General view of laboratory technician Richard Thomson preparing water samples for testing at the New York City Bureau of Water Supply's Ben Nesin Laboratory. Per notations accompanying the photograph, a Perkin-Elmer…

Close-up view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 303 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in use at an unidentified facility. The individual visible in the photograph is also unidentified.

General view of an unidentified laboratory technician operating a Perkin-Elmer Model 303 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at an Environmental Protection Agency facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…

General view of the manufacture of Perkin-Elmer AEBLE 150 direct-write e-beam lithography equipment. The individuals visible in the photograph are unidentified.

General view of Dr. Secrest injecting a sample of biological material into the heated graphite furnace of a Perkin-Elmer Model 290 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in the Department of Pharmacology at Wake Forest…

Group photograph of unidentified Perkin-Elmer Corporation employees gathered around a Scientific Data Systems (SDS) 9300 unit. Founded by Max Palevsky and Robert Beck in September 1961, Scientific Data Systems…

General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 184 Process Vapor Fractometer, with view of the analyzer, recorder, and programmer units. The individual operating the fractometer is unidentified. Per contemporary advertisements,…

General view of an unidentified man posed with a Perkin-Elmer Model 4400 Production Sputtering System. Sputtering is a process whereby particles are ejected from a solid target material due to bombardment of the target…

Series of color photographs depicting components of the Perkin-Elmer MasterLab robotic system in use in different laboratory settings. Introduced in 1985, the MasterLab product line consisted of a series of modular…

General view of an unidentified female model demonstrating use of a Perkin-Elmer Model 21 Infrared Spectrophotometer. Notably, the Perkin-Elmer Model 21 was designed as the first linear wave-number versus transmittance…

Group photograph of four unidentified individuals posed around a Perkin-Elmer Model 137 Infracord Spectrophotometer. A hand-written sign reading "1,000th" is mounted on top of the instrument, suggesting that this…

General view of an unidentified technician operating a Perkin-Elmer Corporation Model 421 Grating Spectrophotometer.

Close-up view of a Companion pH meter manufactured and sold by Coleman Instruments, Inc.

General view of an unidentified technician checking the flatness of a 45-inch beryllium mirror manufactured by the Perkin-Elmer Corporation. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the lightweight metal mirror was…

Two views of a Perkin-Elmer Patrol Spectrograph used to photograph spectra of aurora occurring along a given magnetic meridian of the sky. The individual visible in the photographs is unidentified.

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General view of several unidentified men examining scientific instruments manufactured and sold by the Perkin-Elmer Corporation. The Perkin-Elmer Corporation was founded in 1937 by Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer as an…

Two views of display models of Perkin-Elmer Corporation instruments and apparatus being examined by groups of unidentified men, women, and children. The model in the top photograph depicts a stratoscope, a balloon-borne…

General view of an unidentified group examining a Perkin-Elmer stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence and granulation in the Sun's photosphere, as well as planetary…

General view of a young boy examining a model of a stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence and granulation in the Sun's photosphere, as well as planetary atmospheres. Several…

General view of Perkin-Elmer Corporation co-founder and President Richard Scott Perkin (right) and an unidentified individual examining a portion of the interior of a Perkin-Elmer instrument.

Portrait of American entrepreneur Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969) seated at a desk. In 1937, Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer (1872-1954) founded the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, an optical design and consulting company…

Portrait of American entrepreneur Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969). In 1937, Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer (1872-1954) founded the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, an optical design and consulting company that later…

Portrait of American entrepreneur Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969). In 1937, Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer (1872-1954) founded the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, an optical design and consulting company that later…

General view of the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Perkin-Elmer Corporation facility in Meriden, Connecticut. Perkin-Elmer President Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. is seen seated at the controls of the machine at the center…

Group photograph of members of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation's Optical Group posed in front of an exhibit display related to the Hubble Space Telescope. The individuals present in the photograph are unidentified. A…