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Glass Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 200 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 200 tablet size, contains white tablets.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 100 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 1985
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 100 tablet size, reads "Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Micro-Thin Coating".
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Alchemist in Green Using Bellows
- Circa 1928 – 1965
An alchemist wearing a green robe uses a pair of bellows to control the heat of the fire beneath his crucible. Other vessels sit on the furnace at his side, and to his left a large still-head for distillation rests over…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Teniers, David, 1610-1690, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Portrait of Henry G. Knight
- 1930s
Portrait of Dr. Henry G. Knight, Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Chemistry & Soils.
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Two views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Three views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Experimental blast furnace at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an experimental blast furnace at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American University in…
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Hearth and crucible of No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1933-Jun-23
Four views of the hearth and crucible of the No. 2 experimental blast furnace at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The photographs show the hearth and…
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Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976), popularly known as the father of ethylene and for his pioneering work on applications for by-products of petroleum processing.
Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on December 24,…
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Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944), an American engineer and chemist who discovered the effectiveness of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock additive for gasoline.
Thomas Midgley, Jr. was born on May 18, 1889 in…
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Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976), popularly known as the father of ethylene and for his pioneering work on applications for by-products of petroleum processing.
Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on December 24,…
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Employee at work in raw material storage at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified worker sorting raw material, possibly ore or phosphate, at a Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Apparatus at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified apparatus, possibly a pump or compressor, used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Midgetlab Chemical Outfit No. 10
- 1933
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 Midgetlab Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Midgetlab Company
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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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Mounted French postage and semipostal stamps depicting Louis Pasteur
- 1922 – 1936
Nine small postage stamps in various denominations issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur in 1922. The large semipostal stamp was issued in 1936 and includes a surtax for the…
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Original site of National Technical Laboratories
- 1930s
This garage was the first location of the National Inking Appliance Company, founded by the National Postal Meter Company in 1934 to manufacture the new, nonclogging inking device invented by Arnold O. Beckman. This…
- Subject Buildings, Garages, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Type 650-A Impedance Bridge
- After 1933
Rectangular wooden case with sloped top; black instrument panel on top surface; instrument panel features six connection posts for the external generator, a galvanometer meter under glass, nine black plastic knobs, four…
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Physical Testing Laboratory View #3
- 1930s – circa
General view of the Physical Testing Laboratory located in the Educational Buildings at the Dow Chemical Company facility in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Letter from Glenn Joseph to Arnold O. Beckman
- Circa 1933
Glenn Joseph writes to Dr. Beckman about the process of finding the right buffer to use in the new glass electrodes inside the pH meter. The identify of the "Dr. Dupont" referenced in this letter is uncertain.
Arnold…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Joseph, Glenn
- Subject Electrodes, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Sunkist Growers, inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hydrochloric acid, Electrodes, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Letter from Glenn Joseph to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1933
In this letter, Glenn Joseph reports that the vacuum-tube amplifier in the early Beckman pH meter model is (still) not functioning properly. One of the fixes he proposes is replacing the vacuum tubes with a glass…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Joseph, Glenn
- Subject Electrodes, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Sunkist Growers, inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Amplifiers, Vacuum-tube, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Calibration of a McLeod Gauge
- 1930s
The McLeod Gauge measures very low pressures of gasses. Its presence in this collection indicates that it was used during the production of Beckman Instruments' early pH meters. These calibrations may have been written…
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Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962)
- 1930s
Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962). In partnership with John Lundberg and A.D. Wilson, Van Nostrand Dorr owned the Lundberg, Dorr, & Wilson gold & silver mining operation in Terry, South Dakota. In 1916, he…
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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)
- After 1920 – 1944
Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), inventor of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
- Manufacturer Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Portrait photography, Inventors, Bakelite, Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944, Plastics
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Portrait of Carroll A. Hochwalt (1900-1987)
- 1930s
Portrait of Carroll A. Hochwalt (1900-1987). Hochwalt worked as a chemical engineer for the General Motors Corporation before co-founding Thomas & Hochwalt Laboratories in partnership with Charles Allen Thomas in 1926.…