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 - rj430456c AU - Churchill, Durand, Jr. DA - 1944/04/12/ 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/rj430456c AB - Letter regarding specifications for Pauling Oxygen Meter for use in British military aircraft. 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. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - English ER -