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Beckman Model LS-2800 Liquid Scintillation System
- Circa 1982
Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator, which will emit photons in the presence of radioactive materials. The counter measures…
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Let Us Do Your Dirty Work
- Advertisement for Dow Bathroom Cleaner
- 1982
Color print advertisement for Dow Bathroom Cleaner featuring the Scrubbing Bubbles mascot.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Cleaning, Cleaning compounds, Consumer goods
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Lou Rosso and unidentified man talking beneath a SmithKline Beckman Corporation banner
- 1982 – 1989
Louis T. Rosso joined Beckman Instruments in 1959, initially working in product marketing in the biomedical instrumentation division. He assumed the role of chief operating officer and president of SmithKline Beckman in…
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58M 49S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1982
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1982 lecture includes…
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Signing agreement to form the Center for History of Chemistry, 1982
- 1982
Photographs depicting a 1982 gathering of Delaware Valley Industrialists and University of Pennsylvania officials during which an agreement to found a center of chemical history would be signed. The event was spurred by…
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The 3-Dimensional Periodic Cube
- 1982
Periodic table designed in the style of a cube by J. Francis Young, Professor of Civil and Ceramic Engineering, University of Illinois. This table was published by Instruments for Research and Industry and includes…
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Consolidated Vacuum Corporation Model 2000 Mass Spectrometer
- 1982-Mar
General view of a Consolidated Vacuum Corporation Model 2000 Mass Spectrometer, with view of the output scanner, oscilloscope, and assorted control panels and wires. Also known as CVC Products Inc., Consolidated Vacuum…
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American postage stamps commemorating Joseph Priestley
- 1983
Depicts Joseph Priestley, often credited for the discovery of oxygen.
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74 items
Atoms to electricity
- 1983
Booklet about the United States nuclear energy program, which includes description of the process, types of nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel, transporting radioactive materials, and economies of nuclear power. Includes…
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Beckman DU-6 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1983
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…
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3 items
Coulter Corporation 25th Anniversary
- 1983
The photographs show Wallace Coulter cutting a boat-shaped cake at a celebration of Coulter Corporation's anniversary.
Wallace and Joseph Coulter founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter Counters, instruments…
- Subject Anniversaries, Cameras, Cake, Executives
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FlexibleStereoChemistry Flexible Molecular Model Kit
- 1983
Green plastic case with snap lid on front; kit comes with five different types of plastic pieces: 12 multi-colored balls, eight gray "double bonds" pieces, one gray "triple-bonded carbon pairs" rod, and dozens of…
- Manufacturer FlexibleStereoChemistry, Inc.
- Subject Molecules--Models
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4 items
Pauling Oxygen Meter
- Undated
- 1983
The color photographs depict an instrument owned by Jack Kertzman of Perma Pure Products. Kertzman apparently purchased the Model P oxygen meter from an Exxon surplus sale, used it for many years in his laboratory, and…
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The Periodic Pyramid
- 1983
Periodic table designed in the style of a pyramid by Charles E. Gragg. This table was published by Instruments for Research and Industry and includes instructions for assembly into a 3-D model.
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Operating and Service Instructions, Beckman Astra Automated Stat/Routine Analyzer Systems
- Beckman Instructions 015-555586D
- 1983-Jun
Pages left intentionally blank have been omitted.
The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."
- Author Underwood, Tom
- Contributor Allen, Karen
- Subject Electrochemical analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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6 items
Oral history interview with Carl S. Marvel
- 1983-Jul-13
In this interview, Carl Marvel speaks about his life and career as a chemist. He begins by recalling his youth on a farm and his early education. Considerations of his undergraduate days at Illinois Wesleyan College and…
- Interviewee Marvel, Carl Shipp, 1894-1988
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B., Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001
- Subject Polymers, Chemists, Marvel, Carl Shipp, 1894-1988, Chemists--Biography
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5 items
Oral history interview with Keith J. Laidler
- 1983-Oct-13 (First session)
- 1983-Oct-14 (Second session)
- 1983-Oct-18 (Third session)
In this interview, K. J. Laidler recalls his childhood, early education, and undergraduate days at Oxford University. He then speaks about his colleagues and teachers at Princeton University where he did graduate work.…
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Oral history interview with Max Tishler
- 1983-Nov-14
This interview discusses Max Tishler's life and career. Tishler reminisces about his family, early schooling, undergraduate education at Tufts, and graduate and postgraduate work at Harvard. He then talks about his…
- Interviewee Tishler, Max
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B., Heitmann, John A.
- Subject Kohler, Elmer Peter, 1865-1938, Merck & Co., Chemists, Harvard University, Chemists--Biography, Tishler, Max
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59M 12S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1983-Dec-06
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture focuses more on…
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20M 36S
American Institute of Chemists in China
- Scientific Exchange Tour 1984
- 1984
This video is a narrated slide show of photographs taken during the American Institute of Chemists' tour of China in 1984. Photographs were taken and the slideshow is narrated by organic chemist Peter Throckmorton and…
- Creator Of Work Throckmorton, Phyllis, Throckmorton, Peter Eugene
- Subject China, American Institute of Chemists, Petroleum industry and trade, Communes (China)
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Beckman DU-7 Spectrophotometer in use
- Circa 1984
The DU 7 featured a microprocessor and a built in video graphic display.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories.…
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Eugene Garfield presented with the Price Medal by Michael J. Moravcsik
- 1984
Black and white photograph depicting Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) posing with a large medal having been awarded the Derek de Solla Price Memorial Award, or Price Medal, by Michael J. Moravcsik (1928-1989) on behalf of…
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Eugene Garfield presented with the Price Medal by Michael J. Moravcsik
- 1984
Three black and white photographs depicting Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) posing with a large medal having been awarded the Derek de Solla Price Memorial Award, or Price Medal, by Michael J. Moravcsik (1928-1989) on…
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Glenn Seaborg and Ann-Margret
- Circa 1984
Color photograph of Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) standing with Swedish-American actress and singer, Ann-Margret Olsson (1941-). Seaborg and Ann-Margret were jointly awarded the Great Swedish Heritage Award in 1984.