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460 items
Chemical Warfare
- 1921
Written by officers of the United States Army Chemical Warfare Service and National Research Council, Chemical Warfare serves to provide a historical sketch of the development and personnel of the Chemical Warfare…
- Author Fries, Amos A. (Amos Alfred), 1873-1963, West, Clarence J. (Clarence Jay), 1886-1953
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use., Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous, Chemical warfare, Chemical agents (Munitions), World War (1914-1918), Gas masks, Chlorine, Phosgene, Carbon monoxide, Smoke--Toxicology
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Styron...the Right Plastic!
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features photographs of…
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Oral history interview with Thomas M. Aitchison and Jean Aitchison
- 2000-Jul-04
In his joint interview with Jean Aitchison, Thomas M. Aitchison begins his interview by detailing his educational background and then continues by discussing how he first became interested in the field of information…
- Interviewee Aitchison, Jean, 1925-, Aitchison, Thomas M., 1923-
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Aitchison, Thomas M., 1923-, Aitchison, Jean, 1925-, British Aircraft Corporation, Librarians, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Classification, INSPEC, National Electronics Research Council (England), Ranganathan, S. R. (Shiyali Ramamrita), Bliss Classification Association, Information storage and retrieval systems
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354 items
Flesh Foods, with Methods for their Chemical, Microscopical, and Bacteriological Examination
- A practical hand-book for medical men, analysts, inspectors, and others
- 1900
Written by Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (1867-1948), a British chemist who specialized in the microscopic and chemical study of handwriting for forensic analysis, Flesh Foods summarizes the various contemporary…
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Design and Construction of Audion Amplifying Transformers, Radio and Audio Types
- Construction details and directions for making these two types of amplifying transformers
- 1920
Informational pamphlet discussing audion transformers suitable for use in the construction of amplifiers. The transformer described is said to amplify audio signals up to four hundred times. Describes the construction,…
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The Challenge of Space Exploration : A Technical Introduction to Space
- 1959
An informational booklet containing a technical introduction to space exploration. Includes six chapters outlining various aspects of space travel such as celestial mechanics and the logistics of transporting humans in…
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Oral history interview with Gregory Cooke
- 2014-Aug-13
Gregory Cooke grew up in West Ambler, Pennsylvania, one of three children of a single mother. His childhood community was all black. He attended the local public schools and liked to swim in the creek, bike, fish, and…
- Interviewee Cooke, Gregory, 1951-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Cooke, Gregory, 1951-, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Mesothelioma, African Americans, African American men
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Oral history interview with Sharon Cooke-Vargas
- 2014-Sep-15
Sharon Cooke-Vargas and her two brothers grew up in Ambler, Pennsylvania, after their parents divorced and their mother moved there to be near her own parents. Cooke-Vargas’ grandfather, who died of asbestosis, worked…
- Interviewee Cooke-Vargas, Sharon, 1953-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Cooke-Vargas, Sharon, Pennsylvania--Ambler, African Americans, African American women, Asbestos, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Keasbey & Mattison Company
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Oral history interview with Fred Conner
- 2014-Sep-12
Fred Conner, Jr., grew up in Northeast Philadelphia. Having majored in economics at Upsala College, Conner served in the Marine Corps for twelve years and then as a defense contractor in the Balkan countries and Kuwait.…
- Interviewee Conner, Fred, Jr.
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Conner, Fred, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Oral history interview with Gordon Chase
- 2014-Jan-17
Gordon Chase grew up in London, England. He worked for Shell International Petroleum Company and then smaller companies, trading oil and petrochemical products, until he retired to travel. A visit to Kathmandu, Nepal,…
- Interviewee Chase, Gordon, 1955-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Chase, Gordon, 1955-, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Human ecology--Study and teaching, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects
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Oral history interview with Salvatore A. Boccuti
- 2014-Jan-06
Salvatore A. Boccuti grew up in Ambler, Pennsylvania. His father was a tailor, and his mother became a court crier in Montgomery County. He practiced accounting for a number of years but sold his practice to become an…
- Interviewee Boccuti, Salvatore A., 1943-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Boccuti, Salvatore A., 1943-, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestos--Environmental aspects
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Oral history interview with Patrick J. Dolph
- 2002-Oct-09 – 2002-Oct-11
Patrick Dolph was born and grew up in Portland, Oregon, the middle child of three. His father was a dye maker in a box factory, and his mother was an administrative nurse, though she did not work while the children were…
- Interviewee Dolph, Patrick J., 1961-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Drosophila--Genetics, Drosophila--Research, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Genetics--Research, Dolph, Patrick J., 1961-
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Oral history interview with Carol Ann DiPietro
- 2014-Jan-24
Carol Ann DiPietro's mother's families (Rocchino and Zangrone) left Maida, Italy, to settle in Ambler, Pennsylvania, where her great-grandfather and grandfather worked in the asbestos factory, Keasbey & Mattison…
