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Plate 1: Device for raising water from a river or fountain by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; motion converter (rotating to linear); roller guides.
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Plate 3: Device for raising water from a low place by channeling a river
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear.
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Beckman Microtox Model 2055 Acute Water Toxicity Monitor
- Circa 1979
Beckman's Microtox Acute Water Toxicity Monitor debuted in 1979.
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Beckman Microtox Recorder and Model 2055 Monitor, with operator manipulating a sample
- Circa 1979
Beckman's Microtox Acute Water Toxicity Monitor debuted in 1979.
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Beckman Microtox Recorder
- 1979
This recorder was used with Beckman's Microtox Acute Water Toxicity Monitor.
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Apparatuses for water collection and extraction
- 1913
B 4919. Water sampling apparatus, with bottles and tube for chemical, gas, and bacteriological analysis.
B 4921. For removing river or seawater.
B 4922. Flow-through water sampler suitable for all depths.
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Equipment for water distillation and general laboratory work
- 1913
B 185. Combination water distillation unit with drying cabinet and sand bath for gas heating.
Also pictured are evaporating flask and dishes made of glass and metal.
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Water distillation apparatuses
- 1913
B 181. Automatic, for gas heating, coal or wood firing.
B 183. Fully automatic, with copper interior and steam heating.- Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus, Water--Purification--Distillation process, Water
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First Day Cover commemorating Claude-Louis Berthollet
- 1958
Cachet and stamp depict Claude-Louis Berthollet. Cachet includes text describing Berthollet's contributions to water purification.
- Creator Of Work P.A.C.
- Engraver Combet, Jacques
- Subject Water--Purification, Postage stamps, France, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822
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Plate 5: Hygrometer; gasometers; mephitic water apparatus
- 1824
Depicts a hygrometer, gasometers, blowpipe forceps, magnifier, a mephitic water apparatus in figure 9, "ill calculated for the purpose of impregnating water with carbonic acid," and an air furnace.
- Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
- Engraver Adlard, Henry
- Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
- Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus, Water, Hygrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Wherever there's water, there's pH...
- Undated
Advertisement about using various models of Beckman pH meters for monitoring water quality in industrial settings.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California…
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Beckman pH Control ends "red water days" in Macon
- 1950s
This advertisement describes a use case for Beckman pH meters in which Macon Water Works used the instruments to control the acidity of the water and inhibit corrosion of pipes.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH…
