| Description |
3 boxes (ca. 110 lantern slides) |
| Content |
still image |
| Media |
unmediated rdamedia |
| Carrier |
sheet rdacontent |
| Note |
Slides of models of the periodic table used by Edward G. Mazurs in the production of his book Types of Graphic Representation of the Periodic System of Chemical Elements (1957). |
| Summary |
This collection predominately consists of lantern slides and transparencies of models of the periodic table used by Mazurs in the production of Types of Graphic Representation of the Periodic System of Chemical Elements (1957). The collection includes models by Dmitrii Mendeleev, Edward Janet, and other notables, as well as Mazurs himself, and effectively provides a panorama of the evolution of the periodic table in the one hundred years following Mendeleev’s initial 1869 design. Alternative layouts for the table include circular, cylindrical, pyramidal, spiral, and triangular forms ranging in date from the 1860s to the 1950s, with the bulk of the images dating from the 1880s to the 1920s. The collection also includes copies of portraits of several notable chemists, including Mendeleev, Janet, and Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas. |
| Biography |
Edward G. Mazurs (1894-1983) was born in Latvia and received his Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Riga, where he served as a professor from 1919 to 1940. Mazurs emigrated to the United States in 1949 and worked as a chemist at Argo Corn Products in Chicago. Following his retirement from Argo Corn in 1959, Mazurs relocated to Santa Barbara and taught chemistry at Westmont College. Mazurs self-published his seminal work, Types of Graphic Representation of the Periodic System of Chemical Elements, in 1957; a revised “centenary” edition was published by the University of Alabama Press under the title Graphic Representations of the Periodic System During One Hundred Years in 1974. |
| Provenance |
Separated from the Edward G. Mazurs Collection of Periodic Systems, 1782-1974; Gift of Westmont College, via Cory Thomas, Archivist, 2008. |
| Note |
Processed by Amanda Antonucci. Object identification numbers were assigned to individual slides and transparences. |
| Use |
To obtain reproduction and copyright information, contact reproductions@sciencehistory.org. |
| Gift |
gift; Westmont College, via Cory Thomas, Archivist; 2008. |
| Access Restrictions |
Unrestricted. |
| Finding Aids |
Finding aid is available. |
| Cite As |
Edward G. Mazurs Collection of Periodic Systems Images, 1860s-1950s, Science History Institute Archives. |
| Associated Collections |
Forms part of: Edward G. Mazurs Collection of Periodic Systems, 1782-1974. |
| Note |
Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
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Periodic law -- History.
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Chemical elements -- Nomenclature.
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Scientific illustration.
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| Genre |
Photographs.
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Photograph collections.
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Lantern slides.
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| Additional Title |
Edward Mazurs image collection |
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