TY - PCOMM DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman ID - m326m1757 AU - Churchill, Durand, Jr. DA - 1944/07/19/ YR - 1944 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/m326m1757 AB - Letter regarding an inquiry from the United States War Department about the sensitivity of Pauling Oxygen Meter. 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 - United States. War Department KW - United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - English ER -