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5 items

Oral history interview with Frank H. Field

2009-Dec-09 (First session)
2009-Dec-10 (Second session)

Frank H. Field was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by an aunt, an uncle, and a grandmother. He entered Duke University, placing a year ahead in chemistry, but had very little money. To meet his expenses he worked…

Interviewee Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-
Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
Subject Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-, Ionization, Rockefeller University, Chromatographic analysis, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Consolidated Engineering Corporation, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.), Franklin, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1906-, Chemical apparatus

6 items

Oral histories

Oral history interview with Keith R. Jennings

2008-Apr-24 (First session)
2008-Apr-25 (Second session)

Keith R. Jennings begins his oral history by discussing his youth and education in the United Kingdom, including his chemistry studies at University of Oxford, where he worked with Jack Wilfrid Linnett, and his…

Interviewee Jennings, Keith R., 1932-
Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
Subject Chromatographic analysis, Jennings, Keith R., 1932-, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Chemists

6 items

Oral histories

Oral history interview with John H. Beynon

2008-Apr-22

John H. Beynon was born in Ystalyfera, Wales, the older of two sons whose parents ended their education at secondary school. Beynon grew up in a coal mining town and attended a local university, the University of Wales…

Interviewee Beynon, J. H. (John Herbert)
Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
Subject Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd., Swansea University, Chromatographic analysis, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Beynon, J. H. (John Herbert), Purdue University, Chemical apparatus

5 items

Oral histories

Oral history interview with Klaus Biemann

2006-Aug-29

Klaus Biemann's oral history begins with a discussion of his youth near Vienna, Austria. As pharmacy was the family profession, Biemann chose to study it at the University of Innsbruck. He soon developed an interest in…

Interviewee Biemann, K. (Klaus)
Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Peptides, Chromatographic analysis, Mass spectrometry, Chemistry, Organic, Biemann, K. (Klaus), Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Analytical chemistry, Emigration and immigration

41 items

Publications

Makers of Modernity: Members of the Pittcon Hall of Fame

2005

Publication highlighting the members of the Pittcon Hall of Fame. Each of these scientific instrument makers has been awarded the Pittcon Heritage Award for making vital contributions to the field of instrumentation.…

Author O'Reilly, Declan
Publisher Chemical Heritage Foundation
Subject Chemical apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Awards

7 items

Oral histories

Oral history interview with David M. Hercules

2002-Mar-20

David M. Hercules begins his interview by discussing his childhood and education. He describes his youth in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and his childhood curiosity with science. When he was in high school, he continued to…

Interviewee Hercules, David M.
Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
Subject Hercules, David M., Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electron spectroscopy, University of Georgia, Business consultants, Catalysis, University of Pittsburgh, Mass spectrometry, Spectrum analysis, Chemical apparatus, Chemists

7 items

Oral histories

Oral history interview with Seymour Meyerson

1991-Mar-07

Seymour Meyerson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Chicago from which he received his undergraduate degree. By 1943 Meyerson began active service with the US military, spending the…

Interviewee Meyerson, Seymour, 1916-
Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
Subject Meyerson, Seymour, 1916-, Chemistry, Chromatographic analysis, Mass spectrometry, Analytical chemistry, Chemists--Biography, Consolidated Engineering Corporation, Chemical apparatus, Chemistry, Organic

22 items

Illustrated works, Catalogs

Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

Catalog published by Eimer & Amend in conjunction with the United States Manufacturing Chemists' Association (MCA) which reflects the standardization of apparatus manufactured by American chemical companies. Eimer &…

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Volumetric Flasks

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Volumetric Flasks. Flat bottom, glass-stoppered and unstoppered.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometers, Nitrocotton and Universal

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

DuPont Nitrometer. Used to measure and collect nitrogen from a chemical reaction.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer, General Assembly of Parts

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer, general assembly of parts.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Reaction Bulb and Compensating Tube

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometers, reaction bulb and compensating tube.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Hooks

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer Hooks.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Attachments

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer attachments: reservoir bulb, manifold, and support used on universal tube.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Mohr Pipettes

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Mohr Pipettes. Invented by Karl Friedrich Mohr.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pipettes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Distillation Flask

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

200 ml. Distillation Flask. Round bottom. Largely used in the distillation of aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic chemical…

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 4

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 4. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock, 0-75 ml bulb capacity, 75-100 graduated in 1/10th ml.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 3

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 3. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock. 0-50 ml bulb capacity, 50-100 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 2

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 2. Burette with 3 way stopcock. 50 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 1

Part of Standard Laboratory Apparatus Adopted by the Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States Part 1

1922

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 1. Burette with funnel top, 50 ml in 1/10 ml.

Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
Publisher Eimer & Amend
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

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Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments

Kipp's Apparatus

Circa 1880 – 1920

A Kipp's apparatus, also called a Kipp generator, was an instrument designed for the preparation of small volumes of gases. The instrument was invented around 1844 by the Dutch pharmacist Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864)…

Creator Of Work Reading Scientific Company
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Kipp, Petrus Jacobus, 1808-1864, Evaporation, Gases, Chemical apparatus, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies

Catalogs

Various potash bulbs

Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware, and Laboratory Supplies

1910s – circa

Glass bulbs when filled with a potassium hydroxide solution are used for the absorption of carbon dioxide in chemical analysis. Types of potash bulbs depicted here include: Geissler's, Geissler-Wetzel's, Alvergnat's,…

Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus

Catalogs

Various gas burners

Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware, and Laboratory Supplies

1910s – circa

4591. Burner, "Vulcan Stove".
4599. Burner, Bunsen, with attachment for holding flasks.

Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
Subject Bunsen burner, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Gas-burners, Chemical apparatus

Catalogs

Various distilling apparatus

Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware, and Laboratory Supplies

1910s – circa

4880a. For purifying mercury, U. S. Weather Bureau pattern.
4881. With central condenser, suitable for nitrogen, alcohol etc.
4882. For the recovery of volatile solvents used in extraction.