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Variant company name:

Since 1873  Search this

Company Name:

Hammel, Riglander & Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

tools, supplies, and equipment for jewelers, watchmakers, clock repair, instruments, electronics, opticians, engravers, craftsmen, school shops, laboratories, silversmiths, metal workers, and die sinkers ; safety equipment ; oil ; lubricants ; "Ceramit" colors

Includes:

Trade catalog

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Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

New York, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this

Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Hardware and hand tools  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)  Search this

Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Adhesives  Search this

Architectural metal-work  Search this

Art metal-work  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Clocks and watches  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Hardware  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Paint industry and trade  Search this

Playgrounds  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Tools  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_45426

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45426

Variant company name:

Scotch Plains, NJ  Search this

Company Name:

Spex Industries Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Spex Sample Preparation ; Spex CertiPrep, Inc. ; SPEX SamplePrep, L.L.C. ; SPEX CertiPrep Group  Search this

Notes content:

Spectroscopy equipment ; "SPEX Handbook of Sample Preparation and Handling" (4th edition) ; differential thermal micro analyzer ; metal-organic compounds ; sauter ultramatic balances ; mixer/mill ; 30-ton hydraulic press ; "Handbook of Sample Preparation and Handling" (9th edition ; includes business card) ; biotechnology ; pulverizing and blending ; pressing and pelletizing ; fusion ; XRF accessories

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Trade catalog and price lists

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Physical description:

8 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Metuchen, New Jersey, United States

Date range:

1900s-2000s

Topic (Romaine term):

Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Biochemical engineering  Search this

Biotechnology  Search this

Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_21635

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_21635

Company Name:

Thermo Electron Corp.  Search this

Related companies:

Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. (Santa Fe, NM) ; Thermo Jarrell Ash Corp. (Franklin, MA) ; Thermo Electron Web Systems, Inc. (Auburn, MA) ; Labsystems Oy ; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. ; Fisher Scientific International, Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Analytical instruments to detect and measure air pollution, nuclear radioactivity, complex chemical compounds, toxic metals, etc. ; spectrometers. 1992 Annual Report.

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Trade catalog

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Physical description:

9 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_25126

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25126

Variant company name:

Pittsburgh, PA  Search this

Company Name:

Fisher Scientific International, Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Scientific Materials Co. (Pittsburgh, PA) ; Fisher Scientific Co. ; Eimer & Amend ; Allied Corp. ; Allied-Signal Corp. ; Honeywell International, Inc. ; Henley Group ; Curtin Matheson Scientific ; Fisher HealthCare ; Cole-Parmer Instrument Co. ; Fisher Clinical Services ; Perbio Science AB ; Oxoid ; Dharmacon ; Apogent Technologies ; Fisher Science Education ; Fisher Biotech ; Qorpak ; Southern Biotechnology Associates, Inc. ; Fisher-EMD (Educational Materials Div.) ; Fisher Scientific Co., Ltd. ; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. ; Thermo Electron Corp.  Search this

Notes content:

Laboratory chemicals ; chemical indexes ; titrimeter for volumetric analyses ; laboratory furniture and equipment ; isotemp ovens ; duo-spectranal for spectroscopic analyses ; surface tensiometers ; induction carbon apparatus ; colorimeter for paint, food, textile, paper, plastics ; linoleum, printing, ceramics ; nefluoro-photometer ; photometers ; pH meter ; induction sulfur apparatus ; laboratory thermometers ; tubing and stoppers ; hardness tester ; holders ; clamps ; supports ; optical pyrometer ; incubators ; fume hoods ; refrigerators ; cases ; benches ; tables ; chairs ; microscopes ; gas analysis manual ; alchemical symbol chart ; balance ; burners ; mortar grinder. Biotechnology: filtration media, equipment and supplies ; molecular biologicals: translation in vitro ; restriction enzymes ; synthesis and modification of nucleic acids ; cloning vectors ; cell biology, tissue culture and immunobiology ; ultrafiltration ; electrophoresis ; fermentation/process control ; microtitration/fluid handling. Laboratory containers. Unlabeled antibodies ; fluorochrome labeled antibodies ; enzyme labeled antibodies ; SBA clonotyping system. Safety equipment: respirators ; eye protection ; hearing protection ; head protection ; gloves ; apparel ; cleanroom ; monitors ; spill control ; showers and eyebaths ; storage cabinets and safety cans ; fire protection ; fall protection ; first aid and biosafety ; ergonomics and matting ; hazard control ; signs, tags, and labels. Educational materials for biology, chemistry ; equipment and supplies, furniture. "castaloy" laboratory appliances ; Fall 2000 LabReporter company newsletter and advert ; 2000-01 master catalog, over 260,000 items ; Fisher Master Catalog 2002-03 ; Fisher Master Catalog 2004-05 ; "Manual of Laboratory Safety"

