Search Results
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Manual breast pump with black bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.
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The Glaxo Feeder 8oz nursing bottle in original box
- 1900 – 1930
Banana-shaped bottle design enabled ease of cleaning, making this bottle widely known as the hygienic baby bottle.
A: Boat-shaped molded glass bottle. Embossed on one side of bottle are measurements in tablespoons;…
- Manufacturer Glaxo Laboratories
- Subject Infants--Care, Glassware
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Free-blown glass breast pump
- 1850s
Long stem, round bottom flask with custom flange. Needle-size hole on opposite side of flange allows for release of pressure.
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741 items
Oral History Collection
The Center for Oral History at the Science History Institute is dedicated to creating a collection of comprehensive, professionally edited interviews with remarkable figures in chemistry, chemical engineering, life…
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11 items
Oral history interview with Stuart Winston Churchill
- 1985-Mar-21 (First session)
- 1985-Mar-28 (Second session)
Stuart Churchill begins with background information about his family and early education. He then describes his undergraduate years at the University of Michigan, where he was quite active in the mathematics department…
- Interviewee Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920-
- Interviewer Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Chemical engineering, Shell Oil Company, University of Michigan, Frontier Chemical Company, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, University of Pennsylvania, Heat--Convection, Natural, Chemical engineers, Heat--Transmission, Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920-, Brown, George Granger, 1896-
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3 items
Oral history interview with Sally Chapman
- 2009-Jan-05 (First session)
- 2009-Jan-06 (Second session)
Sally Chapman's interest in science was fostered both by her "tinkerer" father and by the nationwide interest in innovative science education that occurred after Sputnik. She attended Smith College and worked for the…
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8 items
Oral history interview with Gordon A. Cain
- 1992-Feb-18
Gordon A. Cain begins the interview by discussing his early influences from the chemical and engineering disciplines. He next recounts his undergraduate education at Louisiana State University during the Great…
- Interviewee Cain, Gordon, 1912-2002
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemical engineering, Cain, Gordon, 1912-2002, Cain Chemical Inc., Chemical industry, Freeport Sulphur Company, Sterling Chemicals Inc., Chemical engineers
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6 items
Oral history interview with Leo Brewer
- 1992-Apr-03
Leo Brewer begins the interview with a description of his family and his early years growing up in Youngstown, Ohio. Brewer's father worked as a shoe repairman until the Depression hit in 1929. Brewer and his family…
- Interviewee Brewer, Leo, 1919-2005
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Thermochemistry, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Plutonium, Thermodynamics, High temperature chemistry, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry, Chemists--Biography, Actinide elements, Brewer, Leo, 1919-2005, Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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11 items
Oral history interview with Ronald C. Breslow
- 1999-Mar-19 (First session)
- 1999-Apr-09 (Second session)
Ronald Breslow begins the interview with a discussion of his family life and background. He grew up in Rahway, New Jersey, the son of a physician. Max Tishler, a family friend, helped to pique Breslow's interest in…
- Interviewee Breslow, Ronald
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Chemistry, Organic, Breslow, Ronald, Columbia University, Cancer--Research, Chemists--Biography
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Oral history interview with E.N. (Ned) Brandt
- 1992-Jun-17
E.N. (Ned) Brandt, company historian of The Dow Chemical Company and a major figure in Dow's public relations activities for over three decades, begins the interview by touching on his family background and early…
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10 items
Oral history interview with Raymond F. Boyer
- 1986-Jan-14 (First session)
- 1986-Aug-19 (Second session)
Raymond Boyer begins the interview with a brief description of his family, childhood, and school days in Ohio, touching on his early interest in electricity. He then tells of his undergraduate and graduate years at Case…
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6 items
Oral history interview with Ray H. Boundy
- 1986-Aug-21
Ray Boundy begins his interview by describing his family background in western Pennsylvania, his grammar school experience and his college studies at Grove City College. He then studied chemical engineering at Case…
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10 items
Oral history interview with Elkan Blout
- 1991-May-30 (First session)
- 2002-Sep-13 (Second session)
- 2002-Nov-22 (Third session)
Elkan R. Blout begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood. Growing up in Manhattan as an only child, Blout was cared for by his parents, aunts, and uncles. He attended DeWitt Clinton High…
- Interviewee Blout, E. R. (Elkan Rogers), 1919-2006
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Blout, E. R. (Elkan Rogers), 1919-2006, Harvard School of Public Health, Land, Edwin H., 1909-1991, Polaroid Corporation, Children's Hospital Medical Center (Boston, Mass.), Harvard Medical School, Chemists--Biography, Columbia University, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979
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6 items
Oral history interview with Julius Blank
- 2006-Mar-20
Julius Blank begins the interview with a look at his childhood and early education. He graduated high school at the age of fifteen and began taking classes at the City College of New York while working various jobs.…
- Interviewee Blank, Julius
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Subject Fairchild (Firm), Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990, Integrated circuits--Very large scale integration, Mechanical engineers, Microelectronics industry, Shockley, William, 1910-1989, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Electronic industries, Blank, Julius, Semiconductor industry, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Crystal growth
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5 items
Oral history interview with Frank J. Biondi
- 1996-Mar-19
This interview discusses Frank J. Biondi's education, career, and involvement in The Electrochemical Society, beginning with college experiences as a chemical engineering major at Lehigh University and initial work at…
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6 items
Oral history interview with John H. Beynon
- 2008-Apr-22
John H. Beynon was born in Ystalyfera, Wales, the older of two sons whose parents ended their education at secondary school. Beynon grew up in a coal mining town and attended a local university, the University of Wales…
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13 items
Oral history interview with Jerome A. Berson
- 2001-Mar-21
Jerome Berson begins this interview with a discussion about his family, his early interest in chemistry, and his childhood in Florida. After high school, Berson attended college at City College of New York. He then…
- Interviewee Berson, Jerome A.
