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Flushing No. 2 experimental blast furnace at night
- 1932-Oct-12
General view of the flushing 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 Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Opening cinder-notch on No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1932-Oct-12
General view of workers opening the cinder-notch on the No. 2 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…
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No 2. experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1932-Oct-12
General view of the No. 2 experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Carbon tube precipitator and spray tower
- 1932-Jan-19
General view of the carbon tube precipitator and spray tower for the experimental blast furnace at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen…
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Interior of Engine Room at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1932-Jan-19
Two views of the interior of the Engine Room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory, with both full and partial views of the blowing engines for the experimental blast furnace.
The…
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Royster stoves at the No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1932
Two views of the Royster stoves used for the No. 2 experimental blast furnace at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. According to notations accompanying…
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Superstructure of No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1932-Jan-19
General view of the superstructure of the No. 2 experimental blast furnace, as seen from the platform of the No. 1 precipitator at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed…
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No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1932-Jan-19
Two views of the No. 2 experimental blast furnace at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The individuals visible in the first photograph are identified (left to right) as Reilly;…
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General view of No. 2 furnace and stock piles
- 1932-Jan-19
Two views of the No. 2 furnace and stock piles at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The stock piles likely contained a mix of raw material, including greensand, leucite, coke,…
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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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Interior of Engine Room at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1932-Jan-19
Three views of the Engine Room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. showing assorted machinery and apparatus.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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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…