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists and manual

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Physical description:

130 pieces; 34 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Hampton, New Hampshire, United States

Date range:

1900s-2000s

Topic (Romaine term):

Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies  Search this

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Adhesives  Search this

Biochemical engineering  Search this

Biotechnology  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Paint industry and trade  Search this

Playgrounds  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_15152

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_15152

Company Name:

Heath Co.  Search this

Related companies:

(subsidiary of) Daystrom Inc. ; Heath / Schlumberger Instruments ; see also Heath Aviation Co.  Search this

Notes content:

"Heathkits" ; quality electronic equipment in kit form ; kits to build televisions, clock-radios, fishing & marine equipment, time & temperature weather kits, metal locators, etc. ; "Skinner" air scoop and filter, lifetime windowshields, plastic enclosures, aircraft radios, air phones, plywood skis, plywood floats, inspection covers, loop direction floats, heavy duty tailwheel, shock cord covers, windowshield covers, and tie down kits for airplanes ; "Heath" vacuum tube voltmeters ; home protection systems ; automotive test equipment ; generators ; speakers ; turntables ;audio recording equipment ; etc. ; Heathkit Catalog Supplement 80/03 and 80/04 (1962) ; "Malmstadt-Enke Instrumentation Laboratory" catalogue ; two catalogues for the "pH Meter/Recording Electrometer Module" to be used with the "Malmstadt-Enke Servo Recorder" ; catalogue is accompanied by two articles reprinted from Journal of Chemical Education, titled "A Versatile and Inexpensive pH Recording Electrometer" (vol. 41, no. 3; March 1964) and "A Versatile and Inexpensive Controlled Potential Polarographic Analyzer" (vol. 41, no. 4; April 1964) ; Heath EU Series Bulletin (vol. 1, no. 2; 1965) ; article titled "pH Stat with Digital Readouts for Quantitative Chemical Determinations" reprinted from Analytical Chemistry (vol. 37, no. 1; January 1965) ; article titled "A Multipurpose High Precision Recording Photometer" reprinted from Journal of Chemical Education (vol. 41; May 1964) ; Heathkit 1966, Catalog-810/60A ; small catalogue advertising a book titled "Electronics for Scientists" by Howard V. Malmstadt, Christie G. Enke, and E. Clifford Toren, Jr. ; Heathkit Catalog, Fall and Winter 1961-1962 ; separate print advertisements ; physics laboratory equipment as used at University of California Berkeley ; Heathkit preamplifier ; Heathkit Catalog No. 200, Christmas 1985 ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HW-16 CW transceiver" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HP-1144 AC Power Supply ; Heathkit "kit builders guide" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "cantenna" dummy RF load" ; product information for "Heath Berkeley Physics Laboratory stations ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HD-20 Crystal Calibrator" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "AM Table Radio" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HG-10B Amateur VFO" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HD-1234 Coaxial Switch" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HD-10 Electronic Keyer"

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists and manual

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Physical description:

70 pieces; 4 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this

Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Radios and radio equipment  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Television  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Clocks and watches  Search this

Commercial catalogs  Search this

Computers  Search this

Department stores  Search this

Dry-goods  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Playgrounds  Search this

Radio supplies industry  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Ships  Search this

Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this

Television supplies industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_20344

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_20344

Variant company name:

Foster City, CA  Search this

Company Name:

Kevex Corp.  Search this

Related companies:

Kevex Instruments (Valencia, CA)  Search this

Notes content:

thyroid x-ray scanning without injection ad ; "XES" x-ray energy spectrometry at high-intensity for trace analysis ad ; use of spectrum in human breast fluid ad ; "microanalyst 8000" "Quantex-Ray" computer software ; "Kevex XRF" performs quantitative elemental analysis computer ; "Kevex Monograph" technical papers ; slide chart

Includes:

Trade catalog

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Physical description:

7 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Burlingame, California, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Computers  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_36677

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_36677

Company Name:

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Unity Lab Services ; Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC ; Thermo Electron Corp. ; Fisher Scientific International, Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

MagnaRay Operations Manual ; NoranSystem 7 Training Guide ; Basic Organic Functional Group Reference Chart ; "Compass Explained" technical paper