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Roche Diagnostics, Physical organic chemistry, Biradicals, Conservation of orbital symmetry, Hückel, Erich, 1896-1980, University of Wisconsin, Doering, W. von E. (William Von Eggers), 1917-, Molecular orbitals, Berson, Jerome A., Chemists--Biography, Isotope dilution analysis, University of Southern California, Yale University, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Carbonium ions
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11 items
Oral history interview with Manson Benedict
- 1991-Jan-24
Manson Benedict begins the interview with a discussion of his family background, including the highlights of his father's career in chemistry. He recalls how his early enthusiasm for chemistry was promoted both by his…
- Interviewee Benedict, Manson
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.W. Kellogg Company, National Aniline and Chemical Company, Hydrocarbon Research, Inc., Manhattan Project (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Harvard University, United States. Federal Energy Administration, Advisory Council on Radiation Protection (Ma.), National Research Corporation (U.S.), Chemists--Biography, Kellex Corporation, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Benedict, Manson
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6 items
Oral history interview with Arnold O. Beckman
- 1985-Jul-23
The second interview begins with Arnold Beckman describing the National Technical Laboratories in the late 1930s. He details NTL policies and operations. The majority of the transcript focuses on the change from NTL to…
- Interviewee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Instrument manufacture, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement, Potentiometer, Chemical engineers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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6 items
Oral history interview with Arnold O. Beckman
- 1985-Apr-23
This interview, the first of several with Arnold Beckman conducted by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, begins with a discussion of Beckman's teenage experience as an industrial chemist at a local gas works in…
- Interviewee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Instrument manufacture, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement, Potentiometer, Chemical engineers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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5 items
Oral history interview with Fred Basolo
- 2002-Sep-27
Fred Basolo begins the interview discussing his arrival at Northwestern University as an inorganic chemist in 1946. At that time, organic chemistry dominated the field of chemistry, and inorganic chemistry was seen as…
- Interviewee Basolo, Fred, 1920-2007
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), Basolo, Fred, 1920-2007, Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry), Metal carbonyls, Gordon Research Conferences, Rohm and Haas Company, Chemists--Biography, Chemistry, Inorganic
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7 items
Oral history interview with Fred Basolo
- 1991-Mar-01
Fred Basolo begins this interview by discussing his childhood in Coello, Illinois, and his elementary and high school education. He attended Southern Illinois University where he studied to be a chemistry teacher but…
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11 items
Oral history interview with William O. Baker
- 1985-May-23 (First session)
- 1985-Jun-18 (Second session)
This interview with William O. Baker begins with a discussion of Baker's childhood on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where his parents were involved in raising fowl and developing therapy for turkey pathology; this, along…
- Interviewee Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005
- Interviewer Goldstein, Marcy, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Rubber Reserve Company, Polymers, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Chemists--Biography, Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966, Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005, Crystalline polymers, Solid state physics, Solid state chemistry
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6 items
Oral history interview with Dexter F. Baker
- 1995-Jan-27
Dexter Baker begins the interview by discussing his childhood and early education in the suburbs of Philadelphia. After graduating from Upper Darby High in 1945, Baker was drafted into the US Navy and admitted to the…
- Interviewee Baker, Dexter F.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Turbines, Mechanical engineers, Chemical industry, Baker, Dexter F., Air Products and Chemicals, inc., Gas-turbines, Corporations
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13 items
Oral history interview with Dale B. Baker
- 1997-Jun-06
Dale Baker begins the interview with a discussion of his early years and family background. Inspired by a high school teacher, Baker decided to major in chemical engineering upon entering Ohio State University in 1938,…
- Interviewee Baker, Dale B.
- Interviewer Slater, Leo B., Williams, Robert V.
- Subject Chemical engineering, American Chemical Society. Chemical Abstracts Service, Chemistry--Nomenclature, American Chemical Society, National Federation of Science Abstracting and Indexing Services, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Chemical engineers, Garfield, Eugene, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, Chemistry--Research, Baker, Dale B., Chemists--Biography, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing
