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Ethofoil: For the Prize Package
- 1940
Advertisement for Ethofoil, a film development of Ethyl Cellulose manufactured and marketed by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement details the application of Ethofoil to produce durable packaging resistant to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Plastics in packaging, Corporations, Advertising, Dow Chemical Company
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7 items
Patent for Hydrogen Tube
- 1949-Mar-08
Patent #2,463,743 for a hydrogen tube designed by H. Howard Cary and Warren Baxter during their time at National Technical Labs, a precursor to Beckman Instruments. This tube was designed for use in UV…
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9 items
Technical Report: Evaluation of the Beckman Oxygen Electrode and Portable Oxygen Meter (OM-1)
- No. T-8-(R)
- 1957-May-23
The report evaluates the portable OM-1 oxygen meter, deeming it convenient and moderately precise, but sensitive to temperature fluctuations.
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Platinum oxygen electrode assembly drawing
- Dwg. No. 18617
- 1957-Apr-22
This oxygen electrode was first used inside Beckman Instruments pH meters and later in many other instruments.
- Creator Of Work Solesbee, B.
- Subject Electrodes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Electrodes, Platinum, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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3 items
Dow Chemical Company sign at South Power Station
- 1950-Sep-12
Three views of the installation of a new sign on the roof of the South Power Station at the Dow Chemical Company's headquarters in Midland, Michigan. Installed in 1950, the sign measured 217 feet long and was visible to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Branding (Marketing), Employees, Industries, Electric signs, Dow Chemical Company
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Milton G. Guggenheim, Jr. at U.S. Gas Laboratory
- 1948-May-17
General view of Milton G. Gugenheim, Jr. operating a Podbielniak Contactor at a U.S. Gas Laboratory facility in Shreveport, Louisiana. Popularly known as a "Pod," the Podbielniak Contactor is a horizontally-mounted…
- Photographer Wiseman, H.O.
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Centrifuges, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968)
- 1950s
Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968), U.S. industrialist and chairman of Monsanto Chemical Works / Monsanto Chemical Company from 1928 to 1960. The son of Monsanto Chemical Works founder John Francis Queeny,…
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Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968)
- 1950s
Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968), U.S. industrialist and chairman of Monsanto Chemical Works / Monsanto Chemical Company from 1928 to 1960. The son of Monsanto Chemical Works founder John Francis Queeny,…
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Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968)
- 1950s
Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968), U.S. industrialist and chairman of Monsanto Chemical Works / Monsanto Chemical Company from 1928 to 1960. The son of Monsanto Chemical Works founder John Francis Queeny,…
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Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968)
- 1950s
Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968), U.S. industrialist and chairman of Monsanto Chemical Works / Monsanto Chemical Company from 1928 to 1960. The son of Monsanto Chemical Works founder John Francis Queeny,…
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Periodic table in style of helix drawn on one cylinder
- 1863 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a helix drawn on a single cylinder. This table was originated by French geologist and mineralogist…
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Left-step series table with elements arranged according to their valences
- 1955 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a left-step series table with the symbols of the elements arranged according to their valences. This table was originated by chemist Edward…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Right-side electronic configuration series table
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a right-side electronic configuration series table. While the design of this table is unattributed, it bears some similarity to Subtype…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley
- 1952
Oval blue Jasperware cameo; raised profile portrait of Priestley is white and in the center of the oval; back of the cameo is flat and has gold text.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Cameos, Jasperware
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man in profile
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the profile of an unidentified man; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the back.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the portrait of an unidentified man looking forward; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the…
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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66 items
Instruction Manual, DK-2 Spectrophotometer
- 378-C
- 1956-Aug
The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range into near-infrared. This was accomplished by chemist Wilbur I. Kaye, who began his work on science behind the DK at…
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Supplement Number 1 to Bulletin #206-B
- 1949-Nov
The ultraviolet Model B was marketed as an easier to use and more affordable alternative to the Beckman DU Spectrophotometer.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Ultraviolet radiation
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Instruction Manual for Model B Spectrophotometer
- Bulletin 206-B
- 1949-Jul-12
The ultraviolet Model B was marketed as an easier to use and more affordable alternative to the Beckman DU Spectrophotometer.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company…
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Instructions, Beckman Infrared Spectrophotometer, Model IR-2
- Bulletin 153-B
- 1947-Nov
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…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Instructions for Beckman Model G pH meter
- 1949
Owners of the Model G would have found these instructions tucked inside the lid of the wooden case surrounding the instrument.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the…
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The Rejuvenation of Aged Glass Electrodes
- Bulletin 69-B
- 1949-Dec
Glass electrodes were used in Beckman pH meters and various other instruments.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Electrodes, Glass, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Partial left-step series table designed by Edward G. Mazurs
- 1955 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Partial graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a left-step series table with the symbols of the elements arranged according to their valences. The section displayed here depicts…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Partial left-step series table designed by Edward G. Mazurs
- 1955 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Partial graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a left-step series table with the symbols of the elements arranged according to their valences. The section displayed here depicts…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Periodic table in style of helix and space lemniscate with two additional loops for rare earth elements
- 1905 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a helix and space lemniscate with two additional loops for the rare earth elements. This table was…
