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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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Chemcraft An Introduction to the Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- Undated
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
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Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry, 1956
- 1956-Jul-09 – 1956-Jul-13
Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry held in New Hampton, New Hampshire in July 1956. 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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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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Harmonic Reed Corporation Spitz Junior Planetarium
- Circa 1955
- Manufacturer Harmonic Reed Corporation
- Subject Harmonic Reed Corporation, Astronomy, Toys, Astronomical instruments
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48 items
Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection
This collection consists of an assortment of archival material related to Louis Pasteur. It includes photographs and graphic representations of Pasteur along with correspondence and notes written by Pasteur. The…
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96 items
Joseph X. Labovsky Collection of Nylon Photographs and Ephemera
This collection, the bulk of which is digitized here, consists of nylon-related photographs and ephemera collected by Joseph X. Labovsky, a lab assistant to Wallace Carothers, during the early stages of nylon…
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290 items
Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs
This collection, the bulk of which is digitized here, consists of photographs of buildings, laboratories, and equipment associated with the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory, Arlington Experimental Farm, and several…
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Bodensee Collection
The Bodensee Collection consists of over 250 scientific instruments, equipment, and tools that formerly constituted the Museum of Instrumental Analysis at the Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer in Überlingen (1954-2000). Only a…
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37 items
Records of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Nuclear Division
This collection contains an incomplete assortment of records related to the Nuclear Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under the Directorship of Glenn T. Seaborg and later Darleane C. Hoffman. The…
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Papers of Samuel P. Sadtler
Samuel P. Sadtler was an early American chemist and the first president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He taught for years at the University of Pennsylvania, but as a leading expert in chemical…
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98 items
Robert S. Mulliken & Harrison Shull Correspondence
This collection represents over 35 years of correspondence from 1942-1978, between the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Robert S. Mulliken and quantum chemist Harrison Shull. The two men first met in 1948 when Shull worked…
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137 items
Witco Stamp Collection
Spanning the years 1910-1983, this collection of international postage stamps and philatelic material depict various aspects of chemistry and related sciences. In addition to postage stamps, the collection contains…
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12 items
Herbert T. Pratt Collection
This collection was built by Herbert T. Pratt following a long career at E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in the fibers department. The bulk of this collection consists of laboratory equipment including laboratory…
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12 items
Szymanowitz Autographed Letter Collection
Collected by Raymond Szymanowitz, this collection of 54 pieces of correspondence include signatures of some of the greatest minds in 19th- and 20th-century chemistry, including but not limited to, Humphry Davy, Michael…
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10 items
Benfey Autographed Letter Collection
Collected by O. Theodor Benfey, this archival collection includes 21 autographed letters by many eminent chemists of the 20th century. The collection includes letters from several Nobel laureates including Roald…
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11 items
Frank H. Stodola Nobel Laureate Letter Collection
Collected by Frank H. Stodola, this collection of autographs from 11 Nobel laureates, includes but is not limited to, Joshua Lederberg, Richard Kuhn, Harold Urey, E. J. Corey, and Melvin Calvin. Of particular interest…
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71 items
Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen
This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of photographs depicting the facilities, machinery, and operations of the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory, part of the Naval Air Material Center located in…
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27 items
Handling Collection
The museum's Handling Collection serves to provide visitors to the Science History Institute with the opportunity for hands-on engagement with historic objects related to the history of science and technology.
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11 items
Henry Earle Lumpkin Photograph Collection
This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of photographs associated with the use of mass spectrometry at the Humble Oil and Refining Company and Exxon laboratories located in Baytown, Texas. Dating from…
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44 items
Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies
This collection, digitized here in its entirely, consists of photographs of the laboratory apparatus and facilities used in the manufacture of dyes at the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies. The…
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291 items
Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection
This archival collection consists of photographs and slides depicting the facilities, operations, and products of The Dow Chemical Company. The images primarily date from the second half of the 20th century, with the…
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Willliams-Miles Historical Collection
The reprints which make up this collection are closely associated with the Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection located at Harding University in Arkansas. It is a wide-ranging collection in both chronology and…