Includes:

Trade catalog and manual

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Color images

Physical description:

4 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Date:

2000s

Topic (Romaine term):

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Computers  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_45386

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45386

Variant company name:

Founded 1942  Search this

Company Name:

Edmund Scientific Co.  Search this

Related companies:

ES ; Edmund Industrial Optics ; Robert Edmund's Products for Health, Fitness & Better Living  Search this

Notes content:

(selection) Magnifiers ; microscopes ; weather instruments ; magnets ; optical instruments ; lasers ; fiber optics ; binoculars ; telescopes. Assorted "scientific" products (watches, telescopes, binoculars, calipers, scales, ladders, flashlights, surveillance equipment) ; personal fitness equipment (monitors, stationary bikes, clock radios, watches, weights, massage wands). Motors ; laboratory equipment ; scales ; meters ; thermometers ; spectrometers ; educational products for science. 1995 annual reference catalog for optics, science, and education; 1995 Annual Reference Catalog for Optics, Science, and Education optics, lenses, fiber optics, binoculars, lab equipment, microscopes, magnets, telescopes, weather instruments

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

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Color images

Physical description:

95 pieces; 4 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Barrington, New Jersey, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this

Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Sporting goods  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Commercial catalogs  Search this

Department stores  Search this

Dry-goods  Search this

Engines  Search this

Motors  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Playgrounds  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Sporting goods  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_14407

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14407

Company Name:

Herbach & Rademan, Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Electrical equipment for industry ; radio and laboratory supplies ; timers ; time switches ; temperature controls ; telephone system ; "walkie-talkies" ; motor generator ; motors

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

15 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Radios and radio equipment  Search this

Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Commercial catalogs  Search this

Department stores  Search this

Dry-goods  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Motors  Search this

Radio supplies industry  Search this

Telecommunication systems  Search this

Telephone  Search this

Telephone supplies industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_20843

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_20843

Company Name:

Lab Safety Supply  Search this

Related companies:

Lab Safety Supply, Inc. ; Science Related Materials, Inc.; Labware Direct  Search this

Notes content:

personal and environmental safety equipment including maternity lab coats ; protective clothing and "Haz-Mat" suits ; respirators and filter cartridges; flammable and chemical storage cabinets ; containers and waste receptacles ; hazardous materials spill containment ; safety promotional materials ; safety showers and eye wash stations ; signs and labels ; "Hazardous Communication Standard" "right-to-know" information stations ; computer software ; reference books ; first aid kits ; portable oxygen cylinders ; radiation meters and Geiger probes; radon monitors and meters ; radiation and asbestos testing and containment ; biohazard and infectious waste containment and disposal ; carts ; pallets ; pallet trucks ; lift trucks ; lift tables ; conveyors ; drum handling equipment ; casters ; gas cylinder handling equipment ; storage cabinets ; bins ; lockers ; shelving ; racks ; hand rails ; safety guards ; ladders ; industrial fans ; ramps ; dock equipment ; tape ; corrugated boxes ; mailers ; envelopes ; bubble wrap ; foam sheets ; cutters ; sealers ; poly bags ; stretch wrap ; shrink wrap ; labels ; workbenches ; mobile workstations ; computer enclosures ; modular offices ; office furniture (tables, workstations, lecterns, information boards, office clocks, coat racks, time clocks, literature displays, chairs) ; janitorial equipment ; emergency lighting ; safety eyewear ; face shields ; hard hats ; hearing protection ; safety footwear ; safety gloves ; hand tools ; also included are the manuscripts of 2 papers "Lab Pack Management" by Joyce A. Kilby, Daniel L. Holcomb and Jennifer M. Kinsler and "The New OSHA Lab Standard: How Does it Affect You" by Joyce A. Kilby of Lab Safety Supply, Inc.; 2004 lab safety catalog supplement; Aug 1997 General Catalog- 7B; 2000 Labware Direct Catalog featuring beakers, bottles, burettes, carboys, containers, cylinders, dishes, flasks, funnels, pails, scoops/spatulas/scrapers, tubes and racks, chemical resistance guide, Nalgene plastic-ware chart; Jan 2002 general catalog; 2005 general catalog;

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Color images

Physical description:

40 pieces; 10 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Date range:

1900s-2000s

Topic (Romaine term):

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Packaging materials and shipping  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Barrels  Search this

Bottling  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Cleaning compounds  Search this

Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Packaging machinery  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_34632

