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  Letter from S. S. Prentiss to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1945-Feb-20

  Request from the National Defense Research Committee for a Model L Pauling Oxygen Meter to test at high altitudes in airplanes.

  Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Prentiss, Spencer S.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, World War (1939-1945), United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from S. S. Prentiss to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1945-Feb-06

  In this letter, Dr. Prentiss inquires about the possibility of combining a moisture detector and an oxygen meter, presumably for use in submarines. At the time, Dr. Spencer S. Prentiss was working for the National…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Prentiss, Spencer S.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, World War (1939-1945), United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Moisture meters, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1945-May-24

  In this letter, Churchill confirms that the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) has granted Beckman permission to discuss the Pauling Oxygen Meter at an American Chemical Society meeting.

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Churchill, Durand Jr.
  • Subject National security, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, American Chemical Society
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from S. S. Prentiss to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1945-May-29

  Letter regarding the possible development of an aviation model of the Pauling Oxygen Meter for the Bureau of Aeronautics.

  Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Prentiss, Spencer S.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from S. S. Prentiss to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1945-Feb-06

  Letter inquiring about the price and delivery of model P and A Pauling Oxygen Meters for use by the National Defense Research Committee. This letter was originally sent to Dr. Beckman with another letter from Spencer…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Prentiss, Spencer S.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Beckman Instruments, inc.