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41 items
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.…
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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
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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…
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Illustrated Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Assay Goods, Manufactured and Imported by Richards & Co., Limited.
- 1890s
A three-part catalog of chemical supplies and laboratory apparatus sold by Richards & Co., Limited. The first part lists general laboratory supplies, the second includes specific analytical and physio-chemical…
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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)…
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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 &…
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Chemical apparatus, Chemical laboratories, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Eimer & Amend, Chemical laboratories--Standards
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Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie
- Price-List on Apparatus and Equipment for all Laboratory Work in the Field of Biochemistry
- 1913
Fully illustrated catalog of laboratory equipment manufactured by the Vereinigte Fabriken Fuer Laboratoriumsbedarf (United Factories for Laboratory Supplies). Digitized content includes the work's front matter, a…
- Author Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
- Publisher Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
- Subject Biological laboratories, Chemical laboratories, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Distillation apparatus, Chemical apparatus, Standard Scientific Company, Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
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Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware, and Laboratory Supplies
- Circa 1910
Catalog of scientific apparatus for chemical laboratories sold by the Emil Greiner Company. Promising superior quality and prompt delivery, the catalog includes items for sale such as burners, burets, pipettes, and…
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Encyclopædia of Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as Applied to the Arts and Manufacturers, Vol. I and II
- 1877
Encyclopedia of technical chemistry. The work exists in two volumes; the first covers topics from Acetic Acid to Gas, and the second begins with Glass and ends with Zinc. Digitized content includes a limited selection…
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An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry
- 1824
Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum (1769-1838) was a German chemist whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous…
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Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Chemicals
- 1889
Catalog for chemical apparatus produced by Philip Harris & Co., now Philip Harris Ltd., a British laboratory supply company that became a major supplier of equipment for school science. The brand name is now owned by…
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Figures 7-11. Blowpipes
- 1840
Figure 7. Blowpipe, self-acting Spirit for bending glass tubes, Tin.
Figure 8. Blowpipe, self-acting in brass with sliding Lamp.
Figure 9. Blowpipe, Glassblower's Table, with double bellows, jets, lamp, and stand,… -
Figures 20-23. Furnace Stoves, For Experimental Purposes, Made to Order
- 1840
Figure 20. Furnace, Round Iron, very useful.
Figure 21. Furnace, Dr. Black's.
Figure 22. Furnace, on Professor Brande's Principle, made to order, price according to size.
Figure 23. Pair of large Pepy's Copper… -
Figures 28-35. Lamps
- 1840
Figure 28. Lamps, Berzelius's portable Blowpipe.
Figure 29. Lamp, Cooper's for heating Tubes.
Figure 30. Lamp, Davy's Safety.
Figure 31. Lamp, Farraday's, with four wicks, as recommended in his chemical manipulations.… -
Figures 39-41. Mercurial Troughs, Palmer's Gas Lamp, and Chemical Instruction Chest
- 1840
Figure 39. Mercurial Troughs, iron, very superior with Pepy's Gasometer attached.
Figure 40. Palmer's Gas Lamp for heating tubes, which screws on to a common gas pillar.
Figure 41. Palmer's Chemical Amusement and… -
Figures 50 and 51. Retort Stand and Chemical Scales
- 1840
Figure 50. Retort Stand large, brass, with tubulated retort, receiver.
Figure 51. Scales, Chemical, with decimal weights to the tenth of a grain, brass pans, warranted to weigh accurately to the tenth of a grain.These…
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Figures 58-61. Barometers
- 1840
Figure 58. Best Wheel Barometer with Thermometer & Spirit Level, plain mounted.
Figure 59. Best Wheel Barometer with screw Hygrometer, rosewood inlaid with pearl and German silver fittings, very elegant.
Figure 60. Upri…- Author Palmer, Edward, 1803-1872
- Printer Gilbert, William
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Barometers, Commercial catalogs, Chemical apparatus
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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…
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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
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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
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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…
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Plate XI: The Calorimeter of Lavoisier and La Place.
- 1801-Mar-10
Hand-colored engraving by J. Pass after the drawing by Henry Lascelles for the section on "Chemistry." From Volume 4 of the Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature,…
- Artist Lascelles, Henry
- Engraver Paas, John, 1790-1832
- Publisher Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex
- Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
