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  Advertisements

  Farmers Report: More Meat, More Milk, More Eggs after Spraying with Pestroy

  • 1949

  Black and white print magazine advertisement for Pestroy insect spray. This ad appeared in The Country Gentleman, April 1949.

  • Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides, Toxins
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  Photographs, Portraits

  Portrait of James A. Rafferty (1886-1951)

  • 1940s – circa

  Portrait of James A. Rafferty (1886-1951). Rafferty was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 4th, 1886 and studied engineering and chemistry at the Lewis Institute of Technology. Following his graduation from Lewis in 1908,…

  • Subject Chemical industry, Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, Chemists, Rafferty, James A., 1886-1951, Portraits, Industrialists
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1949

  • 1949-Oct-18

  Contains suggestions from Mulliken to Shull for changes in one of Shull's manuscripts.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Wave functions, Quantum theory, Chemists, Physicists
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1949

  • 1949-Sep-22

  Concerns submission of a manuscript to Mulliken for review, and results of Shull's latest work on quantum theory.

  • Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Author Shull, Harrison
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Quantum theory, Chemists, Physicists
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  Photographs

  Unidentified U.S.D.A. building

  • 1940s – circa

  Exterior view of an unidentified United States Department of Agriculture building. The building is believed to be part of the U.S.D.A.'s Agricultural Engineering Laboratory facility located in Beltsville, Maryland.

  • Subject United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Department of Agriculture
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  Chemistry sets

  Gilbert Electric Eye Kit

  • 1949

  • Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
  • Subject Electric apparatus and appliances, Electricity, A.C. Gilbert Company, Electron tubes
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  Postage stamps, Ephemera, Postcards

  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,…

  • Artist Hourriez, Georges
  • Contributor Edelfelt, Albert, 1854-1905
  • Subject Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postcards, Semipostal stamps, Edelfelt, Albert, 1854-1905
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  Photographs

  Double flask for demonstrating anaerobic fermentation

  • 1939 – 1967 (Date span attributed to photograph)

  Photograph of a double flask used by French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to demonstrate anaerobic fermentation, as displayed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Per notations…

  • Creator Of Work Fisher Scientific (Firm), Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
  • Subject Fermentation--Research, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Fermentation, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), Glassware
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  23 items
  Photographs

  National Technical Laboratories company picnics

  • 1940s
  • 1946
  • 1949

  The bordered photograph featuring Coca-Cola bottles and ice buckets is dated 1949. The bordered photographs of children are dated 1946. The exact date of the photographs without white borders is unknown.

  • Subject Employees, Company picnics, Children, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  National Technical Laboratories: Mission Street building, South Pasadena

  • 1940s

  This building at 820 Mission Street was the first built exclusively for National Technical Laboratories in 1940.

  • Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1949

  • 1949-Dec-05

  Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1949

  • 1949-Nov-11

  Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1949

  • 1949-Dec-06

  Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Wave functions, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1949

  • 1949-Sep-09

  Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Rieke, C. A., Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
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  Photographs

  Beckman IR-12 Spectrophotometer

  • 1940s

  The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Engineers calendering experimental stocks of rubber

  • Circa 1949

  View of two engineers, Stanley Bilker (background) and Ralph Harper (foreground), operating the calender sheeting machine at the the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. The…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Engineers, Machinery
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  Photographs

  Mogul Mixer for sealants and adhesives

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Mogul Experimental Mixer used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory. Equipped with "Z" type agitators and a tilting chamber fitted with a removable,…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Adhesives, Sealing compounds, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Photographs

  Dynamic Test Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Dynamic Test Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station showing forced vibration machines and other equipment used to test rubber articles produced at the Station under simulated service…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Quality control, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Photographs

  Goodrich Flexometer

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Goodrich Flexometer used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Dynamic Test Laboratory. The flexometer was used to determine the heat build-up and hysteresis characteristics of rubber specimens…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Quality control, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Photographs

  Molds and vulcanized rubber products

  • Circa 1949

  Set of standard test specimen molds and vulcanized rubber products produced and used in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This photograph was included in a 1949…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Plastics--Molds, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
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  Photographs

  Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station showing assorted samples of viscous materials and equipment used to manufacture and test sealants and adhesives of both rubber…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Adhesives, Laboratories, Sealing compounds, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Photographs

  Oxygen and Air Aging Bomb

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Emerson Oxygen Aging apparatus, with two bombs, housed in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Oven and Accelerated Aging Room. Located inside a shelter within the aging room, this apparatus and…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Photographs

  Weathering Room

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Weathering Room at the Naval Air Experimental Station. Visible in the photograph is an Atlas Fade-o-meter and several accelerated weathering units used to evaluate the effects of stimulated service…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Quality control, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Photographs

  Electronically controlled constant rate of load tensile machine

  • Circa 1949

  General view of an electronically-controlled constant rate of load tensile machine used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Physical Properties Laboratory. Tensile machines are commonly used to subject materials…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Quality control, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Photographs

  Plastometers, resiliometers, and other apparatus from the Naval Air Experimental Station

  • Circa 1949

  Plastometers, resiliometers, and other apparatus used to evaluate rubber and rubber-like materials in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Physical Properties Laboratory. The instruments visible in the photograph are…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Quality control, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)