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_34632

Variant company name:

Est. 1894  Search this

Company Name:

Pelouze Mfg. Co.  Search this

Notes content:

Pelouze Scales (circa 1916-1950s): mail/postal ; baby ; candy ; cotton ; computing ; dairy/milk ; delicatessen ; dietetic ; fisherman's ; food ; hanging ; household ; heavy duty ; ice cream ; kitchen ; laboratory and chemical ; photographer's ; poultry ; spice ; spring balance ; tobacco and tension testing.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

10 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this

Appliances (household)  Search this

Butchers’ supplies (including meat processing industry)  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this

Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Retailers equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Agricultural implements  Search this

Agricultural machinery  Search this

Beverage industry  Search this

Butchers  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Computers  Search this

Dairying  Search this

Distilleries  Search this

Farm equipment  Search this

Food industry and trade  Search this

Household appliances  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Meat industry and trade  Search this

Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Photographic industry  Search this

Retail trade equipment industry  Search this

Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_29804

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29804

Variant company name:

Downers Grove, IL ; La Grange, IL  Search this

Company Name:

Packard Instrument Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Packard Bioscience Co. ; PerkinElmer ; Canberra Packard Inc. ; Packard Bioscience and CCS Packard ; Ambac Industries Inc. ; Packard Instrument International S.A. (Zurich, Switzerland) ; Canberra Packard International S. A. (Zurich, Switzerland) ; Canberra Co.  Search this

Notes content:

Press kits containing booklets on various products ; "Packard '92 The Changing Face of Radioassay Counting" ; gamma counter ; "Test Your Gamma IQ" (1993) ; "Matrix Solid Supports" vol. 1, issue 1, Summer 1991 (a scientific newsletter published by Packard Instrument Co.) ; "Tri-Carb 2500TR" ; "Matrix 96 Direct Beta Counter" ; "Flame Oxidation Sample Oxidizer Model 307" ; "Cobra Auto-Gamma" ; "Packard '90 Packard: MAPP to Success" ; "Riastar: Simple Fast Smart" ; "Auto-Gamma 5500 Benchtop Gamma Counters" ; "Packard Pesticide Analyzer" (1967) ; "The Future of Microplate Assays is Here -- 384-well Radioscopic and Luminescence Counting!" (1996) ; SpeedQuant Molecular Biology Instant Imager electronic autoradiography system (1995) ; "Chemicals & Supplies Catalog for Liquid Scintillation and Gamma Counting" (1987) ; "Packard Today: Forty Years of Life Science Innovation" (1994) including information on Robotics in assaying ; Tri-Carb Liquid Scintillation Analyzer (1994) ; Ultima Gold LCS cocktail ; "Packard '93 Accelerating the Pace of Scientific Research Worldwide" ; autoradiography ; "The 2420 Tri-Carb Spectrometer New Simplicity and Convenience in Liquid Scintillation Counting" (1970) ; "Microvolume Radio-HPLC...Resolution Just Got Better" (1998) ; "Model 7150 Radioactive Flow Monitor Trace II" (1985) ; gas chromatography network ; "Model 830 Network Manager" (1985) ; instruments for radioactivity measurement and chromatography ; "TopCount" Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Counters ; "Cyclone" Storage Phosphor System ; includes business cards. Founded 1949 (see "The Business of Chemistry" page 132, pubs.acs.org/supplements/chemchronicles2/pdf/131.pdf?sessid=5964.) Packard Instruments, later Packard Bioscience was a developer, manufacturer and marketer of instruments and related consumables and services and services, for use in drug discovery and other life sciences research, such as basic human disease research and biotechnology. Packard BioScience is primarily focused on the rapidly growing areas of drug screening, functional genomics and proteomics. In 2001 PerkinElmer, Inc. acquired Packard. (see http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=89380&p=irol-pressRelease&t=Regular&id=201704&).