- Interviewee DiPietro, Carol Ann, 1953-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Community development--Environmental aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, DiPietro, Carol Ann, 1953-
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Oral history interview with Kenneth A. Dill
- 1989-Dec-12
- 2009-Feb-09 – 2009-Feb-10
Ken A. Dill grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, one of two children. His father was an engineer for the telephone company and his mother a housewife. Having displayed an early interest in electronics, Dill attended…
- Interviewee Dill, Kenneth A., 1947-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi, Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject National Institutes of Health (U.S.), National Science Foundation (U.S.), Chemists, Chemistry, Life--Origin--Research, Micelles, Protein folding, Science and state, Dill, Kenneth A., 1947-
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Oral history interview with Joseph M. DeSimone
- 2013-May-01 – 2013-May-02
Joseph DeSimone began his childhood in Norristown, Pennsylvania, one of three children. His father, an Italian immigrant, was a tailor; his mother was an accountant; there was a large Italian extended family. DeSimone…
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Oral history interview with Stephen M. Denning
- 1995-Aug-23 – 1995-Aug-25
Stephen M. Denning was born in Murphy, North Carolina, a small town in the foothills of the Appalachians, and “about as far west in North Carolina as you could go”; he grew up in nearby Rutherfordton. Both parents were…
- Interviewee Denning, Stephen M., 1954-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cardiology--Research, Immunology--Research, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Cardiologists, Denning, Stephen M., 1954-
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Oral history interview with Jack DelConte
- 2014-Mar-21
Jack DelConte grew up in South Ambler, Pennsylvania. His father worked at Keasbey & Mattison, as did his grandfather and an uncle; only his uncle and a cousin have developed asbestosis. He remembers Ambler as a thriving…
- Interviewee DelConte, Jack, 1942-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Community development--Environmental aspects, DelConte, Jack, 1942-
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Oral history interview with Sandra J. F. Degen
- 1991-Mar-03
Sandra J.F. Degen grew up in the San Fernando Valley, outside of Los Angeles, California, one of four children. Her father was a scientist and her mother a seamstress and homemaker. She says her childhood was an…
- Interviewee Degen, Sandra D. F., 1955-
- Interviewer Lindee, Susan M., Goldfine, Sarah
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Women in science, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Prothrombin, Fibrinogen, Biochemists, Women biochemists, Degen, Sandra D. F., 1955-
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Oral history interview with Peter F. DeCarlo
- 2013-Apr-10 – 2013-Apr-11
Peter DeCarlo grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana, the second of three children. His father is a professor of electrical engineering at Purdue University, and his mother is a kindergarten teacher. Both sisters also have…
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Oral history interview with Robert Adams
- 2013-Nov-22
Robert Adams grew up in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, always interested in the outdoors. As a student at the Ambler campus of Temple University with a major in urban studies and environmental science, he became familiar with…
- Interviewee Adams, Robert, 1953-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Adams, Robert, 1953-, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Watersheds, Water quality
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Oral history interview with Victor Romano
- 2014-Jan-10
Victor Romano was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Ambler, Pennsylvania. His neighborhood consisted of mostly Italians and African-Americans, and he claims there was no prejudice. His father sold produce…
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Oral history interview with Elsa Reichmanis
- 2001-Aug-01
Elsa Reichmanis begins the interview with a description of her family's immigration to the United States and her childhood years in Syracuse, New York. Reichmanis developed an interest in chemistry after taking a high…
- Interviewee Reichmanis, Elsa, 1953-
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Reichmanis, Elsa, Chemists, Women chemists, Women in science, Bell Labs, Syracuse University, Photonics
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Oral history interview with Ann M. Pullen
- 1996-Aug-07 – 1996-Aug-09
Ann M. Pullen was born in Eastbourne, a small town on the south coast of England, though was raised in Sutton Coldfield just outside of Birmingham, the elder of two sisters. Both of her parents were university-educated…
- Interviewee Pullen, Ann M., 1961-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Pullen Ann M., 1961-, Kappler, John, Marrack, P. (Philippa), Perlmutter, Roger, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Women medical scientists, Medical scientists, Women in medicine, Women in science, Medicine--Research, Immunology
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Oral history interview with Robert C. De Lisle
- 2000-Apr-10 – 2000-Apr-12
Robert C. De Lisle was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth of seven children. His father was an electrical engineer who holds patents on several of his inventions and who, now that he is retired, is studying cosmology…
- Interviewee De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cytologists, Cytology--Research, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Medicine, Gastroenterology, De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
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Oral history interview with Mark M. Davis
- 1989-Dec-14
Mark Davis grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the second of five children. His father was a civil engineer, his mother an architect. Davis took an early interest in science, thanks to wide reading and an influential…
- Interviewee Davis, Mark M., 1952-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Stanford University. School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular biologists, Molecular biology--Research, Genetics--Research, Genomics, T-cell receptor genes, Davis, Mark M., 1952-
