The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE
COLLECTION
Creator: Auguste Zindel
Title: Records
Dates: 1825-1902 (bulk 1825-1852)
Call
No.:
Acc.
No.: 74x140
Quantity: 91 volumes
Location: 40 F-G 2-7
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Auguste Zindel
was a 19th century chemist in
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Collection
consists of 90 notebooks, plus one published history of 19th century industry
in
dyed
textile fabrics and notes and dye recipes that give a rather complete record of
experiments in cloth dyeing over an extended period of time. The notebooks, almost completely in French,
but with some German, divide themselves into a number of distinct series: 12
volumes, titled “Journal,” of dye recipes, tests, and processes for the years
1825-1836; 22 volumes supplementing the "Journal" and covering
1829-1850; 32 volumes of textile samples with dye analyses and recipes for
1837-1852—called "Brouillon;" 16
volumes of an original 17 titled "Notes et observations," 1826-1850;
a one volume price index dated 1836; one volume of dye recipes, 1838-1844; 2
volumes of extracts from professional publications; 2 volumes describing
experiments and tests; and 2 volumes of notes on variously dated dye recipes,
1821-1831.
As well, the
collection includes the first volume of Histoire
documentair de l’Industrie de
ORGANIZATION
The
90 notebooks fall into nine distinct series of various lengths and overlapping
dates.
PROVENANCE
Purchased
from Kurt L. Schwarz.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Dyes and dyeing—Chemistry.
Dye industry—
Textile chemistry—
Textile
fabrics—Sample books.
Recipes.
Notebooks.
Letters.
Chemists.
Dyers.
RELATED
MATERIAL
A copy of the history
of 19th century industry in
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 40
F-G 2-7
Journal [Journal] (74x140.1 -- 74x140.12)
12 volumes:
Diaries of various dye recipes, tests, and processes during the period of 1826-1836. Closely describe the application of different
methods, and analysis of the product used.
Includes samples.
Journal 1
contains 4 indices: Journal I - X
Journal
"A" and "B"
Journal
"Observations and notebook entries," cahier 1 - 5
Journal
XI - XII
Couleur et traitment des articles de 1829 (complément
et suite du Journal) [Dyes and treatment of some materials from 1829
(addition and sequel of the Journal)]
(74x140.13 -- 74x140.34)
22 volumes:
dated from 1829 (volume "A") through 1850 (volume "W")
Brouillon [Rough draft] (74x140.35 -- 74x140.66)
32 volumes:
numbered 1-16 and "A"-"Q", these volumes cover dates
1837-1852. They list textile samples
together with short dye analyses and recipes of different dyes, and notes and
observations about their application.
Contains some text in German, and some dye recipes in German laid in.
Notes et observations [Notes and
observations] (74x140.67 -- 74x140.82)
16 volumes (out
of original 17; i.e., number 13 is missing): dated from August 1826 to December
1850, these volumes contain notes taken during the tests and after discussions
with colleagues. There are also
scientific abstracts of the time.
Specifically,
vol. 2: conversion tables for weight, liquids and
temperatures from English to French, and from old French measurements to the
new equivalents, including a conversion table of Cartier's aerometer
vol. 5: copy of a letter written in September 1836 by Jean
Koechlin to his sons about a treatment of prints in the year 1786; letter (in French) with a dye recipe used by
the house of Esslingen in Zurich, Switzerland, tipped in; letter (in German) for a dye recipe on paper
with English watermark
vol. 6: recipe for paper marbling, with samples; recipe (in
German) for dyes from
vol. 12: consumption table for the dye "Garance"
in Europe,
Prix des Drogues, des Couleurs et Fabrications
en 1836
[Price index for chemicals, dyestuffs, and cloth printings in 1836] (74x140.83)
One volume:
laid in account sheet by Auguste Zindel dated
Couleur des articles de 1838 à 1844 [Colors of the
items from 1838 to 1844] (74x140.84)
One volume: dye
recipes and analyses.
Extraits des journeaux, jan. 1825 à déc. 1844 [Abstracts of
papers from January 1825 to December 1844]
(74x140.85 -- 74x140.86)
2 volumes:
abstracts of summaries of articles from different publications dealing with the
chemical application applied to industrial processes. Some recipes written in German; medicinal
recipes, preservation of material recipes, chemical processes and analyses;
food analysis; cleaning compounds. Also
alcohol testing in fruits; sugar testing; and wood analyses and conservation. Journals cited include:
Journal de Chimie
Journal de Pharmacie
Annalen der Physik und Chemie,
Poggendorf (
Journal polytechnique, see Ecole
Polytechnique, Journal
Bulletin des sciences mathématiques
Annales de chimie et de physique
Journal des connaissances usuelles
Bulletin universel des sciences et
de l'industrie
Annales des mines
Recueil industrial
Journal des Traveaux de l'Academie
de l'Industrie Agricole
Bulletin de la Société d'Acriculture
des Sciences et Arts
Polytechnisches Journal
Compte rendu de l'Académie des
Sciences
Polytechnisches Central Blatt
Revue scientifique
Essai de teinture [Dyeing
tests] (74x140.87 -- 74x140.88)
2 volumes:
description of some experiments, observations made during the tests, notes upon
the results obtained. Summary of tests
on making "Merino" red during the year 1825 at Loerrach (
Cuisine aux coleurs [Receipts for
dyeing] (74x140.89 -- 74x140.90)
2 volumes:
notes on application for textile dyeing.
Series of dye recipes inconsecutively dated: 1821-1831 and 1824-1828.
Historie documentaire de l'Industrie de
1 volume:
General history of the town including schools, religion, geographical surveys,
elections of municipal officials.
Discussions of the industry of