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists and histories

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Color images

Physical description:

54 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Meriden, Connecticut, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies  Search this

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Nuclear materials and technologies  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Biochemical engineering  Search this

Biotechnology  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Computers  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Nuclear energy  Search this

Nuclear engineering -- Instruments  Search this

Nuclear industry  Search this

Nuclear power plants  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_27026

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_27026

Variant company name:

New York, NY ; Philadelphia, PA ; Boston, MA ; Cincinnati, OH ; St. Louis, MO ; Chicago, IL  Search this

Company Name:

American Meter Co., Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

D. McDonald & Co. [Subsidiary] ; Metric Metal Works  Search this

Notes content:

Measuring and heating devices : meters (air, gas, orifice, test, water), regulators, gas burners, gas globes, cooking stoves, heaters, furnaces, regulators, filters, timers, stop watches, governors, valves, gages (pressure, volume), barometers, vacuum tanks, photometers, gravitometers, service pumps, service cleaners. D. McDonald & Co.: Calorimetry ; "Apparatus for the Gas Industry" ; meter equipment ; testing equipment ; other equipment. Metric Metal Works: iron case meters ; differential gauges ; "Westcott" gas meters ; "Tobey meters...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

8 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Albany, New York, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_30331

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_30331

Company Name:

General Electric Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Canadian General Electric Co., Ltd. (Toronto, Canada) ; Carboloy Co. (Detroit, MI) ; Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co. (Hoboken, NJ) ; Fort Wayne Electric Works (Fort Wayne, IN) ; General Electric Co., Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; Ivanhoe-Regent Works (Cleveland, OH) ; Samson Tractor Co. (Janesville, WI) ; Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor Co. (Stockton, CA) ; Victor X-Ray Co. (Chicago, IL) ; Hotpoint Electric Heating Co. (Ontario, CA) ; GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc. ; M-O Valve Co., Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; General Electric Vapor Lamp Co. ; Cunningham Tubes ; Chemical Dept. (Pittsfield, MA) ; Metallurgy Div. ; Clock & Timer Dept. (Ashland, MA)  Search this

Notes content:

OVERSIZE. Boxes, books, and envelopes organized as follows: air conditioning and refrigeration ; appliances ; automobiles and buses ; aviation ; boats and ships ; "GE Bulletin" ; cables, wires and wiring ; capacitors ; catalogs ; circuit breakers ; control ; "Electrical Developments"; electronics ; general-business ; general-science ; general product information ; generators ; furnaces ; heating ; indexed publications ; instruction books ; instruments ; lighting ; lightning protection ; metallurgy ; meters ; misc. equipment ; motors ; parts bulletins ; photographic equipment ; plastics and chemicals ; power equipment ; radio and television ; railroads ; station equipment ; switches ; switch gears ; technical papers ; transformers ; turbines ; welding ; x-ray ; "Fort Wayne Electric Works Bulletins". GE all purpose mixer appliance catalog is found in: TX715. R43 NMAH Culinary History collection. 1989 GE Capacitor handbook ; dry type transformer ; panel meters ; electronic controls ; form G motors ; fan-cooled motors ; AC / DC motors ; LEDs ; solid state relays ; glow lamps ; indicator and circuit components ; sub-miniature lamps ; solid state lamps ; silicone lubricants ; silicone greases ; silicone rubber ; " LEXAN " plastic ; "Optoelectronics Manual" ; employee benefits plan document ; "One Hundred Publications of the General Electric Company 1878-1978" ; "General Electric Goes to War" (WWII war production)...this comprises the uncataloged portion

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists, manual, samples, photographs and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Types of samples:

Plastic ; silicone rubber

Physical description:

9906 pieces; 275 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Schenectady, New York, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Appliances (household)  Search this

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Fairs and exhibitions  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Plastics and rubber  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Radios and radio equipment  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Refinery equipment  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this

Television  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Air conditioning  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Audio equipment industry  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Candles  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Clocks and watches  Search this

Computers  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Fairs  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Garden ornaments and furniture  Search this

Garden tools  Search this

Glass  Search this

Heating  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_11789

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_11789

Creator:

Eisler Engineering Company.  Search this

Names:

General Electric Company  Search this

Incandescent Lamp Manufacturer's Association.  Search this

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company  Search this

Eisler, Charles, Jr.  Search this

Extent:

30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Blueprints

Correspondence

Place:

Newark (N.J.)

Hungary

Date:

1885 - 1988

bulk 1920-1950s

Summary:

Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.

Scope and Contents:

The bulk of the materials date from the 1930s to the 1950s and document Charles Eisler's contributions to the modern lamp making industry. There is considerable personal information documenting Eisler and his family, and his connection to his native Hungary. The collection is divided into 9 series: personal materials; business materials; employee records, operating records; diagrams and drawings; litigation and patent records; photographs; and scrapbooks.

Series 1, Personal Materials, 1944-1970, is divided into six subseries: Passports and Naturalization Certificate, 1910-1970s; Photographs, 1912; Chronological Correspondence, 1944-1970; Alphabetical Correspondence, 1941-1969; Family and Friends Correspondence, 1956-1966; Vacation Information, 1951; Financial Information, 1960-1967; and Medical Bills and Information, 1963-1967.

