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Zur Geschichte der subkutanen Injektionen und Injektabilia in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts mit besonderer Berücksichti-gung der Quecksilbertherapie / von Gottfried Schramm.
Schramm, Gottfried, 1927-Date: 1987- E-books
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Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as environmental ideas / David Macauley.
Macauley, David.Date: c2010- Books
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The elements of that mathematical art commonly called algebra, expounded in four books / By John Kersey.
Kersey, John, 1616-1690?Date: 1673- E-books
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Elements of chemistry, and natural history. To which is prefixed the philosophy of chemistry. By A. F. Fourcroy. Translated from the fourth and last edition of the original French work, by R. Heron. In four volumes. ..
Fourcroy, Antoine-Fran{cedil}cois de- Books
The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].
Emerson, William, 1701-1782.Date: 1768- Books
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Natura, philosophia, & ars in concordia. Or, Nature, philosophy, and art in friendship, an essay. In four parts. I. Demonstrating the necessity and practicability of building all manner of houses proof against fire and vermin ... II. An entire new plan of constructing chimnies so as the smoke cannot reverberate ... III. Plain methods pointed out, by which smoky chimnies may be effectually cured. IV. Certain and easy directions to all mechanics in wood, how to finish houshold [sic] furniture, and the wainscotting of rooms, so as no vermin can exist therein; and also how to cleanse those already infected / By W. Cauty, cabinet-maker.
Cauty, William.Date: 1772- Books
Louis Finson, The four elements / [editor] Paul Smeets ; contents by Barbara Ferriani [and others].
Date: 2007- Books
Ein kurtzer Tractat von der Natur der Elementen : vnd wie sie den Wind, Regen, Blitz vnnd Donner vervrsachen, &c. / Durch Cornelium Drebbel in nider teutsch geschrieben, ; vnd allen der Natur Liebhabern zu Nutz ins hoch teutsch getrewlich vbergesetzt, durch Johann Ernst Burggreffen.
Drebbel, Cornelis, 1572?-1633.Date: M DC XXVIII. [1628]- Books
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Thirteen books of natural philosophy: viz. I. Of the principles, and common adjuncts of all natural bodies. II. Of the heavens, the world, and elements. III. Of action, passion, generation, and corruption. IV. Of meteors. V. Of minerals and metals. VI. Of the soul in general, and of things vegetable. VII. Of animals or living creatures. VIII. Of man. Unto which is added five books more of natural philosophy in several discourses. IX. Discourse I. Of the principles of natural things. X. Dis. 2. Concerning the occult and hidden qualities. XI. Dis. 3. Of atomes and mixture. XII. Dis. 4. Of the generation of live things. XIII. Dis. 5. Concerning the spontaneous generation of live things / Written in Latin and English. By Daniel Sennert, doctor of physick, [tr. by] Nicholas Culpeper, physitian and astrologer,, Abdiah Cole, doctor of physick, and the liberal arts [and William Rowland?].
Sennert, Daniel, 1572-1637.Date: 1661- Books
Feuer, Wasser, Erde, Luft : eine Kulturgeschichte der Elemente / Gernot Böhme, Hartmut Böhme.
Böhme, Gernot.Date: [1996], ©1996- Pictures
Man and the four elements.
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536Date: [1531]Reference: 3334587i- Books
Homo ludens : a study of the play element in culture / Johan Huizinga ; [introduction by George Steiner].
Huizinga, Johan, 1872-1945.Date: [1970], ©1970- Pictures
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Cybele wearing a turreted crown and holding a sceptre; in the background men work on the land; representing Earth, one of the four elements. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
Barendsz, Dirck, 1534-1592.Date: 1587Reference: 26866i- Pictures
A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 45101i- Pictures
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An alchemical adept carrying the vase of Hermes, which is inscribed "Let us go to seek the nature of the four elements". Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38701iPart of: Splendor solis- Pictures
A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 35332i- Pictures
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Juno with her peacock in the clouds; representing the element of air. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
Barendsz, Dirck, 1534-1592.Date: 1587Reference: 26868i- Pictures
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Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
Reference: 26863i- Books
Hybrid bodies : rethinking heart transplantation.
Date: [2016]- Pictures
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The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38739iPart of: Splendor solis- Pictures
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Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23639i- Pictures
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23618i- Books
Rethinking nature : essays in environmental philosophy / edited by Bruce V. Foltz and Robert Frodeman.
Date: [2004], ©2004- Pictures
Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
Date: 1616Reference: 35413i- Pictures
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Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23640i