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Employee at work in raw material storage at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified worker sorting raw material, possibly ore or phosphate, at a Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Apparatus at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified apparatus, possibly a pump or compressor, used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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Indigo
- Old as the Pyramids... New as the 20th Century
- 1937
Color print advertisement for synthetic indigo and other indigoid products manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features images of ancient Egyptian statues with accompanying text…
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Original site of National Technical Laboratories
- 1930s
This garage was the first location of the National Inking Appliance Company, founded by the National Postal Meter Company in 1934 to manufacture the new, nonclogging inking device invented by Arnold O. Beckman. This…
- Subject Buildings, Garages, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company
- 1936 – 1937
Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company plants and facilities located in Midland, Michigan. This photograph was taken by H. H. Harris, President of the General Alloys Company of Boston and amateur photographer who…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Harris, H.H.
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Aerial photographs
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Physical Testing Laboratory View #3
- 1930s – circa
General view of the Physical Testing Laboratory located in the Educational Buildings at the Dow Chemical Company facility in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Letter from Clare Evans to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1937-Aug-19
Evans writes to Beckman while he is on a trip to New York City about advertising and production of the new pH meter, especially the Model M.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a…
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Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1937-Sep-02
Lyons thinks the new system of distribution for the Beckman pH meter will be an important change for the "industrial field." The National Postal Meter Company on the letterhead was one of Arnold Beckman's first…
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Calibration of a McLeod Gauge
- 1930s
The McLeod Gauge measures very low pressures of gasses. Its presence in this collection indicates that it was used during the production of Beckman Instruments' early pH meters. These calibrations may have been written…
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Wilson College chemistry club
- Circa 1937
Group photograph depicting members of the chemistry club at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The group consists of nine women gathered around a table while observing one member pouring an unknown substance…
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Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962)
- 1930s
Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962). In partnership with John Lundberg and A.D. Wilson, Van Nostrand Dorr owned the Lundberg, Dorr, & Wilson gold & silver mining operation in Terry, South Dakota. In 1916, he…
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Nomination form signed by Hans von Euler
- 1937-Apr-26
Concerns von Euler's approval of Marcus L. Oliphant and Robert S. Mulliken to the Commission Internationales des Atomes.
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Letter from Francis Aston to the Secretary of IUPAC
- 1937-Mar-27
Concerns committee work on atomic weights and measurements as well as isotopic weights.
- Addressee International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
- Subject Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000, Isotopes, Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Atomic weights, Nobel Prize winners, Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968
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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)
- After 1920 – 1944
Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), inventor of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
- Manufacturer Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Portrait photography, Inventors, Bakelite, Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944, Plastics
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Portrait of Carroll A. Hochwalt (1900-1987)
- 1930s
Portrait of Carroll A. Hochwalt (1900-1987). Hochwalt worked as a chemical engineer for the General Motors Corporation before co-founding Thomas & Hochwalt Laboratories in partnership with Charles Allen Thomas in 1926.…
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Professor Wohler
- After 1840 – before 1940
A half-length portrait of Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), a German chemist.
- Artist Cook, Conrad
- After L'Allemand, Conrad, 1809-1880
- Subject Wöhler, Friedrich, 1800-1882
