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• Women chemists -- United States

• Women in the Chemical Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (Washington: National Academy Press, 2000), by National Research Council Chemical Sciences Roundtable (multiple formats with commentary at NAP)

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• Discovery of the Elements (sixth edition, enlarged and revised; Easton, PA: Journal Of Chemical Education, c1956), by Mary Elvira Weeks, ed. by Henry Marshall Leicester, contrib. by F. B. Dains (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Discovery of the Elements (fifth edition, enlarged and revised; Easton, PA: Journal of Chemical Education, c1945), by Mary Elvira Weeks, contrib. by F. B. Dains (page images at HathiTrust)

• Faith, Medical Alchemy and Natural Philosophy: Johann Moriaen, Reformed Intelligencer, and the Hartlib Circle (c1998), by J. T. Young (HTML at Newton Project; sections may be listed out of order)

• Raymund Lully, Illuminated Doctor, Alchemist and Christian Mystic (London: W. Rider and Son, 1922), by Arthur Edward Waite (page images at HathiTrust)

• Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus: His Personality and Influence as Physician, Chemist and Reformer (Chicago and London: Open Court, 1920), by John Maxson Stillman (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Priestley in America, 1794-1804 (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Co., c1920), by Edgar F. Smith (Gutenberg text and page images)

• The Quiet Revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Alan J. Rocke (HTML at UC Press)

• Consolations in Travel: or, The Last Days of a Philosopher (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1889), by Humphry Davy, ed. by John Davy, contrib. by Henry Morley
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself; With a Continuation, to the Time of His Decease, by His Son, Joseph Priestley (2 volumes; Northumberland: Printed by J. Binns, 1806), by Joseph Priestley and Joseph Priestley, contrib. by Thomas Cooper and William Christie (page images at HathiTrust)

• Labors and Legacies: The Chemists of Penn State, 1855-1947 (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, c2006), by Kristen A. Yarmey (PDF at PSU; 241 MB)
• Crusading for Chemistry: The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c1995), by Germaine M. Reed (PDF at Georgia)

• Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself; With a Continuation, to the Time of His Decease, by His Son, Joseph Priestley (2 volumes; Northumberland: Printed by J. Binns, 1806), by Joseph Priestley and Joseph Priestley, contrib. by Thomas Cooper and William Christie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chemical Essays: Being a Continuation of My Reflections on Fixed Fire, with Observations and Strictures Upon Drs. Priestley's, Fordyce's, Pearson's, and Beddoes's Late Papers in the Philosophical Transactions; and an Answer to the Reviewers (London: Printed for T. Faulder, J. Murray, J. Evans, 1793), by Robert Harrington (page images at NIH)
• Priestley in America, 1794-1804 (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Co., c1920), by Edgar F. Smith (Gutenberg text and page images)

• The Girl in the Golden Atom, by Ray Cummings (Gutenberg text)

• St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831), by William Godwin (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Shadows on the Rock (1931), by Willa Cather (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• Mr. Arnold: A Romance of the Revolution (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1923), by Francis Lynde, illust. by John Wolcott Adams (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Quiet Revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Alan J. Rocke (HTML at UC Press)

• Consolations in Travel: or, The Last Days of a Philosopher (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1889), by Humphry Davy, ed. by John Davy, contrib. by Henry Morley
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. (9 volumes; London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839-1840), by Humphry Davy, ed. by John Davy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Linus Pauling Research Notebooks, by Linus Pauling (page images at Oregon State)

• Fifty Years in Pharmacy (from Indiana Historical Society Publications, v3 #5; Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1903), by George White Sloan
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Crusading for Chemistry: The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c1995), by Germaine M. Reed (PDF at Georgia)

• Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers (London: G. Redway, 1888), by Arthur Edward Waite
  • page images at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson (Gutenberg text)

• The Works of Thomas Vaughan: Eugenius Philalethes (1919), by Thomas Vaughan, ed. by Arthur Edward Waite (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (as serialized in Weird Tales, 1941), by H. P. Lovecraft, illust. by Harry Ferman
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at Standard Ebooks

• Cornelius Agrippa, Occult Philosopher (London: William Rider and Son, 1921), by Lewis Spence (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cornelius Agrippa: The Life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Doctor and Knight, Commonly known as a Magician (2 volumes; London: Chapman and Hall, 1856), by Henry Morley
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• Disertaciones Historicas del Culto Inmemorial del B. Raymundo Lullio: Dr. Iluminado, y Martir, y de la Inmunidad de Censuras que Goza su Dotrina: Con un Apendiz de Su Vida (in Spanish; Mallorca: M. Capò, 1700), by Jaime Custurer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Raymund Lully, Illuminated Doctor, Alchemist and Christian Mystic (London: W. Rider and Son, 1922), by Arthur Edward Waite (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opera Omnia: Quibus Tradidit Artis Raymundi Lullii Compendiosam Explicationem, et Eiusdem Applicationem ad I. Logica, II. Rhetorica, III. Physica, IV. Mathematica, V. Mechanica, VI. Medica, VII. Metaphysica, VIII. Theologica, IX. Ethica, X. Juridica, XI. Problematica (in Latin; Cologne: L. Zetzner, 1612), by Bernardus de Lavinheta, ed. by Johann Heinrich Alsted (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Life of Paracelsus, Theophrastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541 (London: J. Murray, 1911), by Anna M. Stoddart (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Prophecies of Paracelsus: Magic Figures and Prognostications Made by Theophrastus Paracelsus about Four Hundred Years Ago (London: William Rider and Son, 1915), by Paracelsus, ed. by J. K. (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus: His Personality and Influence as Physician, Chemist and Reformer (Chicago and London: Open Court, 1920), by John Maxson Stillman (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte, by Joseph LeConte, ed. by William Dallam Armes (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Women in the Chemical Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (Washington: National Academy Press, 2000), by National Research Council Chemical Sciences Roundtable (multiple formats with commentary at NAP)

• Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America (New York: Macmillan, 1949), by Helen Wright
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, by Maria Mitchell, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
  • page images at Harvard
  • Gutenberg text

• Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America (New York: Macmillan, 1949), by Helen Wright
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, by Maria Mitchell, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
  • page images at Harvard
  • Gutenberg text
• Reminiscences of Famous Women (Buffalo and New York: Evans-Penfold Co., c1916), by Harriet A. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (London: J. Murray, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel, contrib. by Caroline Lucretia Herschel
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (London: J. Murray, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel, contrib. by Caroline Lucretia Herschel
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Women Worth Emulating (New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1877), by Clara Lucas Balfour
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Some Eminent Women of Our Times: Short Biographical Sketches (London and New York: Macmillan, 1889), by Millicent Garrett Fawcett (multiple formats at archive.org)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.