TY - PCOMM DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable TI - Letter from Reuben E. Wood to Spencer Prentiss ID - fx719m48m AU - Wood, Reuben E. DA - 1945/01/22/ YR - 1945 AV - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 19, Folder 8 VL - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 19, Folder 8 AN - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 19, Folder 8 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/fx719m48m AB - Letter regarding various requirements for the Pauling Oxygen Meter, including the possibility of making a combination moisture detector and oxygen meter. At the time, both Reuben Wood and Dr. Spencer S. Prentiss were working for the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). Prentiss worked specifically as a patent liaison and researcher on various oxygen-related projects. Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety, and preventing blindness in newborn babies. KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Oxygen--Measurement KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 KW - United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - English ER -