Instruments & Innovation

Frank H. Field was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by an aunt, an uncle, and a grandmother. He entered Duke University, placing a year ahead in chemistry, but had very little money. To meet his expenses he worked…

John H. Beynon was born in Ystalyfera, Wales, the older of two sons whose parents ended their education at secondary school. Beynon grew up in a coal mining town and attended a local university, the University of Wales…

Keith R. Jennings begins his oral history by discussing his youth and education in the United Kingdom, including his chemistry studies at University of Oxford, where he worked with Jack Wilfrid Linnett, and his…

Klaus Biemann's oral history begins with a discussion of his youth near Vienna, Austria. As pharmacy was the family profession, Biemann chose to study it at the University of Innsbruck. He soon developed an interest in…

David M. Hercules begins his interview by discussing his childhood and education. He describes his youth in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and his childhood curiosity with science. When he was in high school, he continued to…

Seymour Meyerson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Chicago from which he received his undergraduate degree. By 1943 Meyerson began active service with the US military, spending the…

Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features illustrated depictions production machinery presumably made from Dowmetal. The…

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer, general assembly of parts.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 1. Burette with funnel top, 50 ml in 1/10 ml.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 4. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock, 0-75 ml bulb capacity, 75-100 graduated in 1/10th ml.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

200 ml. Distillation Flask. Round bottom. Largely used in the distillation of aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic chemical…

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 3. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock. 0-50 ml bulb capacity, 50-100 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.

Combination of photomicrographic camera and metallurgical microscope.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer attachments: reservoir bulb, manifold, and support used on universal tube.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 2. Burette with 3 way stopcock. 50 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

DuPont Nitrometer. Used to measure and collect nitrogen from a chemical reaction.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Mohr Pipettes. Invented by Karl Friedrich Mohr.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometers, reaction bulb and compensating tube.

From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer Hooks.