A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JONAS SALK AND ALBERT SABIN: (1914 - 1995) American physician and epidemiologist who developed the first vaccine against poliomyelitis. Good content T

JAMES GORDON BENNETT: (1841 - 1918) American editor of The Herald responsible for sending Stanley to Africa in search of Dr. Livingstone. Lot of two T

EDOUARD BRANLY: (1844 - 1940) French physicist whose invention of the coherer made wireless telegraphy possible. A.N. unsigned on his visiting card, 1

FERDINAND RUDOLF HASSLER: (1770 - 1843) Swiss scientist, the superintendent of the United Coast Survey from 1815-1817, and U.S. gauger under Andrew Ja

ISAAC ISRAEL HAYES: (1832-1881) American explorer who led an Arctic expedition aimed at proving the existence of open seas around the North Pole. Good

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: A neat grouping of eight commemorative FDC's honoring the Mayo Brothers, cancelled Rochester, Sept. 11, 1964, signed by pro...

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b

LINUS PAULING: (1901 - 1994) American chemist and physicist whose investigations into the structure of molecules led to discoveries of how chemicals b