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President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1966 visit to Argonne National Laboratory-West
- 1966-Aug-26
Black and white photograph of Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) standing with President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), flanked by two unidentified staffers or scientists. The men are standing in the Argonne National…
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Glenn Seaborg and children with Richard Nixon
- After 1942 – before 1969
Black and white photograph of Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) and Richard Nixon (1913-1994) posing with two of Seaborg's seven children who stand between the future President and their father.
Nixon inscribed the photograph…
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1968 Enrico Fermi Award Presentation
- 1968-Dec-02
Black and white photograph depicting Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) and President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) presenting the Fermi Award to Dr. John Wheeler (1911-2008) at the White House. Wheeler was an American…
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1966 Enrico Fermi Award Presentation
- 1966-Oct-23
Black and white photo depicting Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) presenting the Enrico Fermi award to Lise Meitner (1878-1968) at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England. Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who…
- Creator Of Work Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Technical and Electronic Information Department
- Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968, Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England), United States. Department of Energy, Science--Awards, Women in science, Nobel Prize winners
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8M 35S
Automated Blood Alcohol Analysis With Gas Chromatography
- 1960s
This narrated guide to performing blood alcohol analysis using gas chromatography was created by Dr. G. Machata at the University of Vienna Institute of Forensic Medicine. It walks viewers through using Perkin-Elmer…
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Letter of recommendation for Percy L. Julian
- After 1964 – before 1975
A letter of recommendation written by Ray Fields Dawson (1911-2012) on behalf of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975). Dawson is recommending that Julian receive an honorary degree from DePauw University due to his work…
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Grave of Rosa Bredig
- 1967-May
Color photograph showing the grave of Rosa née Fraenkel (1877-1933). Though little is known about Bredig as an individual, in 1901 she was married to physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and had two children, Max…
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Watersports at lake St. Wolfgang
- 1967
A color photograph depicting six people in front of Lake St. Wolfgang in St. Gilgen, Austria. A group of five stands in front of a sign advertising "wasserskischule / elektroboote 2 stufig" or "water ski school /…
- Subject Vacations, Water skiing, Austria--Wolfgangsee
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Business card of Percy L. Julian
- After 1961 – before 1975
Business card of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), African American research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. This card reflects Julian's position as the Director of the Julian…
- Creator Of Work Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975
- Subject Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975, Scientists, Black, Chemistry, Organic, Nonprofit organizations
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Bug-A-Boo With and Without D.D.T. Kills All 9 Major Pests
- After 1931 – before 1963
Color-print advertisement for Socony-Vacuum Bug-a-boo insecticide. An illustration of three cartoon mosquitos fleeing from a pesticide sprayer fills the top portion of the page. Two Bug-a-boo bottles are illustrated on…
- Creator Of Work Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
- Subject DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides, Pests--Control, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
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6 items
Dacron & Antron Colour Story
- Piece Dyed / Cross Dyed Jersey Fabrics
- 1950 – 1970
Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.
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6 items
Madame Curie, Descubridora del Radio
- Mujeres Célebres, Año 2, Número 18
- 1962-Sep-10
The colorful letterpress halftone illustrations of this comic book tell a biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Marie Curie (1867-1934), the French physicist and chemist who pioneered radioactivity…
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Portrait of Eugene Garfield
- After 1940 – before 1963
Black and white photograph of Eugene Garfield (1925-2017), a prominent American information scientist and pioneer in the field of scientometrics. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), a…
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Portrait of Eugene Garfield
- After 1960 – before 1975
Black and white photograph of Eugene Garfield (1925-2017), a prominent American information scientist and pioneer in the field of scientometrics. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), a…
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Unidentified man with instrument
- After 1949 – before 1976
A black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing next to an IBM 407 Accounting Machine. Introduced in 1949, the IBM 407 was one of a long line of IBM tabulating machines. The 407 read punched cards, totaled…
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Putting Scientific Information to Work
- 1967
This promotional film is one of several made to advertise the new citation indexing service offered by the Institute for Scientific Information. The ISI was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1960 by Eugene…
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12m 17s
The Robot Chemist
- Circa 1967
This video is a sales presentation for "The Robot Chemist," an automated laboratory system manufactured by Warner-Chilcott Laboratories Instruments Division. This system mixes, measures, and tests chemical agents using…
- Creator Of Work Warner/Chilcott (Firm). Instruments Division
- Producer Aegis Productions
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Robots
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Skein Dyed Yarn
- 1928 – 1968
Four skeins of yarn, connected in bundles of two. Each has been skein dyed with General Aniline & Film Corporation dye, 1% Acid Alizarine Brown RRL-CF and 1% Supralan Grey BRLS-CF. There is a paper label attached to…
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Teletype
- 1960s
Teletype telecommunication device with a QWERTY keyboard, acoustic couplers, and small LED screen to display typed text electronically. The text is transmitted live, via a telephone line, to a compatible device, i.e.…
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5 items
Dairy Science Instruments
- After 1959 – before 1989
Pyrex 70% Gerber Bottle - A glass tube bottle with bulbous ends and a flattened midsection. The mid-section has measurements from 0 to 70 mL. One end is inscribed in red "Cheese".
Used Gerber Bottle 8% - A glass tube…
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2 items
Prosthetic arm with hook
- 1900s
A hollow, fiberglass prosthetic arm with attached pincher hooks and a rubber grip. The left hook can be manipulated by the wearer by a lever mechanism. The hooks are not detachable and the elbow joint is missing from…
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Prosthetic arm with strings
- 1900s
A prosthetic arm and detachable hand with wrist and mechanisms that allow the joints to be manually rotated and locked into place. The hand has a wide, hinged, non-jointed thumb with a large surface and a curved pointer…
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8 items
Standing Wheelchair Model
- 1900s
A wooden model of a standing wheelchair with a figure. The model is constructed of three pieces: two sides of the wheelchair, and one figure. The model was built by Morris A. Robbins, M.D. (1916-2004), an orthopedic…
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10 items
Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium Data at Normal Pressures
- 1966
Photocopies of a selection of pages from a 1966 publication containing direct experimental data on vapor-liquid equilibrium in separation systems. The copies include datasets published in 1927 by Georg Bredig…
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Höhere Mathematik als Hilfswissenschaft für die Technik
- Higher Mathematics as an Auxiliary Science for Technology
- 1960s
- Publisher Demmig, R. (Richard), 1880-
- Subject Mathematics, Publishers and publishing, Tables, Science publishing