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Plate 3: Rocket mold
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 4: Instruments for rocket making
- 1660
Fig. 10 A: Rod to wind paper casings.
B: Rod to tamp powder.
C: Mallet.
D: Disk used in filling rocket casings.
Also depicted: Boring tool.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 2: Metal pipkin with lid and rod for cooking explosives
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 1: Instrument to gauge explosive thrust
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Weights and measures
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Front entrance of National Technical Laboratories
- 1948
Front entrance of National Technical Laboratories in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier
- Description of the aerostatic machine experiments of Mr. & Mr. Montgolfier
- 1783
Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond’s Description des expériences assembles first-hand observations, research, technical descriptions, letters, tables, diagrams, and illustrations related to the groundbreaking experiments…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Robert, Nicolas Louis, 1761-1828, Airships, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Aeronautics, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Ballooning, Hot air balloons, Robert, Anne-Jean, 1758-1820, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810
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Snack bar of National Technical Laboratories
- 1948
Snack bar of National Technical Laboratories in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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View to the west of National Technical Laboratories
- 1948
View to the west of National Technical Laboratories in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Northwest parking lot of National Technical Laboratories
- 1948
Northwest parking lot of National Technical Laboratories in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Parking lot on the north side of National Technical Laboratories
- 1948
Parking lot on the north side of National Technical Laboratories in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Shipping department of National Technical Laboratories
- 1948
Shipping department of National Technical Laboratories in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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6 items
National Technical Laboratories in winter
- 1948 (Winter)
Photographs of the snow-covered National Technical Laboratories on Mission Street in South Pasadena.
- Photographer Rohrer, Larry
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Plate I: Couleurs d'un spectre solaire
- Colors of the Solar Spectrum
- 1864
Inscribed: "Couleurs d’un spectre solaire produit par un prisme de sulfure de carbone comparées aux types du premier cercle chromatique de Mr. E. Chevreul."
The plate indicates colors from Chevreul’s "first chromatic…
- Author Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889
- Engraver Digeon, René Henri
- Printer Of Plates Lamoureux
- Publisher J.-B. Baillière et fils
- Subject Color--Terminology, Color separation, Colors, Color printing
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24 items
Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- The Great Art of Artillery
- 1650
Kazimierz Siemienowicz's treatise was used for over a century as a basic manual on artillery, rocketry, and pyrotechnics. It was originally published in Latin (1650) and was translated into French (1651), German (1676),…
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Gunpowder, Ordnance, Artillery, Fireworks, Weights and measures
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Arnold O. Beckman and William Ballhaus
- 1967
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Arnold O. Beckman and William Ballhaus
- 1967
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Jogbra
- 1977 – 1979
Invented by Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith in 1977, the Jogbra was the first sports bra. Lindahl and Smith's initial prototype was in the style of two jockstraps sewn together to create a crude brassiere with two pouches…
- Manufacturer Jogbra, Inc.
- Subject Jogbra, Inc., Athletics--Equipment and supplies, Brassieres, Women athletes, Exercise, Women inventors, Women--Health and hygiene
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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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3 items
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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2 items
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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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3 items
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…
