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Organic combustion furnace and train
- 1930-Jan-08
General view of the organic combustion furnace and train utilized 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.)…
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Dr. Leatherman measuring traces of inert gas and air in nitrogen
- 1928-Aug-21
General view of Dr. Leatherman using an apparatus to measure traces of inert gas and air in nitrogen at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's High-Pressure Laboratory.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Dr. Leatherman determining amount of inert gas in nitrogen
- 1928-Aug-21
General view of Dr. Leatherman using an apparatus to determine the amount of inert gas present in nitrogen made from the fractionation of liquid air at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's High-Pressure Laboratory. …
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General repair shop at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- Circa 1928
General view of the general repair 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…
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Travis P. Hignett measuring combustion temperature in blast furnace
- 1930-May-28
Close-up view of Travis P. Hignett using an optical pyrometer to measure the combustion temperature of coke in the blast furnace at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in…
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Experimental furnace for smelting of phosphate rock
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of an experimental furnace used to smelt phosphate rock at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Exterior of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant
- 1926-Apr
General view of the exterior of the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant, showing assorted apparatus and equipment used to produce Urea, a water-soluble powder form of carbonic acid frequently used as a…
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General view of apparatus for determining total and partial vapor pressures
- 1930-Jan-08
General view of apparatus use to determine total and partial vapor pressures at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The apparatus was commonly used to…
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Apparatus for studying the thermal reaction of acetylene and nitrogen
- 1930-Jan-08
An apparatus used to study the thermal reaction of acetylene and nitrogen at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Apparatus for studying the thermal reactions in gases (with screen)
- 1930-Jan-08
An apparatus used to study thermal reactions in gases at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. A protective screen partially obscures the front of the…
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High-temperature vacuum furnace
- Circa 1926
High-temperature vacuum furnace used 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 University in 1919 under…
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Apparatus for studying the separation of ammonia from carbon dioxide
- Circa 1926
Apparatus used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory to study the separation of ammonia from carbon dioxide.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at…
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Large-capacity constant temperature bath
- 1930-May-28
General view of a large-capacity constant temperature bath with a removable glass front used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen…
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1961
- 1961-Jan-10
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning the development of several scientific, analytical instruments, as well as a proposal to establish a program in Chemical Physics.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
- 1951
Cachet created by Fleetwood depicts "The Chemist" along with ACS logo and the tagline, "Maker of a Better Tomorrow." Stamp issued to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the American Chemical Society. Addressed to and…
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Oral history interview with Allison Aldridge
- 2004-Aug-25
- 2009-Aug-23
… actually I had some help because prior to that I really only took chemistry in high school, but I never—the only thing chemistry to me was a …to grad school, they’re like, ‘Um, you want to major in analytical chemistry and you flunked analytical chemistry?” BROWN: Oh, God. Oh, …: Yeah, because their program, they had a program in environmental chemistry because I was still waffling between environmental chemistry and …
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Oral history interview with Lloyd M. Smith
- 2008-Mar-02
… chemistry.” And I hadn’t actually taken chemistry in high school because I … a year and I just didn’t take the full set of courses. So I took chemistry, Chem 1, and then I, kind of, seemed to be pretty good at chemistry …: Okay. And was his laboratory in the chemistry department? SMITH: In chemistry, yeah. In the chemistry building…
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Oral history interview with Walter H. Stockmayer
- 1986-Aug-25 (First session)
- 1992-Jan-22 (Second session)
…He first became interested in the mathematical aspects of physical chemistry as an undergraduate at MIT. A Rhodes Scholarship brought Stockmayer …senior and by petition being allowed to drop one term of industrial chemistry. STURCHIO: Who were some of the professors you had in chemistry …term (he had been made to take the usual curriculum of freshman chemistry), he also asked permission to take the final in organic chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Richard S. Stein
- 1987-Jun-17
…university professors. BOHNING: What kind of science did you cover? Chemistry, biology, physics? STEIN: The things I did were mostly chemistry …chemistry the first year, then analytical chemistry, then industrial chemistry … of the chemistry department. I got polymer science started within chemistry. But…
- Interviewee Stein, Richard S., 1925-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Stein, Richard S., 1925-, Chemists, Dichroism, Postwar reconstruction, Polymers--Research, Chemistry--Research
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Portrait of John Dalton
- 1884
…at his temple. Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research … blindness. This plate is from John Howard Appleton's (1844-1930) Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals, published in 1884. Intended as an introduction to the study of chemistry, this volume contains illustrations throughout the text including…
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Letter from Frederick Donnan to Georg Bredig
- 1933-Jun-06
…visiting Karlsruhe for a German Bunsen Society for Applied Physical Chemistry meeting.…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, October 1, 1853
- 1853-Oct-01
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to ask if Booth will lecture at the Maryland Institute…
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Figure 12: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean-Baptiste Biot ascend in balloon conducting scientific experiments
- 1884
…years earlier. This plate is from John Howard Appleton's (1844-1930) Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals, published in 1884. Intended as an introduction to the study of chemistry, this volume contains illustrations throughout the text including…
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Hewlett-Packard display booth
- 1973-Mar-05
…display booth at the Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON) held in Cleveland, Ohio in March…
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Searle Scientific Research Instruments display booth
- 1973-Mar-05
…Instruments at the Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON) held in Cleveland, Ohio in March…