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History of Science and Technology

The History of Science and Technology Collection brings together in digital facsimile two categories of primary and secondary publications:

  • Writings about scientific research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Unique or valuable titles in science and technology held by the UW-Madison libraries

History of Science and Technology

The History of Science and Technology Collection brings together in digital facsimile two categories of primary and secondary publications: Writings about scientific research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Unique or valuable titles in science and technology held by the UW-Madison libraries
Image Source: A Ship of War of the Third Rate from Chambers' Clyclopaedia (1728)

History of Science and Technology Sample items in the collection

  • Apologia chrysopoeiæ et argyropoeiæ : adversus Thomam Erastum, Doctorem & Professorem medicinæ, in qua disputatur & docetur, an, quid, & quomodo sit chrysopœia & argyropœia
  • Metamorphosis lapidum ignobilium in gemmas quasdam pretiosas, seu, Modus transformandi perlas parvas, et minutulas, in magnas & nobiles, ac etiam construendi carbunculos artificiales, aliosque lapides pretiosos, naturalibus praestantiores
  • Micrographia : or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses : with observations and inquiries thereupon
  • Animadversiones in Joannis Antarveti, medicinæ candidati, Apologiam pro judicio scholæ Parisiensis, de alchymia ; Demonstratio veritatis doctrinae chymicae, adversus Joan. Riolani Comparationem veteris medicinae cum nova, Hippocraticae cum Hermetica, dogmaticae cum Spagyrica ; Philosophiae chymicae, IV. vetustissima scripta
  • Catholicon physicorum, seu, Modus conficiendi tincturam physicam & alchymicam a veteribus philosophis ...
  • Raimundi Lulii maiorici philosophi acutissimi, mediciq[ue] celeberrimi, De secretis naturae siue quinta essentia libri duo : his accesserunt, Alberti Magni summi philosophi, De mineralibus & rebus metallicis libri quin[que] ; quae omnia solerti cura repurgata rerum naturae studiosis recens publicata sunt per M. Gualtherum H. Ryff, Argentinensem, medicum
  • The Smithsonian Institution
  • Thesoro di varii secretti naturali
  • Raymundi Lullii Opera ea quae ad adinventam ab ipso artem universalem, scientiarum artiumque omnium brevi compendio, firmaq[ue] memoria appraehendendarum, locupletissimaq[ue] vel oratione ex tempore pertractandarum, pertinent : ut et in eandem quorundam interpretum scripti commentarii, quae omnia sequens indicabit pagina, & hoc demum tempore coniunctim emendatiora locupletioraq[ue] non nihil edita sunt : accessit huic editioni Valerii de Valerijs patricij Veneti aureum in artem Lulli generalem opus : adiuncto indice cum capitum, tùm rerum ac verborum locupletissimo
  • Tesoro de secreti : a beneficio universale
  • Discorso ragionale trattato sopra remedii de veneni materiali, compositi, simplici, corporali, e pestilentiali
  • Aurora thesaurusque philosophorum
  • The golden calf which the world adores and desires : in which is handled the most rare and incomparable wonder of nature, in transmuting metals, viz, how the intire substance of lead was in one moment transmuted into gold-obrizon, with an exceeding small particle of the true philosophick stone : at the Hague, in the year 1666
  • Venus vitriolata, in elixer conversa  : nec non Mars victoriosus, seu elixerizatus; sive, Modus conficiendi lapidem philosophicum tàm è venere, sivè cupro, quam à marte, sivè chalybe
  • The marrow of alchemy : being an experimental treatise, discovering the secret and most hidden mystery of the philosophers elixer : divided into two parts, the first containing four books chiefly illustrating the theory, the other containing three books, elucidating the practique of the art : in which, the art is so plainly disclosed as never any before did for the benefit of young practitioners, and the convincing those who are in errours laby.inth [Part I]
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  • Correspondence Concerning Iceland: Written to Sir Joseph Banks
  • Cyclopaedia, Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Chemical Engineering Technical Papers
  • Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application
  • Smithsonian Scientific Series

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