There are several passports (United States and German) for Eisler and his United States naturalization certificate of 1910. The photographs, 1912, are from Eisler's friend, Ed Korn. The photographs depict an airplane that Eisler created drawings for and two individuals, Bert Berry (parachutist) and Tony Januss, a pilot at Kinloch Field, St. Louis, Missouri.

The chronological correspondence, 1944-1970, is arranged chronologically. It contains letters about Hungarians and Hungarian issues; invitations to social events and speaking engagements; thank you letters; letters of condolence; donations; birthday greetings; and club memberships. Eisler was active in the Newark, New Jersey, Hungarian community. He donated equipment, clothes, and money to a variety of organizations that assisted Hungarians in the United States and in Hungary. Some of the correspondence was written by Mrs. R. Testa, secretary to Charles Eisler.

The alphabetical correspondence, 1941-1969, is arranged alphabetically. It consists of letters documenting such issues as stock in Eisler Engineering Company, personal purchases of Eisler's at the Ivanhoe Lobby Gift Shop by the Sea Hotel, and "Help the Suffering Hungarians" organization (1956-1961). This includes canceled checks from donors, specifically Operation Mercy to assist refugees from Budapest. Additionally, there is correspondence and itemized price lists for food and clothing for Hungarians. Of note is some Raritan Yacht Club (R.Y.C.) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, materials. There is a R.Y.C. Duffle Bag newsletter, February, 1964. Eisler was a member of R.Y.C.

Family and friends correspondence, 1956-1966, includes letters and postcards from family and friends, mostly in Hungarian. Topics discussed include sending food, clothing, hearing aids, and medicine to Hungarian refugees; Christmas packages; emigration; and U.S. Relief Parcel Service receipts.

Vacation information, 1951, consists of one file folder of documentation of airline tickets, baggage tickets, tour itineraries, receipts from hotels, letterhead from hotels, and itemized lists of purchases for several trips Eisler made. Airlines ephemera represented include Pan American World Airways System; Air France; British Overseas Airways Corp; Trans World Airlines, Inc; and Eastern Airlines.

Financial information, 1960-1967, contains investment securities (certificates) information for Massachusetts Investors Trust; consolidated checking account information; lists of personal donations, personal income, and savings accounts. Eisler's personal donations varied greatly, both in amount and in the type of organization—American Hungarian Studies Foundation at Rutgers, Father Flanagan's Boy's Home; and the Jewish Community Council of Essex County, New Jersey.

Medical Bills and Information, 1963-1967, consists mostly of bills from doctors for services rendered.

Series 2, Business Materials, 1885, 1931-1985, is divided into seven subseries: correspondence, general files, financial information, World War II boards and regulations, real estate holdings and investments, articles, and Kahle Engineering.

Correspondence, 1946-1971, is arranged alphabetically by surname or company name. It contains a variety of issues—real estate, accounting, legal representation, and tenants. Attorneys Kessler and Kessler handled Eisler vs. General Electric Company. There is correspondence about meetings, depositions, and reviewing documents before filing. The tenant information includes assignments and agreements between individual tenants and the landlord, Lesire Corporation, which Eisler owned.

General Files, 1931-1985, contains files arranged alphabetically on a variety of topics.

Financial Information, 1931-1945, is mainly comprised of Treasury Department and Internal Revenue correspondence, and income tax documentation

World War II Boards and Regulations, 1942-1946, contain information about manpower, labor, and production during World War II for the manufacturing industry. The National War Labor Board contains wage rates and audit information for Eisler Engineering. The Manpower Commission established the total manpower allowance for Eisler Engineering and other companies. It set specific quotas for the number of male employees permitted. The War Production Board material includes a plant report of operations. It describes the product being made and categorizes the percentage of "war" versus "civilian" work. The War Department Plant Protection Division contains notes and recommendations for Eilser Engineering Company to implement.

Real Estate Holdings and Investments, 1932-1980, consists mainly of tax and stock returns and income information and cancelled notes for collateral with the Lesire Corporation. The record of real estate, 1952-1974, contains ledger sheets for seven separate properties with the name of the property, improvements if any, and address: Farm Flagtowne, Neshanic, New Jersey; 733 S. 12th Street, Newark, New Jersey; 735-737 S. 12th Street, Newark, New Jersey; 738-758 S. 13th Street, Newark, New Jersey; 16 N. Salem Street, Dover, New Jersey; 269 E. Blackwell Street, Dover, New Jersey; and Lad Construction. The ledger sheets also include a loan record with rents and mortgage receivable information. The Avenue L files document a factory building owned by Eisler in Newark, New Jersey. The files contain correspondence, receipts, and bills for work done on the building in preparation for sale.

