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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Frédéric Joliot-Curie to Jean Gerard

  • 1940-Apr-10

  • Addressee Gerard, Jean
  • Author Joliot-Curie, Frédéric
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Joliot-Curie, Frédéric
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Richard Kuhn to Jean Gerard

  • 1939-Jun-05

  Concerns the appointment of M. F. Joliot-Curie to IUPAC's Committee on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances.

  • Addressee Gerard, Jean
  • Author Kuhn, Richard, 1900-1967
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Joliot-Curie, Frédéric, Kuhn, Richard, 1900-1967
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  Business correspondence

  Nomination form signed by Hans von Euler

  • 1937-Apr-26

  Concerns von Euler's approval of Marcus L. Oliphant and Robert S. Mulliken to the Commission Internationales des Atomes.

  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Creator Of Work Euler, Hans von, 1873-1964
  • Subject Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000, Euler, Hans von, 1873-1964, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Glenn T. Seaborg to the IUPAC

  • 1939-Oct-13

  Concerns request for a copy of the Fourth Report of the Committee on Atoms of the International Union of Chemistry.

  • Addressee International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Author Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Livingood, John J. (John Jacob), 1903-, Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Francis Aston to the Secretary of IUPAC

  • 1937-Mar-27

  Concerns committee work on atomic weights and measurements as well as isotopic weights.

  • Addressee International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Author Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945
  • Subject Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000, Isotopes, Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Atomic weights, Nobel Prize winners, Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Otto Hahn to Jean Gerard

  • 1936-Apr-04

  • Addressee Gerard, Jean
  • Author Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Marie Curie to the President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

  • 1930-Oct-31

  Letter from Marie Curie (1867-1934) to Einar Biilman, President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) concerning an invitation to serve on IUPAC's Commission on Atomic Weights. Curie expresses…

  • Author Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Women Nobel Prize winners, Women chemists, Women in science
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Theodore William Richards to Charles Moureu

  • 1921-May-14

  Concerns receipt of International Report on Atomic Weights, and regrets for being unable to attend June meeting in Bruxelles.

  • Addressee Moureu, Charles, 1863-1929
  • Author Richards, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1868-1928
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978, Richards, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1868-1928, Atomic weights, Moureu, Charles, 1863-1929
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Louis F. Fieser to W. D. Collins

  • 1928-Oct-05

  Concerns the uniformity of scientific apparatus, specifically that of Pyrex round bottom, short ring neck flasks.

  • Addressee Collins, W. D. (William Dennis), 1875-
  • Author Fieser, Louis F. (Louis Frederick), 1899-1977
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Geological Survey (U.S.), Pyrex, Collins, W. D. (William Dennis), 1875-, Corning Glass Works, Fieser, Louis F. (Louis Frederick), 1899-1977, Fisher Scientific Company, American Chemical Society
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from W.A. Noyes to W.D. Collins

  • 1920-Jun-26

  Concerns the uniformity of scientific apparatus.

  • Addressee Collins, W. D. (William Dennis), 1875-
  • Author Noyes, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1941
  • Subject Parsons, Charles Lathrop, 1867-1954, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Collins, W. D. (William Dennis), 1875-, Noyes, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1941, American Chemical Society
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  Photographs

  Staff at National Technical Laboratories Christmas party

  • 1942-Dec-24

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from Harold W. Wright to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1955-Nov-17

  Memo regarding criticisms of Regulation VII, an ordinance proposed by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's Air Pollution Committee to control Los Angeles smog. Among the criticisms: the difference between smoke and…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Wright, Harold W.
  • Subject Air quality management, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Air--Pollution, Smog
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from Robert H. Davis to Ruth E. Meilandt

  • 1955-Nov-16

  Memo regarding proposed Air Pollution Control District regulation of fuel oil burning by industrial facilities. Robert H. Davis points out that publicly owned utilities are not being given the same scrutiny as privately…

  • Addressee Meilandt, Ruth E.
  • Author Davis, Robert H.
  • Subject Air quality management, Smog, Air--Pollution, Southern California Edison Company
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  Photographs

  Beckman IR-4 Infrared Spectrophotometer in use

  • Circa 1956

  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…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman Model 210 Systems Analyzer

  • Circa 1960

  This transistorized data processor was made for Aerojet Corporation in the early 1960s. It was produced by Beckman Instruments' Systems Division, which made (among other things) aerospace industry instruments like these…

  • Photographer Farish, Fred W.
  • Subject Electronic data processing, Radio telemetry, Women in advertising, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Aerospace telemetry, Women employees
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  Photographs

  Beckman Model N pH Meter

  • Undated

  Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…

  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Lobby of Beckman Instruments' Fullerton Plant

  • Circa 1957

  The lobby of the Beckman Instruments plant in Fullerton, California, features a mural called "The Age of Instrumentation" by artists Standish Backus, Jr. and Joseph E. Knowles. This mural depicts mankind's journey of…

  • Subject Mural painting and decoration, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman Model G pH meter in use

  • Circa 1955

  Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting “acidimeter” with its…

  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Laboratories, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Photographs

  Beckman Instruments International Touring Laboratory

  • 1964

  A truck used to move scientific instruments to a given location for demonstrations and sales. This truck was used in Western Europe in the 1960s.

  • Creator Of Work Walmer Studios
  • Subject Laboratories, Trucks, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Plastics

  Handheld Bakelite No. 7 Microphone

  • Undated

  Black Bakelite handle with a large button on its side; product information engraved in white on front of handle; circular grated area has a raised enclosure; four copper wires coated in brown synthetic fiber emanate…

  • Subject Plastics, Bakelite, Plastics industry and trade
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plate 1: Solar spectra

  • Part of Le Soleil: Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes

  • 1870

  Fig. 1: Janssen (Pierre Jules César Janssen)
  Fig. 2: Brewster (David Brewster)
  Fig. 3: V. der Willingen (Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen)

  Secchi used these three solar spectra to illustrate how the position of…

  • Artist Dulos, Pierre
  • Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
  • Publisher Gauthier-Villars
  • Subject Meteorology, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Solar atmosphere
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plate 2: Spectra of Secchi star classes I–III

  • Part of Le Soleil: Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes

  • 1870

  Fig. 1: Spectrum of "yellow" stars. Secchi included the sun, Pollux, Arcturus, Aldebaran, and Procyon in this second of four classes of stars.

  Fig. 2: Spectrum of "white" stars. Secchi included Sirius, Vega, Altair,…

  • Artist Dulos, Pierre
  • Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
  • Publisher Gauthier-Villars
  • Subject Meteorology, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Solar atmosphere
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plate 3: Spectra of Secchi star classes III–IV

  • Part of Le Soleil: Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes

  • 1870

  Fig. 1: Spectrum of "red to orange" stars, particularly Alpha Orion and Antares. Secchi included Alpha Herculis, Beta Pegasi, Alpha Orion, and Antares in this third of four classes of stars.

  Fig. 2: Spectrum of…

  • Artist Dulos, Pierre
  • Author Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878
  • Publisher Gauthier-Villars
  • Subject Meteorology, Stars--Spectra, Sun, Solar atmosphere
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  Illustrations

  Plate XIII. A. Drawing of the cornea in the acute stage of severe burning. B. Drawing of cornea in the stage of resolution after severe burning.

  • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning

  • 1918

  • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
  • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
  • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
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  Illustrations

  Plate XI. A. Severely burned eye in the acute stage. B. Slightly later stage of acute burning.

  • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning

  • 1918

  • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
  • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
  • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas