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Helipot Division – Miscellaneous products
- 1950s
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still National Technical Laboratories) to keep up with the demand for Beckman's reliable dial, also…
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Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962)
- 1950s
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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Portrait of Henry Bohn Haas (1902-1987)
- 1950s – circa
Portrait of Henry Bohn Haas (1902-1987), a specialist in organic chemistry who is credited with the discovery of gas chromatography. Haas was born in Huntington, Ohio and received his doctorate from Ohio State in 1925.…
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1951
- 1951-Dec-30
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists.
- Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1951
- 1951-Oct-01
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, pertaining to a discussion of various formulas proposed by Mulliken.
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1951
- 1951-Jul-30
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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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1951
- 1951-Jul-30
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning a conference on "Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Valence Theory and Molecular Structure," hosted by the National Science…
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Wave functions, Quantum theory, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Molecular structure, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Valence (Theoretical chemistry), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, United States. Office of Naval Research
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1951
- 1951-Apr-25
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, concerning a discussion of recent scientific work performed by several of Mulliken and Shull's colleagues.
- Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Molecular orbitals, Parr, Robert G., 1921-, Roothaan, Clemens C. J., Eyring, Henry, 1901-1981, Physicists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Mueller, C. R., Nobel Prize winners
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1951
- 1951-Apr-04
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning a discussion of a paper published by Eyring and Mueller on the best value of Z for carbon. Contains a post-script in which…
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Benzene, Shull, Harrison, Ionization, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Molecular orbitals, Carbon, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Mueller, C. R., Eyring, Henry, 1901-1981
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1951
- 1951-Mar-26
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, where Shull inquires to Mulliken about his thoughts on a recent paper published by Mueller and Eyring.
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Evelyn Photoelectric Colorimeter
- 1950 – 1959
Wooden box with metal instrument panel on top; four small black rubber feet on bottom; front of wooden box contains printed instructions and folds down to show inside of instrument; rectangular wooden area attached to…
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
- 1951
Cachet created by Fleetwood depicting "The Chemist" along with ACS logo and the tagline, "Maker of a Better Tomorrow." Stamp issued to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the American Chemical Society.
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Workshop in an unidentified Beckman Instruments plant
- 1950s
Women assembling unidentified instruments at Beckman Instruments or one of its divisions.
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Berkeley Model 5602-20 Nuclear Scaler
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified woman, presumably a model, holding up component parts of a nuclear scaler produced by the Berkeley Division of Beckman Instruments. A scaler is an electronic instrument used to count…
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Helipot trimmers and resistors
- 1950 – 1969
Shown with a pen for scale. These were likely manufactured by the Helipot Division.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
- 1951
Cachet depicts two chemists working in a laboratory.
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Fluegel World War II Patriotic Cover commemorating use of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
- 1951
Cachet is a "Fluegel Cover" depicting atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima, Japan. Stamp depicts U.S. Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima.
- Artist Fluegel, Herman F. (Captain), 1882-1953
- Subject Nevada--Beatty, Japan--Hiroshima-shi, Fluegel, Herman F., Nevada--Nevada Test Site, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Atomic bomb, Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945), Iwo Jima, Battle of (Japan : 1945), Cachets (Philately), Postage stamps, World War (1939-1945)
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German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber
- After 1950 – before 1995
Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…
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First Day Cover commemorating Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
- 1951
Cachet and semipostal stamp depict Gay-Lussac. Cachet depicts a book titled "Law of Gay-Lussac" and various scientific apparatus. Envelope is addressed to Mrs. Richard M. Lawrence, President of the ACS Wives Club.
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Clyde Moe operating RCA Model EMU electron microscope in Dow Chemical Company laboratory
- 1950s
General view of Clyde Moe operating a RCA Model EMU electron microscope in the Dow Chemical Company's Metallurgical Laboratory. Electron microscopes use a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Microscopy, Microscopes, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radio Corporation of America, Moe, Clyde
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Beckman Model D Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…
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Beckman D2 Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
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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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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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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,…
