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Henry B. Nason, Chemist
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Henry B. Nason (1831-1895), head of the Chemistry department at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first Technological school in the U.S. Handwritten text at the bottom of the image reads, "H.B. Nason, Troy N.Y., 1869."
1869
Cobden, Arthur (Troy, N.Y.)
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WHi 45228
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