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14M 46S
The National Lake Survey
- 1984
This video presents the Environmental Protection Agency's National Lake Survey, conducted in the early 1980s as part of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. The goals of the survey were to see which of…
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2 items
Pepsin Is of No Value in the Digestion of Starchy Foods
- 1895-Oct
Advertisement for Taka-diastase (also called Takadiastase), published in The Druggist Circular and Chemical Gazette, 1895. Takadiastase was developed by Japanese chemist, Jōkichi Takamine (1854-1922).
- Creator Of Work Parke, Davis & Company
- Subject Pepsin, Parke, Davis & Company, Amylases, Digestive enzymes, Advertising, Takamine, Jōkichi, 1854-1922
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2 items
William Haynes Research Collection
This collection was amassed by Williams Haynes during his 38-year career as an editor and writer on the chemical industry, its history, and the economic forces behind it. The collection is made up of index cards,…
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29 items
Donald F. Othmer Papers
The papers of Donald F. Othmer offer a glimpse into the life and work of one of the Chemical Engineering field’s most accomplished figures. With nearly 170 linear feet of papers, photographs, and artifacts, this…
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2 items
Delaware River Basin Commission Lecture and Slides Collection
The Delaware River Basin Commission Lecture and Slides Collection includes one-hundred-and-eight color 35 mm slides and a twelve-page script for a lecture titled, “The Mighty Delaware,” from January 13, 1954. The…
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8 items
Robert E. Kohler Papers
The Robert E. Kohler Papers contain the papers of American science historian Robert E. Kohler. The files in the Robert E. Kohler Papers consist mainly of research notes, lecture notes, and correspondence. A small…
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5 items
Wyndham D. Miles Collection of Philatelic Cachets
This collection consists of philatelic cachets celebrating various milestones and notable individuals in the history of science collected by Wyndham D. Miles, author, editor, and past president of the American Chemical…
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5 items
American Chemical Society Audiovisual Collection
This collection contains video tapes, primarily U-matic tapes, and 16mm film collected by the American Chemical Society on a wide range of topics, including chemistry education and laboratory equipment. Only a small…
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25M 25S
The Story of Garbage
- 2002
This educational film about garbage and waste disposal was funded and co-produced by Waste Management, Inc. The video describes the process and problems of waste disposal in the United States before proposing solutions…
- Creator Of Work Allegro Productions, Inc.
- Sponsor Waste Management Inc.
- Subject Refuse and refuse disposal, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Waste products as fuel, Bioremediation, Compost, Educational films
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13M
Photography - Tool of Scientific Exploration
- Science Screen Report
- 1983
The Science Screen Report is a series of educational films for science students in grades 8-12 in the United States school system. This film covers the basic history of photography and how photography was used in the…
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17M 08S
Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence
- 2000
This video was originally distributed as a CD-ROM included with the 2000 book of the same name, written by Arnold Thackray and Minor Myers, Jr. Narrated by Arnold O. Beckman's grandson, Arne W. Beckman, this short film…
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5 items
Oral history interview with Jean S. Kane
- 2012-Feb-27 – 2012-Feb-28
Jean S. Kane grew up mostly in Tenafly, New Jersey. Although her father was an accountant, Jean was the first in her family to attend college. She began at Keuka College, intending to get a nursing degree, but she…
- Interviewee Kane, Jean S.
- Interviewer Gross, Benjamin
- Subject Kane, Jean S., 1940-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Geological Survey (U.S.), Spectrum analysis, Standard Reference Materials Program (National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)), International Organization for Standardization, Geochemistry, Analytical geochemistry, Standard reference materials, Women in science, Chemists, Women chemists
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3 items
Science Screen Report Film and Video Collection
16mm film and VHS video cassettes of the educational science series, Science Screen Report. Only a few items from this collection have been digitized.
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13M 43S
Minority Inventors of Science and Engineering
- Science Screen Report
- Undated
The Science Screen Report is a series of educational films for science students in grades 8-12 in the United States school system. This film focuses on scientists and inventors of color and their inventions.
