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Working under cover   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Philip, James Charles, 1873-1941
Photographer
Reinhold Thiele  (1856–1921)  wikidata:Q20950073
 
Alternative names
Karl Anton Reinhold Thiele; Karl August Reinhold Thiele
Description German photographer, painter, watercolorist and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 1856 Edit this at Wikidata 1921 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Hamelin
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creator QS:P170,Q20950073
Title
Working under cover
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English: "Working under cover", image of a workman operating a guncotton press behind protective rope screen from The Romance of Modern Chemistry by James Charles Philip. London, England, 1909.

Entitled "Working Under Cover," the rest of the caption reads "The machine in the background is a guncotton press, and the workman who operates the press is protected, in case of accident, by a rope screen." It is credited as a photo by "Reinhold Thiele & Co." (1856-1921) and reproduced "By permission of Sir Frederick Nathan", (1861 - 1933), the Superintendent of the Royal Gunpowder Works at Waltham Abbey.

The photographic reproduction depicts a man guarded by a rope screen as he operates a guncotton press. Guncotton, or nitrocellulose, is used in explosives.

This plate is found within The Romance of Modern Chemistry, which is a layman's introduction to topics in chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies, and water; chemical changes such as fire, freezing and explosions; chemistry of the stars; food; electricity; solutions and crystals; as well as discoveries in chemistry.
Date 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q5090408
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Notes Image downloaded with permission from the Science History Institute, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative.
Source https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9g54xj91r
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Public domain

The author died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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