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Autoclave at the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory
- 1950s – circa
General view of an autoclave, used for the fabrication of plastics, at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. In the foreground, Laboratory Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr.…
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Eleanor Vadala with Gammacell 220 at the Naval Air Material Center
- Circa 1958
Eleanor Vadala, chemist, demonstrating use of the Gammacell 220, a textile chemistry machine, at the Naval Air Material Center's Aerospace Materials Laboratory. The Gammacell 220 is a source of Cobalt-60 gamma…
- Addressee Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.)
- Creator Of Work United States. Navy
- Subject Women in science, Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Textile machinery, Radiation, Machinery, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.), Cobalt--Isotopes, Women employees, Women chemists, Chemists, Vadala, Eleanor, 1923-
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Rubber Laboratory at the Naval Air Material Center
- 1956-Jul-20
General view of the rubber extruder in the Rubber Laboratory at the Naval Air Material Center. Chemist C.P. Yarnall (center) and two unidentified men are seen removing material from the extruder and coiling it around a…
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Eleanor Vadala and Dr. Earl Hayes at the Naval Air Material Center
- 1959-Mar-19
Eleanor Vadala, chemist, and Dr. Earl Hayes, U.S. Defense Department, examining a display of airship fabric produced at the Naval Air Material Center. Ms. Vadala demonstrates the threads on an airship model while Dr.…
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Portrait of Benjamin Talbot Brooks (b. 1885)
- Circa 1950
Portrait of Benjamin Talbot Brooks (b. 1885). Brooks was an authority on petroleum and author of several volumes on the subject, including The Chemistry of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (1954-55).
- Photographer Bachrach, Fabian
- Subject Brooks, Benjamin Talbot, 1885-, Chemists, Petroleum, Portraits
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Portrait of Arthur Vining Davis (1867-1962)
- Circa 1950
Portrait of Arthur Vining Davis (1867-1962), American industrialist and philanthropist best known for his work with the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
Born in Sharon, Massachusetts, Arthur Vining Davis attended…
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Portrait of Williams Haynes (1886-1960)
- Circa 1950
Portrait of Williams Haynes (1886-1960). Williams Haynes was born on July 29, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from high school, Haynes worked as a reporter for the New York Sun before enrolling at Johns…
- Subject Journalists, Haynes, Williams, 1886-1960, Portraits
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Portrait of Edgar Clay Britton (1891-1962)
- 1950s
Portrait of Edgar Clay Britton (1891-1962). Born in Rockville, Indiana in 1891, Britton studied chemistry at the University of Michigan under Dr. William J. Hale. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan in 1918 and, while at…
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Relieve "project pressure" with a Beckman Data Handling System
- 1957
This data handling system was designed specifically for use with Doppler data from a Sperry 10-C velocimeter, to measure and track missiles. Used by the aerospace industry, the ad promises that it will automatically…
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Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge component
- Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of a Beckman Instruments employee modeling the use of a syringe to inject a sample into a Model E Ultracentrifuge vial.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after its January 1,…
- Photographer Illig, Russell
- Contributor Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Syringes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hard worker
- 1957
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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New Shockley transistor diodes combine fast switching with higher power handling
- 1959
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, Inc. with the goal of mass producing…
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pH you can taste
- 1959
This advertisement focuses on pH meters' use in the food processing and packaging industry.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed…
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Gas chromatography is new! The Beckman Gas Chromatograph is newer!
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Sargent Molecular Model Kit
- 1955 – 1965
White cardboard box with blue writing; contains black, blue, yellow, red, and green spheres as well as wooden and metal connectors.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are…
- Manufacturer E.H. Sargent and Company
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Zenith Royal Hearing Aid
- 1950s
Gold colored plastic box with a black circular grate and gold steel clips on the front; on the left top corner is a black plastic tone dial and on the right top corner is the volume dial; on the right side is a black…
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Letter from Farrington Daniels to Theodor Benfey
- 1957-Feb-07
Concerns recommendation of Tom Newlin as a teaching assistant as well as plans for revising the Chemistry program at Earlham College. The last paragraph makes references to the current state of development of solar…
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Letter from G. B. Kistiakowsky to Theodor Benfey
- 1947-Jan-13
Concerns scheduling of a tour around Kistiakowsky's laboratory at Harvard for Benfey.
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Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Frank Stodola
- 1942-Jul-06
Written by Joshua Lederberg while 17 years old, seeking permission to take Stodola's Chem s42C course, despite not having taken the necessary prerequisites.
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Letter from E. C. Kendall to Frank Stodola
- 1940-Dec-20
Concerns the biologic test of a 25 mg sample of material sent to Kendall from Stodola.
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Letter from Harold Urey to Frank Stodola
- 1940-Aug-19
Concerning appointment of Stodola as an Instructor at Columbia University.
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Letter from Selman A. Waksman to Frank Stodola
- 1958-Jun-16
Concerns acknowledgement of letter from Stodola about a symposium held at Rutgers University.
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Letter from Percy L. Julian to John C. Warner
- 1956-Feb-03
Letter from African American research chemist Percy L. Julian to American Chemical Society President John C. Warner. The letter concerns Julian's critique of the inclusion of a list of "Hotels for Colored Persons" in…
- Addressee Warner, John C.
- Author Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975
- Subject Warner, John C., Southern States, African Americans--Segregation, Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975, African Americans--Civil rights, Texas--Dallas, American Chemical Society, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, African Americans, African American chemists
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Letter from Percy L. Julian to Bernhard Witkop
- 1949-Jan-05
Concerns Robert B. Woodward's synthesis of methochloride of sempervirine. Also discusses an error made by Julian in the lab and communicated to Witkop in an earlier letter.