Inventors…
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3 items
Culinary Chemistry: Exhibiting the Scientific Principles of Cookery, with Concise Instructions for Preparing Good and Wholesome Pickles, Vinegar, Conserves, Fruit Jellies, Marmalades, and Various Other Alimentary Substances Employed in Domestic Economy, with Observations on the Chemical Constitution and Nutritive Qualities of Different Kinds of Food
- 1821
Title page and facing title page of Culinary Chemistry: Exhibiting the Scientific Principles of Cookery, With Concise Intructions for Preparing Good and Wholesome Pickles, Vinegar, Conserves, Fruit Jellies, Marmalades,…
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1H 09M 06S
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Lemelson Awards Ceremony
- 1998
The MIT-Lemelson Awards are presented to American inventors and innovators by the program of the same name, a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Lemelson Foundation. The 1998 awards…
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18 items
The Conquest of Hunger: Featuring Prosper Plenty and His Magical Chemicals
- 1951
Published by The National Fertilizer Association in 1951, The Conquest of Hunger was a public service comic strip that celebrated the use of synthetic fertilizers.
This comic calls Native Americans "Indians" and…
- Publisher National Fertilizer Association
- Producer Commercial Comics, Inc.
- Subject Fertilizers, Food industry and trade, Hunger, Agriculture, Educational comics, Comic books, strips, etc.
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8M 37S
Delaware Valley Science Fairs
- 1980s
Promotional video for the non-profit organization, Delaware Valley Science Fairs, which hosts a regional science fair for students from Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey.
- Creator Of Work Delaware Valley Science Fairs, Inc.
- Subject Science fairs, Science--Study and teaching, Science and education, Science--Experiments, Inventions, Education
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2 items
Two Sports, One Field. The Answer: AstroTurf and Eight Hours.
- 1970s
Monsanto AstroTurf advertisement. The caption reads "Two sports, one field. The answer: AstroTurf and eight hours." This double-page spread features a baseball player and a football player facing off nose-to-nose and…
- Creator Of Work Monsanto Company
- Subject Synthetic sporting surfaces, Baseball, Football, Sports, Monsanto Company, Advertising
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6 items
Graphic Periodic Selector of the Elements
- 1959
The Graphic Periodic Selector of the Elements visually demonstrates the periodicity of the elements. A single setting of the slide will simultaneously illustrate the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of the…
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5 items
Oral history interview with Philip E. Eaton
- 1997-Jan-22
Philip Eaton begins the interview with a description of his childhood, parents, and early education in Brooklyn, New York. At age seven, Eaton and his family relocated to Budd Lake, New Jersey, where he attended Roxbury…
- Interviewee Eaton, Philip E., 1936-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation
- Subject Eaton, Philip E., 1936, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Eaton Associates, Chemists, Chlordecone, Organic compounds--Synthesis
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14M 44S
Portaspec spectrometer sales video
- 1970s
This is a sales video for Pitchford Scientific Instrument Corporation's Portaspec, a portable x-ray spectrometer. A traveling field service representative for a steel company discusses the instrument's features and…
- Creator Of Work Pitchford Scientific Instrument Corp.
- Subject Spectrometer, X-rays, X-ray spectrometer, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Promotional films
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Certificate of Incorporation for the Society of Flavor Chemists, Inc.
- 1959-Aug-11
Certificate of Incorporation for the Society of Flavor Chemists.
- Creator Of Work New York (State). Department of State
- Subject Society of Flavor Chemists, Certificates of incorporation
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2 items
Postcard from an Masumi Chikashige to Georg Bredig
- 1930-Aug-12
Postcard sent from Masumi Chikashige (1870-1941) in Kyoto to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Chikashige, Masumi, 1870-1941
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Art, Japanese, Chikashige, Masumi, 1870-1941
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7 items
Swanson TV Dinner Swiss Steak box
- 1960s
Swanson TV Dinner box and tray. The cardboard box features the Swanson logo and an image of Swiss Steak in brown gravy with whipped potatoes and green beans.
- Manufacturer Campbell Soup Company
- Subject Ready meals, Campbell Soup Company, Dinners and dining, Convenience foods