREUD, MARTHA BERNAYS. (1861-1951) Wife of Sigmund Freud.
Autograph Letter Signed, in German, 2 pp on one sheet of printed address stationery, 20 Marsefield Gardens, London, Jan. 12, 1950.
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SABIN, ALBERT. (1906-93) Russian born, American medical researcher who is best known for having developed the widely successful oral vaccine for polio.
Autograph Manuscript Signed, in pencil, titled, “Science and the Future Direction of Humanity,” 12 lined 4to pages, George Washington University, February 12, 1986.
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GUILLOTIN, JOSEPH-IGNACE. (1738-1814) French physician who proposed the use of a mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France. While he did not invent the guillotine, his name became synonymous with it, obscuring the actual inventor of the prototype, Antoine Louis.
Manuscript Document Signed, in French, 4to, Paris, May 8, 1800.
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CALDANI , LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO. 1725–1813) Italian anatomist and physiologist. He is noted for his experimental studies on the function of the spinal cord and for the introduction of electricity in the physiology of the nerves. His most celebrated work is his anatomical atlas made in collaboration with his nephew.
Autograph Letter Signed, in Italian, two 4to pages, Padua, March 9, 1794.
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AMPERE, ANDRE-MARIE. (1775-1836). French physicist and mathematician who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism. The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is named after him.
Magnificent Manuscript and Printed Document Signed, oblong folio, with attractive borders and red wax seal, Paris, during its session of April 30, 1808.
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BOHR, NEILS. (1885-1962) Danish Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1922. He is the main contributor to the understanding of the structure of the atom as well as to the development of quantum mechanics.
Typed Document Signed, in Danish, 4to, n.p., Winter 1936-37.
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SABIN, ALBERT. (1906-93). American physician and medical researcher. Created effective vaccines while working with the Army Medical Corps during World War II and best known for having developed the widely successful oral vaccine for polio.
A.M.S., thirteen numbered 4to pages with one additional page of additions, n.p., 1980.
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EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. (1847-1931) American inventor. Among his many inventions, of which he patented over a thousand, were an automatic telegraph repeater, printing telegraph, electric pen, the photograph and the incandescent lamp.
Rare Early Autograph Letter Signed, oblong 8vo, New York, February 9, 1883.
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THOMAS, BENJAMIN, COUNT RUMFORD. (1753 -1814) Anglo-American physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics. While working with the British armies in America, he conducted experiments concerning the force of gunpowder, the results of which were widely acclaimed. When he moved to London at the conclusion of the war, he already had a reputation as a scientist.
Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 3 pp plus integral address leaf 8vo, Paris, September 30, 1808.
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BOHR, NIELS. (1885-1962) Danish physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. He is the main contributor to the understanding of the structure of the atom as well as to the development of quantum mechanics.
Four original handwritten signatures on one leaf, 1 page, 8vo on "Gl. Carlsberg / København" letterhead stationery, n.p., n.d.
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LIEBIG, JUSTUS FREIHERR VON. (1803-1873) German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and worked on the organization of organic chemistry. As a professor, he devised the modern laboratory-oriented teaching method, and for such innovations, he is regarded as one of the greatest chemistry teachers of all time. Professor of Chemistry at Giessen, 1825-1851, and at Munich 1851-1873, founder of agricultural chemistry and discoverer of chloroform.
Autograph Letter Signed, in German, 8vo., Giessen, 25th April 1850 laid down on conjugate blank.
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HAHN, OTTO. (1879 -1968) German chemist who received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is considered a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry, and regarded as "the father of nuclear chemistry".
Autograph Letter Signed, in German, on magnificent hotel multicolored stationery, 4 full 4to pages, Partenkirchen, Thursday, September 3, 1931.
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CZERNY, VINCENZ. (1842-1916) German surgeon, best known for his work on tumors including his work in cancer research.
Autograph Letter Signed, in German, 8vo folded, 4pp., on personalized stationery, Heidelberg, Germany, August 17, 1914.
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