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 S. S. Prentiss to Arnold O. Beckman ID - n870zr22b AU - Prentiss, Spencer S. DA - 1945/11/14/ 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/n870zr22b AB - In this handwritten letter, Prentiss discusses reports on the oxygen meter contracts and the possibility of working for Phillips Petroleum, despite his lack of enthusiasm for relocating to Oklahoma. 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 - Oxygen--Analysis KW - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company KW - Phillips Petroleum Company KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - English ER -