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Beckman Facilities, Porterville, California
- Undated
- 1986
Beckman's Porterville plant opened in 1964. Between 1974 and 1983, wastes from manufacturing printed circuit boards and electronic components were disposed of onsite. The resulting contamination lead to the…
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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Dyer
- 1986-Oct-13
Elizabeth Dyer recounts her childhood in Haverill, Massachusetts and entering Mount Holyoke College at the age of seventeen. There she was influenced by two outstanding teachers, Louisa Stevenson and Dorothy Hahn, which…
- Interviewee Dyer, Elizabeth, 1906-1995
- Interviewer Skolnik, Herman
- Subject Women in science, Dyer, Elizabeth, 1906-1995, Chemistry, Polymers, University of Delaware, Women chemists, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Stephanie L. Kwolek (1986)
- 1986-May-04
Stephanie Kwolek starts this interview by describing her family background. Her father's early death meant that her mother had to work to support Kwolek and her brother, who later became a chemical engineer. At the…
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Completion of the first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees with a LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator,…
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Completion of first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees who worked on the LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a…
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First Day Cover commemorating Rachel Carson
- 1981-May-28
Philatelic First Day Cover commemorating American marine biologist, author, and conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964). Part of the "Great Americans Series," the envelope bears the postmark of Springdale,…
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Woman using a Beckman Microlab 252MX Computing Infrared Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1980
This computing spectrophotometer was controlled by a microprocessor and included a video graphics display.
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold…
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First Day Cover honoring Emily Bissell
- 1980-May-31
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American social worker and activist Emily Bissell (1861-1948), best known for her work to combat tuberculosis and for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. The cover bears…
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Woman using Beckman Glucose Analyzer and BUN Analyzer
- 1970s
An unidentified woman in a laboratory works in front of a bench holding a Beckman Glucose Analyzer and a Beckman BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen) Analyzer.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and…
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Water testing at Environmental Protection Agency facility
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified female employee pouring a water sample into the tray of a Perkin-Elmer Autosampler at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laboratory facility located in Edison, New Jersey. Per…
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Pilot Program to Increase Supply of Minorities and Women in Physical and Life Sciences
- 1979
A report by the United States Department of Energy which was written to develop a plan to increase the number of women and minorities in the physical and life sciences.
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Perkin-Elmer instruments in use at Hershey Company facility
- 1970s
General view of laboratory technician Margaret Kreiser using assorted Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption instruments at a Hershey Company facility to determine the metal constituents of finished food items and raw…
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Perkin-Elmer instruments in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified employee operating a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer with a heated graphite atomizer (HGA) attachment in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. Per…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Water--Testing, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Corporations, Water, Women employees, Atomizers, Laboratories
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Perkin-Elmer instruments in use at Broome Community College laboratory
- 1970s
General view of assorted Perkin-Elmer instruments in use in the chemical analysis instrument laboratory at Broome Community College, including a differential scanning calorimeter (foreground), an atomic absorption…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in use at Broome Community College laboratory
- 1970s
General view of two unidentified students operating Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in the chemical analysis instrument laboratory at Broome Community College in New York State. Per notations accompanying…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Environmental Protection Agency
- 1970s
General view of Dr. Eva Wittgenstein inserting a sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model 621 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a facility associated with the Laboratory Methods Research Section of the Environmental…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Corporations, Women chemists, Pollutants, Laboratories, Air--Pollution, Chemists
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the spectrophotometer is being used to characterize…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 337 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. The female technician visible in the photograph is unidentified.
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatography system in use at Centers for Disease Control
- 1970s
Two views of laboratory technician Cynthia A. Alley operating a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph and data station in a laboratory at the Analytical Bacteriology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control. In the first…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Life sciences, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Communicable diseases, Corporations, Gas chromatography, Gas chromatography--Instruments, Women employees, Laboratories
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatographs in use at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified female technician inserting a sample of an organic solvent into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph at a laboratory associated with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in use at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified female technician inserting a sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model F-30 Gas Chromatograph for analysis at the the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hazards…
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in use at Bethlehem Steel laboratory
- 1970s
General view of Senior Pollution Control Technician Tara Schultz inserting a stack gas sample via syringe into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in the pollution laboratory at a Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant in…
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Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in use for cancer research
- 1970s
General view of a sample of anti-cancer drug metabolite being inserted into the cell of a Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer at an unidentified laboratory facility. The woman visible in the photograph is…
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Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in use at Yale-New Haven Medical Center
- 1970s
General view of Dr. Peter Jatlow, director of the clinical laboratory, and technologist Ying-Lin T. Gravel examining the graphical output of a Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in use at the Yale-New Haven…
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Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in use at Coast Guard laboratory
- 1970s
General view of chemist Janet Sheridan placing two oil samples into a Perkin-Elmer double-beam fluorescence spectrophotometer at a Coast Guard Research and Development Center laboratory. Per notations accompanying the…