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Employee at work in raw material storage at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified worker sorting raw material, possibly ore or phosphate, at a Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Air-conditioning equipment at Fertilizer Machinery Laboratory
- 1935
General view of the air-conditioning equipment used in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fertilizer Machinery Laboratory located at the Arlington Experimental Farm in Rosslyn [Arlington], Virginia. This particular…
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Machine shop at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- Circa 1928
General view of the machine shop at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory facilities located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at…
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Laboratory at catalyst testing plant
- Circa 1928
General view of a laboratory at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's catalyst testing plant. Various laboratory glassware and scientific apparatus are visible in the photograph, as well as a supply cabinet…
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High-pressure pump
- Circa 1928
General view of a high-pressure pump used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at…
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High-pressure circulating pump
- Circa 1928
General view of a high-pressure circulating pump used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was…
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Compressors used at catalyst testing plant
- Circa 1928
General view of the compressors used at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's catalyst testing plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American University in 1919 under the…
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Auxiliary gasoline engine at catalyst testing plant
- Circa 1928
General view of the auxiliary gasoline engine used at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's catalyst testing plant. The insignia of the General Motors Company is visible at the base of the engine.
The Fixed Nitrogen…
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Samples of commercial fertilizer and concentrated fertilizer mixtures
- Circa 1928
Four stoppered jars containing samples of commercial fertilizer and concentrated fertilizer mixtures produced at the Arlington Experimental Farm in Arlington, Virginia. Established by an act of Congress in April 1900,…
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Equipment for treating fertilizer raw materials with nitrogen oxides
- 1930-Jan-08
Equipment used to treat raw materials for the production of fertilizer with nitrogen oxides at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen…
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Electric arc furnace for making ferro-aluminum alloys
- Circa 1926
Electric arc furnace used to make ferro-aluminum alloys at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Rotary filter for extracting cyanamide from calcium cyanamide
- Circa 1926
Rotary filter used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory to extract cyanamide from calcium cyanamide.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Carbon dioxide drier, compressor, liquifier, and liquid storage
- 1930-Jan-08
General view of a carbon dioxide drier, compressor, liquifier, and liquid storage used at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant. Urea is a water-soluble powder form of carbonic acid frequently used as a…
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Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Frank Stodola
- 1942-Jul-06
Written by Joshua Lederberg while 17 years old, seeking permission to take Stodola's Chem s42C course, despite not having taken the necessary prerequisites.
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Oral history interview with O. Theodor Benfey
- 1991-May-24
- 1991-Jun-05
…THEODOR BENFEY James J. Bohning Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24 May 1991 BOHNING: Ted, I know that … chemistry. There Larry proposed that the high school chemistry course, instead … in Chemistry: A Report of the Advisory Council on College Chemistry Conference…
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Oral history interview with Francis O. Rice
- 1984-Jan-04 (First session)
- 1984-Jan-05 (Second session)
… organic chemistry. Chemistry was divided at that time among people who hardly knew each other, organic chemists and physical chemists. Organic chemistry was not physical chemistry. That is no longer the case at all. [ … …Free radicals (Chemistry); Scientists--Professional relationships; Free radicals (Chemistry…
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Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
…General view of three employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory, a division of the Leather …soap, paint, varnish, and other industrial products. The Bureau of Chemistry was established in 1901 through Congressional appropriations as a successor to the U.S.D.A. Division of Chemistry and significantly built upon the work of its predecessor, which researched…
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Letter from Ernest Rutherford to Georg Bredig
- 1912-Jun-12
…father of nuclear physics. In 1908, he received the Nobel prize in chemistry "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances." Rutherford is well known for his "gold…
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Letter from Andrew M. Sessler to William A. Lester, Jr., October 19, 1976
- 1976-Oct-19
…desirability of establishing a National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC) has been the subject of a detailed study by the Office of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the National Research Council. The conclusions …Sciences report "The Proposed National Resource for Computation in Chemistry: A User-Oriented Facility," published in 1975. Representatives of … (1937-) about establishing a National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC). Sessler invites Lester to a NRCC workshop, to be held at …
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The Best of Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 2011
…annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …Marching Band Director Mike Leckrone. All of the guests who assist in the chemistry experiments also play a musical instrument or sing, and demonstrate…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, January 1913
- 1913-Jan-01
…pleased that you are so interested in the various branches of physical chemistry. It shows that you are still young and hopeful that many problems …professional updates. Arrhenius praises Bredig for his interest in physical chemistry, discusses Wilhelm Ostwald's (1853-1932) work ethics, and explains…
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The Zest of Winter Brings the Glow of Health!
- Advertisement for Dow pharmaceutical chemicals
- 1941
…formidable for outdoor recreation. The advances of medical science and chemistry have minimized the former hazards of winter cold. Now nearly all …consequences. We can enjoy winter with confidence today largely because of chemistry’s contribution to the preser- (Liat / vation of good health. For the …field in which Dow is recognized as an outstanding leader —a field of chemistry which has an exceedingly important bearing on the mainte- nance of…
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Oral history interview with James N. Shoolery
- 2002-Jan-18
…discussing growing up during the Depression and his early interests in chemistry. His education at University of California, Berkeley, was interrupted …which he served in the US Navy. Shoolery decided to pursue a PhD in chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and worked under Don M. … to inorganic chemistry because inorganic chemistry involves atoms other than carbon and …
- Interviewee Shoolery, James N., 1925-2015
- Interviewer Brock, David C., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Nuclear magnetic resonance, Chemists, Shoolery, James N., 1925-2015, Varian Associates, Chemists--Biography
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 23 Number 2
- 2005 (Summer)
…19th-century Alsace, printed textiles represented a happy blend of art and chemistry. A specialist in history of textiles explores how chemistry became …have developed many novel technologies, for example, computa- tional chemistry and combinatorial chemistry; gene shuffling; biomarkers, including …together on camera that one-fourth of the final hour-long pro- gram on chemistry was filmed at CHF. In addition to chemistry, the new series also …
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Portrait of a sitter, possibly Aleksandr Nikolaevich Lebedev, 1910
- 1910-Aug-01
Black and white stereograph addressed to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) of a scientist, possibly Aleksandr Nikolaevich Lebedev (1869–1937) posing with a table of glassware and apparatuses. The work is signed by Peter…