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James Feeman using portable pH meter at Crompton & Knowles Research Center
- 1966
View of chemist James F. Feeman using a portable pH meter, designed by the Althouse Chemical Company, in a laboratory at the Crompton & Knowles Research Center in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania. A special stirring table for…
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Beckman IR Spectrophotometer final assembly wiring
- 1946-May-20
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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Launder-O-Meter at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- Circa 1960
Leo Labrecque using a Launder-O-Meter to test the wash-fastness of dyed fabric. Bottles containing a standard weight of fabric in a standard soap solution are visible both within and outside of the machine. During the…
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Diagram of Beckman IR-85 spectrophotometer continuous wavelength drive
- 1945-Feb-08
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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Althouse Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory
- Circa 1960
General view of the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The employees visible in the photograph are, from left: Tom Margolillo; Dot Bowen;…
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Weather-O-Meter and Fade-O-Meters at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- Circa 1960
View of employee William White examining a Weather-O-Meter at the Althouse Chemical Company Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory in Reading, Pennsylvania. To the left of the Weather-O-Meter are two…
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Pressure-dyeing machine in use at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- Circa 1960
View of Warren Crowther removing a skein, a length of yarn wound in a loose coil, from the cylinder of a pressure-dyeing machine used for the application of colored dyes. This photograph was taken at the Althouse…
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Dyeing equipment in use at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1951
View of Thomas Manzolillo examining a roller used to hold fabric in place for the application of dyestuffs. In this typical dye process, fabric is rolled through a trough of dye and then pressed between two heavy…
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Printing Department at the Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1951
General view of the Printing Department at the Althouse Chemical Company Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory in Reading, Pennsylvania. Omer Bixler (left) is seen cutting fabric samples while technicians near…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert Commercial Photo Studio
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company, Women employees
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Printing Department at the Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1951
General view of the Printing Department at the Althouse Chemical Company Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory in Reading, Pennsylvania. Omer Bixler (left) is seen cutting fabric samples while technicians near…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company, Women employees
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Mtg. holes for Beckman IR-85 Spectrophotometer wavelength drive
- 1944-Dec-16
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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Dyeing equipment in use at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- Circa 1951
View of James Feeman (left) and George Garcelon (right) operating assorted equipment for the application of dyestuffs. This photograph was taken at the Althouse Chemical Company Customer Service and Quality Control…
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Dyeing technicians at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1952
View of dyeing technicians working in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The technicians are engaged in a skein dyeing process whereby…
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Beckman Infrared Spectrophotometer amplifier circuit diagram
- 1946-May-21
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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Fabric evaluation at the Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1951
General view of the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. At left, plant manager Martin C. Eby is seen using a MacBeth light to evaluate color…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company, Research, Industrial--Laboratories
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Althouse Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory
- 1952
General view of assorted machinery in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. At center, employees Robert Wither (left) and Carroll Dick…
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Skein dyeing and color matching at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1952
View of dyeing technicians working in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The technicians are engaged in a skein dyeing process whereby…
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The Beckman Model DR Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1945-Dec-05
The DR Spectrophotometer was a basic model DU (an ultraviolet, single beam, quartz-crystal spectrophotometer) with an added recorder. This one-sheet description of the instrument was used in several Beckman Instruments…
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Beckman IR-85 Spectrophotometer wiring diagram
- 1945-Feb-10
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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Althouse Chemical Company Semiworks
- 1951
View of assorted machinery at the Althouse Chemical Company Semiworks or pilot plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Identified machinery includes (from left to right) a filter press, blow case, portable centrifugal pump, and…
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Beckman Model DU Spectrophotometer in use at Althouse Research Laboratory
- 1951
View of chemist James Feeman using a Beckman Model DU (Ultraviolet/Visible) Spectrophotometer in the Research Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Other laboratory apparatus…
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Beckman IR spectrophotometer wavelength drive bearing block location
- 1944-Dec-13
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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Portable Beckman pH Meter in use at Althouse Research Laboratory
- 1951
View of George Garcelon using a portable Beckman pH Meter in the Research Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Based in Reading, Pennsylvania, the Althouse Chemical Company was…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert, John A.
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company, Research, Industrial--Laboratories
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Beckman IR spectrophotometer power supply circuit diagram
- 1946-May-21
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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Beckman IR-85 motor wavelength drive
- Circa 1945
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…
