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Oral history interview with Fred Basolo
- 1991-Mar-01
Fred Basolo begins this interview by discussing his childhood in Coello, Illinois, and his elementary and high school education. He attended Southern Illinois University where he studied to be a chemistry teacher but…
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Oral history interview with William O. Baker
- 1985-May-23 (First session)
- 1985-Jun-18 (Second session)
This interview with William O. Baker begins with a discussion of Baker's childhood on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where his parents were involved in raising fowl and developing therapy for turkey pathology; this, along…
- Interviewee Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005
- Interviewer Goldstein, Marcy, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Rubber Reserve Company, Polymers, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Chemists--Biography, Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966, Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005, Crystalline polymers, Solid state physics, Solid state chemistry
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Oral history interview with Dexter F. Baker
- 1995-Jan-27
Dexter Baker begins the interview by discussing his childhood and early education in the suburbs of Philadelphia. After graduating from Upper Darby High in 1945, Baker was drafted into the US Navy and admitted to the…
- Interviewee Baker, Dexter F.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Turbines, Mechanical engineers, Chemical industry, Baker, Dexter F., Air Products and Chemicals, inc., Gas-turbines, Corporations
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Oral history interview with Dale B. Baker
- 1997-Jun-06
Dale Baker begins the interview with a discussion of his early years and family background. Inspired by a high school teacher, Baker decided to major in chemical engineering upon entering Ohio State University in 1938,…
- Interviewee Baker, Dale B.
- Interviewer Slater, Leo B., Williams, Robert V.
- Subject Chemical engineering, American Chemical Society. Chemical Abstracts Service, Chemistry--Nomenclature, American Chemical Society, National Federation of Science Abstracting and Indexing Services, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Chemical engineers, Garfield, Eugene, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, Chemistry--Research, Baker, Dale B., Chemists--Biography, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing
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Oral history interview with Hubert N. Alyea
- 1986-May-22 (First session)
- 1986-May-30 (Second session)
Hubert Alyea was an internationally known popularizer of chemistry. His public demonstrations and academic lectures won him numerous awards and imparted the beauty of chemistry to his students and interested laypeople…
- Interviewee Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-
- Interviewer Doel, Ronald E., Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Poliomyelitis--Patients, Scientists with disabilities, People with disabilities, Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-, General Electric Company, Princeton University, Chemists--Biography, Poliomyelitis
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Oral history interview with William John Bailey
- 1986-Jun-03
The interview begins with William Bailey describing his upbringing in rural Minnesota, where his family operated a small lumber business. An outstanding high school teacher sparked Bailey's interest in science, and he…
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Oral history interview with Robert Armstrong
- 1986-May-01
Dr. Robert Armstrong describes his childhood in Nebraska and Arizona and how he managed to support himself through undergraduate and graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remembers the…
- Interviewee Armstrong, Robert T. (Robert Thexton), 1909-1992
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Celanese Corporation of America, Armstrong, Robert T. (Robert Thexton), 1909-1992, United States Rubber Company, Rubber chemistry, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Chemists--Biography, Polymerization, North American Rayon Corporation
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Oral history interview with Neal R. Amundson
- 1990-Oct-24
Neal Amundson begins the interview with a discussion of his family and early years in St. Paul, Minnesota. Amundson graduated from high school at the very depth of the Depression. For the Amundson family, times were…
- Interviewee Amundson, Neal R. (Neal Russell), 1916-2011
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Amundson, Neal R. (Neal Russell), 1916-2011, Heat--Transmission, Adsorption, Chemical engineering--Mathematics, University of Houston, Analytical chemistry, University of Minnesota, Chemical engineers, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Chromatographic analysis
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in use at Broome Community College laboratory
- 1970s
General view of two unidentified students operating Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in the chemical analysis instrument laboratory at Broome Community College in New York State. Per notations accompanying…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Columbus Crime Laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist preparing a drug evidence sample for analysis by a Perkin-Elmer Infrared Spectrophotometer in the Columbus Police Department Crime Laboratory. Per notations accompanying the…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at IBM laboratory
- 1970s
General view of associate engineer R. Mark Phelan preparing a sample of silicone resin for analysis by a Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer at IBM's Manufacturing Materials Analysis Laboratory located in San Jose,…
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Infrared spectrophotometer in use at General Instruments Corporation laboratory
- 1970s
Close-up view of a sample being inserted into a Perkin-Elmer Model 735 Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a General Instrument Corporation laboratory in Hicksville, New York. Per notations accompanying the photograph,…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at EPA mobile laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist preparing an oil sample for analysis by a Perkin-Elmer Model 727 Infrared Spectrophotometer in a mobile laboratory for the Environmental Protection Agency's Oil and Hazardous…
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Infrared sensor in production at Perkin-Elmer facility
- 1970s
Close-up view of an infrared sensor, likely designed for use with a telescope or other optical system, in production at an unidentified Perkin-Elmer Corporation facility. The employee visible in the photograph is also…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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Infrared sensor in production at Perkin-Elmer facility
- 1970s
Two views of an infrared sensor, likely designed for use with a telescope or other optical system, in production at an unidentified Perkin-Elmer Corporation facility. The employee visible in the photographs is also…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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Perkin-Elmer inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry system
- 1985 – 1986
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 6500 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry system in use at an unidentified laboratory facility. The individuals visible in the photograph are identified as Dr. Lee Davidowski…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Environmental Protection Agency
- 1970s
General view of Dr. Eva Wittgenstein inserting a sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model 621 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a facility associated with the Laboratory Methods Research Section of the Environmental…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Corporations, Women chemists, Pollutants, Laboratories, Air--Pollution, Chemists
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist examining the graphical output of a Perkin-Elmer Model 621 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Testing and Research…
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Peanut oil testing using Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer
- 1970s
General view of Dr. Giovanni Bigalli posed with a Perkin-Elmer Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer at an unidentified laboratory facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, this spectrophotometer is being used…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Florida Citrus Department
- 1970s
General view of Research Chemist S.V. Ting inserting a citrus sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model 457 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer at a Florida Citrus Department laboratory located in Lake Alfred, Florida. Per…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 337 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. The female technician visible in the photograph is unidentified.
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Macfield Texturizing Company
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 257 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at the Macfield Texturizing Company plant in Madison, North Carolina. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the instrument is being…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the spectrophotometer is being used to characterize…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrometer in use at Optimal Systems, Inc. laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist checking the graphical read-out of a Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrometer in use at the Atlanta laboratory of Optimal Systems, Inc. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…
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Heated graphite atomizer in use at General Instruments Corporation laboratory
- 1970s
Two views of a sample being injected into the heated graphite atomizer (HGA) of a Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at the quality control laboratory of the General Instrument Corporation in…