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8 items
Arnold Beckman visit to Berkeley Division
- Circa 1955
Arnold Beckman and various unidentified men and women, photographed during Beckman's visit to the Berkeley Division. Four of the images include the EASE (Electronic Analog and Simulation Equipment).
Beckman…
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Beckman Instruments Helipot Division, Newport Beach plant, view from the roof
- 1955
View from the roof of the Helipot Division's Newport Beach plant, with four men visible on the roof.
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments Helipot Division, Newport Beach plant, view from across the street
- 1956
The Helipot Division's Newport Beach plant viewed from across the street.
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments Helipot Division, Newport Beach plant, view from across the street with flowers in the foreground
- Circa 1956
View of the Helipot plant from across the street, with motion-blurred cars driving past.
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments Helipot Division, Newport Beach plant
- 1950s
A series of photographs depicting the future site of the Helipot Division's Newport Beach plant and the building's appearance in the mid-1950s.
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Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry, 1957
- 1957-Jun-29
Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry held in June 1957.
- Creator Of Work Gordon Research Conferences
- Subject Gordon Research Conferences, Portraits, Group, Congresses and conventions
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Students' Potentiometer
- 1950s
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry, 1956
- 1956-Jul-09 – 1956-Jul-13
Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry held in New Hampton, New Hampshire in July 1956. Included with the photograph are a hand-drawn key and name list identifying the…
- Creator Of Work Gordon Research Conferences
- Subject Gordon Research Conferences, Portraits, Group, Congresses and conventions
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Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry, 1952
- 1952-Jun-23
Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry held in New Hampton, New Hampshire, June 1952. Included with the photograph are a hand-drawn key and name list identifying the…
- Creator Of Work Gordon Research Conferences
- Subject Gordon Research Conferences, Portraits, Group, Congresses and conventions
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Harmonic Reed Corporation Spitz Junior Planetarium
- Circa 1955
- Manufacturer Harmonic Reed Corporation
- Subject Harmonic Reed Corporation, Astronomy, Toys, Astronomical instruments
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Gilbert Chemistry Experiment Lab No. 12006
- 1955 – 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 A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Gilbert No. 1 Chemistry Outfit
- 1954
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 A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
- 1957
Depicts Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist and the founder of the Charitable Society of the Friends of Science.
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First Day Cover commemorating Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany
- 1957
Depicts Justus von Liebig, known for his work in agricultural and organic chemistry.
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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First Day Cover commemorating Japan's use of the metric system
- 1959-Jun-05
Stamp depicts measuring instruments.
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Canadian postage stamp depicting chemical industry
- 1956
Stamp depicts aspects of chemistry and related sciences. The design depicting a laboratory vessel is illustrative of the scientific equipment used widely for research in the chemical industry. A representative chemical…
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Czechoslovakian postage stamp of a chemist at work
- Circa 1954
Depicts a chemist with test tube and flask, as well as the chemical structure of a carboxyl group.
- Artist Stretti, Mario
- Engraver Roule, Bohdan
- Subject Postage stamps, Chemistry, Chemists, Czechoslovakia, Science on postage stamps
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Now! Homogenized for Better Flavor!
- 1955
Color print advertisement for Durkee's Homogenized Margarine with emphasis on the new Stayfresh Foilpak packaging, specifically designed to protect the product's rich, natural flavor.
- Creator Of Work Glidden Company
- Subject Glidden Company, Margarine, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Durkee Famous Foods (Firm), Margarine--Marketing
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Only nylon cord tires can give you utmost safety—surest protection against tire trouble
- 1956
Black and white print magazine advertisement for DuPont's nylon cord tires. Image shows a family of six seated in a car while driving through highway traffic, for "when you need tires that assure greatest dependability."
- Subject Nylon, Tires, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Extra Blowout Protection
- 1959
Black and white print magazine advertisement for DuPont's nylon cord tires. Image depicts a man and a woman dealing with car troubles on a bridge.
- Subject Nylon, Tires, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Only nylon cord tires can give you utmost safety—surest protection against tire trouble
- 1956
Black and white print magazine advertisement for DuPont's nylon tire cords. Image is centered on a family in traffic passing through the Lincoln Tunnel, for "when you need tires that assure greatest dependability."
- Subject Nylon, Tires, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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ORLON teaches new fall fashions to keep their figure in the wash!
- 1950s
Color print magazine advertisement for Orlon, a Dow trademarked acrylic fiber. The advertisement details the major properties of Orlon: "Orlon is resistant to sunlight and atmospheric gases, which makes it ideal for…
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Beckman DK-2A Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer on bench beside power supply
- Circa 1957
The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was accomplished by chemist Wilbur I. Kaye, who began his work on science behind the DK at…
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Unidentified man standing beside a Beckman IR-7 Spectrophotometer in front of a window
- 1958
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…