Articles, 1885-1962 (not inclusive) includes four articles relating to the topic of electricity.

Kahle Engineering, 1960-1982, contains Dun and Bradstreet analytical reports from 1960 to 1964 and interoffice correspondence with Steven Logothetis, an employee of Kahle Engineering, interoffice memos, credit profiles, notes, mortgage papers, and information sheets for specific properties for purchase at public auction for the period 1979-1982.

Series 3, Employee/Personnel Records, 1940-1988, is divided into ten subseries: personnel files; accident reports; lists of employee names; service years and anniversaries; union (IUE AFL-CIO) agreements; benefits (health and pension); deceased employees; payroll information; electrical license course; Department of Labor; and miscellaneous.

The bulk of this series consists primarily of employee personnel files from the 1940s to 1960s. Arranged alphabetically by surname, the files contain employee record cards, employee applications, in some instances photographs (head shots), tax withholding exemption certificates, medical forms, union dues information, union steward reports detailing grievances and appeals, correspondence, recommendations, unemployment benefit payments, workers compensation, paychecks, and applications for United States citizenship and visa requests. The employee record cards capture the employee name; address; social security number; department; occupation; title; clock number; phone number; race; marital status; date of birth; number of children; stating rate; increases; vacation taken; country of birth; entry into the United States; naturalized and, if so, when and where; former employees and any union grievances. It provides a comprehensive view of the employee composition of the company.

The accident reports, 1958-1988, are arranged chronologically by year and then further arranged alphabetically by employee surname. These accident claim forms used by Eisler Engineering Company are for the New Jersey Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company of Trenton, New Jersey. Additionally, there are blank State of New Jersey accident forms. There is some correspondence about specific claims and employees. There is one file folder documenting injuries and illness, 1971-1978. It consists of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) forms completed by Eisler Engineering. They provide a summary of the types of injuries and illnesses, number of lost work days, number of cases and a supplementary record of occupational injuries.

Lists of employee names, 1957-1977, provides information on employees who left employment, were laid off, owed union dues; years of service to the company, birthdays, addresses, and job descriptions.

Service years and anniversaries, 1955-1970, provides the employee name, when employment began, years of service and if a service pin was awarded.

Union (IUE AFL-CIO) agreements, 1942-1957 contain union contracts and agreements between Eisler Engineering Mutual Employees Association, Inc., and the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE-AFL-CIO).

Benefits (health and pension), 1957-1967, contains information on dental benefits, hospital service plans, Group Health Insurance (GHI) Inc., claim forms for medical care insurance, and the annual report of District 4 IUE, AFL-CIO Welfare Plan for 1957.

Deceased employees, 1946-1951, consists of form letters with the employees name, address, next of kin, date of death, and the amount of unpaid salary due.

Payroll Information, 1940-1973, includes deduction of wages or salary forms for union dues, plans for enrolling in the U.S. Savings Bond program, canceled payroll checks, forms for requesting vacation, and bonus and merit increases for employees.

Electrical License Course, undated, includes homework assignments, tests, and answers to questions, in lessons/courses on: compound generators, DC (direct current) self-excited generators, power, combination circuits, parallel circuits, split phase/resistance-start induction run motors, electricity, and compound motors.

Department of Labor, 1944-1956, contains employment reports and public contracts and minimum wage determinations. There is statistical information on the type of employee (male, female, non-white, and part-time) and a report of current and anticipated employment.

Miscellaneous contains one file folder with an undated Department of Labor and Industry letter about a highly desirable labor pool of technical, skilled, and semi-skilled workers becoming available.

Series 4, Operational Records, 1934-1977, is divided into two subseries: Equipment Quotes, 1960-1977, were prepared by Eisler for clients/companies in the United States and in foreign countries. The quotes include details about the machine requested and its price.

