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STERNBERG, GEORGE MILLER. (1838–1915) U.S. Army physician who is considered to have been the first bacteriologist in the United States. He was the 18th U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1893 to 1902. Pioneering German bacteriologist .
A.L.S, 3pp on one 8vo folded sheet, Baltimore, Jan 26, 1886.
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WYATT, JOHN. (1786-1831) American pioneering physician, founder and president of The New York College of Physicians.
A.L.S. 4to, June 14,1817, n.p.
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JELIFF, SMITH. (1866-1945). American neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst who lived and practiced in New York City nearly his entire life. Originally trained in botany and pharmacy, Jelliffe switched first to neurology in the mid-1890s then to psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and ultimately to psychoanalysis.
A.L.S., 4to, Huletts Landing, NY, Oct 3, 1930.
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WHEATSTONE, CHARLES. (1802 - 1875) English scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for displaying three-dimensional images), and the Playfair cipher (an encryption technique). However, Wheatstone is best known for his contributions in the development of the Wheatstone bridge, originally invented by Samuel Hunter Christie, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance, and as a major figure in the development of telegraphy.
A.L.S., 8vo, 20 Conduit Street, March 27, 1843.
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FARADAY, MICHAEL. (1791-1867). British physicist and chemist, best known for his studies in electromagnetism and discovery of the laws of electrolysis.
A.L.S., 8vo, Royal Institution, 1863.
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MUNSTERBERG, HUGO. (1863-1916) German-American psychologist.
A.L.S., in German, 3 pp on folded 8vo sheet, Luxemburg, Nov 1, 1899.
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SCHWEITZER, ALBERT. (1875-1965). Alsatian medical missionary, Protestant theologian, and musician. Awarded the 1954 Nobel Peace prize.
A.L.S., in French, oblong 8vo, Geneva, July 29, 1965.
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HAHN, OTTO. (1879-1968) German physical chemist whose contributions were in the field of radioactivity.
A.L.S., in German, two sides on a government post card, postmarked Berchtesgaden, with holograph date, August 2, 1932.
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CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON. (1864-1943) African-American botanical researcher and agronomy educator who worked in agricultural extension at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama teaching former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency.
A.L.S., on "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" stationery, two pages on one 4to sheet, Tuskegee, Alabama, August 3, 1931.
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RAMSAY, WILLIAM. (1852-1916). Scottish inorganic chemist. Spent a quarter of the century at the University College, London, chairing the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discoveries of the elements ar
A.L.S., one page octavo, Chelsea Terrace (London), February 12, 1906.
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SEABORG, GLENN T. (1912–1999) American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements, contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed the actinoids concept and was the first to propose the actinoids series which led to the current arrangement of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
A.M.S., 3pp stapled together with one loose summary page, on yellow lined 4to paper, n.p., March 16, 1983.
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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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SCARPA, ANTONIO. (1752-1832). Italian anatomist and professor at Pavia and Modena, a pupil of Giovanni Battista Morgagni and Marc Antonio Caldani.
Autograph Document Signed, in Italian, oblong 8vo, Modena. June 18, 1777.
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LODGE, OLIVER SIR. (1851-1940) English physicist and writer involved in the development of the wireless telegraph. Lodge, in his Royal Institution lectures ("The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors") coined the term "coherer". He gained the "syntonic" (or tuning) patent from the United States Patent Office in 1898.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages 8vo, Cogbaston, England, March 22, 1911.
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PEIRCE, BENJAMIN. (1809-80).American mathematician and astronomer known for his investigation of Uranus, Neptune and Saturn.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages on one 8vo, Boston, 1863.
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LISTER, JOSEPH . (1827-1912) English surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He successfully introduced carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and to clean wounds, as well as the concept of doctors and other hospital personnel washing their hands before touching a patient.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp on one 8vo folded sheet of black bordered printed address mourning stationery, Portland Place, March 1, 1897.
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LIVINGSTONE, DAVID. (1813-73) Scottish missionary and explorer in central Africa.
Autograph Letter Signed, 4pp on one 8vo sheet, Malatear Dill?, Dec 7, 1865
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CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON. (1864-1943) African-American botanical researcher and agronomy educator who worked in agricultural extension at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama teaching former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency.
Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, on Tuskee Institute stationery, Alabama, June 22, 1932.
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RAMSEY, WILLIAM. (1852-1916) Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo folded, 3pp., on University College, London letterhead, April 2, 1897.
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RAMSAY, WILLIAM. (1852-1916) Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, 2 pages, on “University College, London” stationery, Glasgow, Scotland, April 13th, 1897.
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