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Beckman Model NV-1, Type DP-3 Decade Potentiometer
- 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…
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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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…
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Beckman Model 762 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1954 – 1969
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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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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Beckman Model 80 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1959
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
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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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Portrait of Howard Farkas (d. 1978)
- Circa 1958
Portrait of Howard Farkas (d. 1978). Farkas graduated from New York University in 1915 and was senior vice president and secretary of the U.S. Stoneware Co. He served as President of the Chemists' Club of New York from…
- Photographer Bachrach, Fabian
- Subject Farkas, Howard, d. 1978, Chemists, Portraits, Chemists' Club (New York, N.Y.)
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1959
- 1959-Nov-10
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning travel plans for a group of theoretical chemists.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Biochemists, Robert A. Welch Foundation, Hirschfelder, Joseph O., 1911-1990, Platt, John Rader, 1918-, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Biophysicists, Matsen, F.A. (Frederick Albert), 1914-, Physicists, Nobel Prize winners
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1959
- 1959-Nov-09
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, concerning travel plans.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1959
- 1959-Oct-28
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, concerning travel arrangements for Mulliken and colleagues.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1959
- 1959-Oct-22
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, concerning subcommittees at Indiana University, consultant opportunities, and travel plans.
- Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Biochemists, Robert A. Welch Foundation, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Hirschfelder, Joseph O., 1911-1990, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, United States. Air Force, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Matsen, F.A. (Frederick Albert), 1914-, Physicists
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1959
- 1959-Oct-26
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, 1959
- 1959-Oct-01
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning planning for an upcoming meeting on Molecular Quantum Mechanics.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject University of Oxford, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Biochemists, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Quantum theory, Chemists, Longuet-Higgins, H. Christopher, Coulson, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1910-1974, Nobel Prize winners, Matsen, F.A. (Frederick Albert), 1914-, Physicists, Shull, Harrison
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1959
- 1959-Aug-21
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning upcoming conference schedules.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1959
- 1959-Sep-24
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, concerning travel plans for Mulliken and colleagues.
- Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject University of Oxford, Shull, Harrison, Biochemists, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Hirschfelder, Joseph O., 1911-1990, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Coulson, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1910-1974, Nobel Prize winners, National Research Council (U.S.), Matsen, F.A. (Frederick Albert), 1914-, Physicists
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Letter from Charles Coulson to Harrison Shull, 1958
- 1958-Oct-15
Concerns receipt of reprint sent to Coulson by Shull.
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1958
- 1958-Jul-29
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, Hyperconjugation, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Berry, R. Stephen
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1958
- 1958-Aug-07
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.
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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 1st Arab Petroleum Conference, United Arab Republic
- 1959-Apr-16
Cachet and stamp depict oil pipeline and drilling derricks.
- Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Postage stamps, Egypt, United Arab Republic, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Petroleum engineering, League of Arab States, Arab Petroleum Congress
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Workshop in an unidentified Beckman Instruments plant
- 1950s
Women assembling unidentified instruments at Beckman Instruments or one of its divisions.
