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The Beckman Model DU Spectrophotometer and Accessories Instruction Manual
- 1954
This manual appears to have been a well-used desk copy. The stained cover provides evidence of secondary usage as a coaster.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company…
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32 items
Beckman IR7 Infrared Spectrophotometer Instruction Manual
- 1958-Dec
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Instructions, OM-1 Portable Oxygen Meter
- 1957-Jul
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
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Robert Bruce Merrifield notebook
- 1959-May-26 – 1960-Jan-25
Notebook #321 kept by Robert Bruce Merrifield from May 26, 1959 through January 25, 1960 in which he sets out his general conception of solid phase peptide synthesis. This work earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in…
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Joseph X. Labovsky and staff at nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia
- 1954-Dec-10
Group photograph of staff responsible for the development and manufacture of the "Type 9" textile at the DuPont plant in Martinsville, Virginia. Team supervisor Joseph X. Labovsky is seated at the center of the…
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Caroline Cooper and staff at nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia
- 1950s
Group photograph of staff from DuPont's nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia. Caroline Cooper, the first forewoman promoted to shift supervisor, is visible in the front row, fourth from right. The rest of the…
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Group photograph of staff at nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia
- 1950s
Group photograph of staff from DuPont's nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia. Supervisor C.P. White is visible in the front row, far left side. The rest of the individuals depicted in the photograph are unidentified.
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Group photograph taken at nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia
- 1953
Group photograph of DuPont shift supervisors and foremen at the nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia. This photograph was taken on the occasion of team supervisor Joseph X. Labovsky receiving his 20-year service pin…
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Porter Chemcraft Chemistry Lab featuring Atomic Energy
- 1950 – 1959
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1958
- 1958-Jul-08
Concerns Mulliken's travel plans in Stockholm and Moscow.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists
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Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conference in Austin, Texas, 1955
- Circa 1955-Dec-07
Group photograph of attendees at the Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conference in Austin, Texas in 1955. Along with the photograph is a list of participants, which included John Pople, Rudolph Pariser, Michael Barnett, and…
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Linus Pauling, 1955
- 1955-Aug-11
Concerns clarifications from Pauling on certain quantum properties of hydrogen.
- Addressee Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject Hydrogen, Shull, Harrison, Quantum theory, Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994, Stark effect, Löwdin, Per-Olov, 1916-2000
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1953
- 1953-Oct-19
Concerns Shull's plans to apply for a Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowship for the 1954-55 academic year.
- Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Molecular orbitals, Löwdin, Per-Olov, 1916-2000, Physicists
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Letter from Charles Coulson to Harrison Shull, 1952
- 1952-Oct-11
Concerns calculations on space and chemical bonds in a methane molecule.
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Summary of Supplementary Discussion on Integrals Useful for Molecular Quantum Mechanics, 1951
- 1951-Sep-11
Meeting held at the Hotel New Yorker, with R.S. Mulliken, C.A. Coulson, H. Shull, M.A. Barnett, C.C.J. Roothaan and K. Rudenberg in attendance.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1951
- 1951-Jul-30
Concerns work being done on molecular integrals and hybrid orbitals, as well as Shull's reply to an invitation to attend the Shelter Island Conference.
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-Aug-10
Concerns various methods for computation and a discussion of wave functions.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Yerkes Observatory, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Wave functions, Quantum theory
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Apparatus at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified apparatus, possibly a hopper or type of granulation equipment, at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility, likely the U.S.D.A.'s Agricultural Engineering Laboratory. Three…
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Testing of radioactive material at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
Two views of a chemist inserting radioactive materials into an apparatus at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing,…
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Fertilizer trays at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of fertilizer trays on a suspension apparatus at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture drillability apparatus
- 1950s – circa
General view of a drillability apparatus with fertilizer hoppers, a starwheel, and rotating plate mechanism at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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Radioactive material handling at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of a chemist handling radioactive material at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing, including the…
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George Wieczorek and colleague using Geiger counter at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of chemist George Wieczorek (left) and an unidentified chemist using a Geiger counter to measure ionizing radiation in radioisotopes at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. A box of…
- Subject Radioisotopes, Nitrogen fertilizer industry, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Radioactive substances, Chemists, Radioactive substances--Testing, Geiger-Müller counters, United States. Department of Agriculture, Remote handling (Radioactive substances), Employees, Wieczorek, George