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U.S. Department of Agriculture drillability apparatus
- 1950s – circa
General view of a drillability apparatus with fertilizer hoppers, a starwheel, and rotating plate mechanism at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Radioactive material handling at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of a chemist handling radioactive material at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing, including the…
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George Wieczorek and colleague using Geiger counter at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of chemist George Wieczorek (left) and an unidentified chemist using a Geiger counter to measure ionizing radiation in radioisotopes at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. A box of…
- Subject Radioisotopes, Nitrogen fertilizer industry, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Radioactive substances, Chemists, Radioactive substances--Testing, Geiger-Müller counters, United States. Department of Agriculture, Remote handling (Radioactive substances), Employees, Wieczorek, George
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Geiger counter in use at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
View of chemist George Wieczorek (right) and an unidentified chemist using a Geiger counter to measure ionizing radiation in an unknown substance at a U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used…
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Chemist handling radioactive material at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of an unidentified chemist handling radioactive material at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing,…
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Stokes Tablet Press at Agricultural Engineering Laboratory
- 1950s
General view of a Stokes Tablet Press at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Engineering Laboratory facility. A tablet press is a mechanical device that compresses granulated material into tablets or…
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Variety of tools used at U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities
- 1950s – circa
General view of a variety of tools used to handle radioactive substances and other materials at U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities. The tools are labelled with numbers, presumably corresponding to an…
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Apparatus at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified apparatus at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Apparatus at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified apparatus at a U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. A radioactive materials sign and protective glass panel are visible to the right of the apparatus. The U.S.D.A. commonly used…
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Interior view of fertilizer apparatus
- 1950s
Close-up view of the interior of an apparatus likely used for the manufacture and/or testing of fertilizer at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Drillability apparatus components
- 1950s
Component parts, likely of a drillability apparatus, used at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Geiger counter in use at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
View of chemist William A. Jackson using a Gieger counter to examine a package at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and…
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Kiln in use at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
View of chemist George Wieczorek removing a vessel from a Pereco kiln at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Radioactive material containers
- 1950s – circa
General view of assorted containers and components used to house radioactive materials. The jar labels include space to record the isotope, amount, and date. These containers are believed to have been used as part of…
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Radioactive material handling at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
Close-up view of the handling of radioactive material at an U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing, including the study of…
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Radioactive material handling at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
George Wieczorek (right) and two unidentified chemists handling radioactive material at an U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing,…
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Geiger counter in use at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
View of chemist George Wieczorek (right) using a Geiger counter to measure ionizing radiation in an unknown substance, likely soil or fertilizer, at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Beckman Instruments Helipot Division, Newport Beach plant
- 1950s
A series of photographs depicting the future site of the Helipot Division's Newport Beach plant and the building's appearance in the mid-1950s.
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Students' Potentiometer
- 1950s
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry, 1952
- 1952-Jun-23
Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry held in New Hampton, New Hampshire, June 1952. Included with the photograph are a hand-drawn key and name list identifying the…
- Creator Of Work Gordon Research Conferences
- Subject Gordon Research Conferences, Portraits, Group, Congresses and conventions
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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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ORLON teaches new fall fashions to keep their figure in the wash!
- 1950s
Color print magazine advertisement for Orlon, a Dow trademarked acrylic fiber. The advertisement details the major properties of Orlon: "Orlon is resistant to sunlight and atmospheric gases, which makes it ideal for…
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Beckman Model G pH Meter with open lid and compartment
- Circa 1952
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting “acidimeter” with its…
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Beckman IR-2A Infrared Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1952
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…
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Helipot Potentiometers and Dials
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
