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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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  Advertisements

  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…

  • Artist Vickery, John, 1906-1983
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Dyes and dyeing, Corporations, Indigo, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry
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  Postage stamps

  Mounted French postage and semipostal stamps depicting Louis Pasteur

  • 1922 – 1936

  Nine small postage stamps in various denominations issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur in 1922. The large semipostal stamp was issued in 1936 and includes a surtax for the…

  • Artist Hourriez, Georges
  • Subject Postage stamps, Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Semipostal stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
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  Engravings, Prints, Illustrations

  Colored engraving depicting Louis Pasteur at work in the laboratory of Whitbread's Brewery in London in 1871

  • 1937

  • Engraver Severin, Mark F.
  • Subject Microbiologists, Laboratories, Whitbread and Company, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Breweries
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  Photographs

  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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  Photographs

  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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  Photographs

  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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  Business correspondence

  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…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Evans, Clare
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Advertising, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  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…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Lyons, I. H.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Marketing
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  Manuscripts, Charts, diagrams, etc

  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…

  • Subject Pressure gages, Numerical calculations, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Calibration, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Dr. L. H. Duschak

  • 1936-May-13

  In this letter, Beckman confirms that Duschak can indeed use one of the new "acidimeters" and return it to National Technical Laboratories afterwards. This letter also reveals that during the initial production of the…

  • Addressee Duschak, L. H.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  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…

  • Subject Women in science, Science--Study and teaching, Women college students, College students, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Students, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Wilson College (Chambersburg, Pa.)
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  Photographs, Portraits

  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…

  • Subject Chemical engineering, Chemists, Portraits, Chemical engineers, Industrialists, Dorr, John Van Nostrand, 1872-1962
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Richard Kuhn to Frank Stodola

  • 1937-Jun-17

  • Addressee Stodola, Frank Harold, 1905-1992
  • Author Kuhn, Richard, 1900-1967
  • Subject Nobel Prize winners, Kuhn, Richard, 1900-1967, Stodola, Frank Harold, 1905-1992
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  Business correspondence

  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.

  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Creator Of Work Euler, Hans von, 1873-1964
  • Subject Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000, Euler, Hans von, 1873-1964, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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  Business correspondence

  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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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Otto Hahn to Jean Gerard

  • 1936-Apr-04

  • Addressee Gerard, Jean
  • Author Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners
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  Photographs, Portraits

  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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  Photographs, Portraits

  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.…

  • Subject Portrait photography, Hochwalt, Carroll A., 1900-1987, Portraits, Chemical engineers, Monsanto Chemical Company
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  Engravings, Prints, Portraits

  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