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This digital collection features selected scientific instruments, apparatus, and analytical tools from the Institute's museum as well as photographs, rare-book engravings, and illustrations depicting various types of equipment and machinery found in laboratories, manufacturing plants, and mechanical treatises. Inventions from book wheels to fireballs can be found here, alongside more modern innovations such as Gammacells and Geiger counters.

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  • Scientific apparatus and instruments64
  • Laboratories--Equipment and supplies50
  • Chemical apparatus37
  • Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)12
  • Machinery11
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  • Central Scientific Company22
  • Eimer & Amend12
  • Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)12
  • Emil Greiner Company9
  • Williams, Brown & Earle9
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  • Catalogs70
  • Illustrations16
  • Charts, diagrams, etc13
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  • Library81
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  • 4 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Frank H. Field

    • 2009-Dec-09 (First session)
    • 2009-Dec-10 (Second session)

    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…

    • Interviewee Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-
    • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
    • Subject Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-, Ionization, Rockefeller University, Chromatographic analysis, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Consolidated Engineering Corporation, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.), Franklin, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1906-, Chemical apparatus
  • 6 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with John H. Beynon

    • 2008-Apr-22

    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…

    • Interviewee Beynon, J. H. (John Herbert)
    • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
    • Subject Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd., Swansea University, Chromatographic analysis, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Beynon, J. H. (John Herbert), Purdue University, Chemical apparatus
  • 5 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Keith R. Jennings

    • 2008-Apr-24 (First session)
    • 2008-Apr-25 (Second session)

    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…

    • Interviewee Jennings, Keith R., 1932-
    • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
    • Subject Chromatographic analysis, Jennings, Keith R., 1932-, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Chemists
  • 4 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Klaus Biemann

    • 2006-Aug-29

    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…

    • Interviewee Biemann, K. (Klaus)
    • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
    • Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Peptides, Chromatographic analysis, Mass spectrometry, Chemistry, Organic, Biemann, K. (Klaus), Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Chemistry, Analytic
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with David M. Hercules

    • 2002-Mar-20

    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…

    • Interviewee Hercules, David M.
    • Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
    • Subject Hercules, David M., Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electron spectroscopy, University of Georgia, Business consultants, Catalysis, University of Pittsburgh, Mass spectrometry, Spectrum analysis, Chemical apparatus, Chemists
  • 7 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Seymour Meyerson

    • 1991-Mar-07

    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…

    • Interviewee Meyerson, Seymour, 1916-
    • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
    • Subject Meyerson, Seymour, 1916-, Chemistry, Chromatographic analysis, Mass spectrometry, Chemistry, Analytic, Chemists--Biography, Consolidated Engineering Corporation, Chemical apparatus, Chemistry, Organic
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium

    • 1945-May-14

    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…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Machinery, Machinery industry
  • Catalogs

    Microscopes

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922
    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Physical instruments, Microscopes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Nitrometer, General Assembly of Parts

    • 1922

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

    Nitrometer, general assembly of parts.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Burette No. 1

    • 1922

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

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

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Burette No. 4

    • 1922

    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.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Distillation Flask

    • 1922

    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…

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Burette No. 3

    • 1922

    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.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Metallographic Outfit

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922

    Combination of photomicrographic camera and metallurgical microscope.

    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Photomicrography, Metallography, Physical instruments, Microscopes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Photomicrography--Equipment and supplies
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Nitrometer Attachments

    • 1922

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

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

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Burette No. 2

    • 1922

    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.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Microscopes

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922
    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Physical instruments, Microscopes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies
  • Catalogs

    Pyrometer

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922
    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Pyrometers
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Nitrometers, Nitrocotton and Universal

    • 1922

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

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

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Mohr Pipettes

    • 1922

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

    Mohr Pipettes. Invented by Karl Friedrich Mohr.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pipettes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Nitrometer Reaction Bulb and Compensating Tube

    • 1922

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

    Nitrometers, reaction bulb and compensating tube.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Type K Potentiometer Outfit

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922
    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Potentiometer
  • Catalogs

    Saybolt Standard Universal Viscosimeter

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922
    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Viscosimeter
  • Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

    Specifications for Nitrometer Hooks

    • 1922

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

    Nitrometer Hooks.

    • Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
    • Publisher Eimer & Amend
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Recording H-Ion Potentiometer

    • Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
    • 1922
    • Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
    • Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Potentiometer
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