Operating Instructions and Parts Lists, 1934-1940s, are arranged predominately by machine number, but there are some exceptions. The files include drawings and sketches, operating instructions on assembling and disassembling, black and white photographs, charts, and product literature. There are some documents that were not created by the Eisler Engineering Company. These documents include operating instructions and drawings from other companies that Eisler had a working relationship with. The instructions, [1934-1945?], arranged alpha-numerically, are operating instructions for machines manufactured by the Eisler Engineering Company. The instructions are labeled D-1 to D-800. These instructions should be used in conjunction with the other operating instructions for specific machines. For example, instructions D-1 are for Eisler machine No. 00, a coil winding machine

Series 5, Diagrams and Drawings, 1924-1960, is divided into two subseries, wiring diagrams and drawings. The wiring diagrams 1934-1956, are arranged by type and provide instructions and diagrams on how to connect wires for Eisler machines. The drawings, 1924-1960, include blueprints, tracings, sketches and in some instances, specifications for specific machines. The name and number of the machine are listed. Also, the drawings contain factory layouts for companies in the United States and in Leningrad, Russia.

Series 6, Sales Records, 1924-1984, is divided into three subseries: customer sales lists, lamp machinery sales records, and catalogs. The Customer Sales Lists, 1951-1958, and the Lamp Machinery Sales Records, 1929-1958, include detailed information for each machine built and shipped to a client: shop number, job number, type of machine, machine number, customer name, customer order number, Eisler order number and date shipped, and a serial number if applicable. There are some lists for customer requested machines such as exhaust machines, stem machines, and base filling machines.

The catalogs, 1924-1979, are arranged into two sub-subseries, Eisler catalogs and other companies' catalogs. The catalogs are further arranged chronologically and are bound or consist of loose pages and individual bulletins. They provide information on incandescent lamps, power transmission tubes; neon tube signs; tungsten equipment and wire; burners, torches, fires, gas and air mixers; metal sprayers; bases; furnaces; vacuum flasks; ampules and vials; vacuum pumps; and electric welders.

Index cards for Eisler Engineering Anniversary Catalog 1945, are arranged by machine number and contain the machine name with a description, pricing information, and in some instances a date and annotations. Each card has a page number that correlates to the Anniversary Catalog No. 45-CE, 1945.

Series 7, Litigation and Patent Records, 1897-1953 (bulk 1926-1929), 1949, 1953, consist of briefs (for the defendant, Eisler, and plaintiff, General Electric) and the transcript of record in the case General Electric vs. Charles Eisler and Eisler Engineering Company, 1926-1929. The litigation was heard in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New Jersey and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Third District. GE brought suit against Eisler for infringement of two U.S. patents, #1,128,120 for manufacturing glass rods and forming spiders, and # 1,220,836 for a filament support wire inserting machine. Eisler allegedly infringed by manufacturing and selling a hook inserting machine.

There is one file folder of newspaper clippings about anti-trust in lamp manufacturing and specifically conclusions to the Opinion for the case United States of America vs. General Electric Company, 1953. GE, Corning Glass Works, N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabriken, Consolidated Electric Lamp Company, Hygrade Sylvania Corporation, Chicago Miniature Lamp Works, and Tung-Sol Lamp Works, Inc., were found guilty and in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. GE, in particular, negotiated agreements through its wholly-owned subsidiary, International General Electric that divided the world lamp markets. This division permitted GE to have the U.S. market exclusively and bar foreign lamp manufacturers. The domestic licensees' growth was limited by GE to a fixed percentage of its own production and expansion so that over the years a licensee's share of the business was diminished. This restrained trade, and competition by GE unlawfully monopolized the incandescent electric lamp business.

A separate case involving Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. vs. Beacon Lamp Co., Leopold Rossbach, C. L. Shoninger, A.H. Moses, L.E. Whicher and J.T. Hambay from 1896 to 1898 is also documented through the brief for the complainant and a record of the case.

Patents, 1913-1931, are further divided into tube patents, 1924-1931 and tube patents assigned to Raytheon Company, 1913-1929. The patents were assembled by Eisler for reference.

Series 8, Photographs, 1944-1967, is further divided into six subseries: machines by number, CAMS; timers; jigs; transformers and electrodes; welders; welders, tips, jigs and fixtures; and miscellaneous. The series contains 8" x 10" black and white prints. Originally organized in three- ring binders, the photographs are arranged by machine number with further numerical identifiers. For example, Machine No. 103 is a glass lathe machine and No. 103-XL is a vertical glass lathe machine.

CAMS are curved wheels mounted on a rotating shaft and used to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another engaged or contacted part. They are used to produce or machine something. Tips refer to the remnant of the glass tubing through which the lamp was exhausted of its air (as well as filled with inert gases after the invention of the gas-filled lamp in 1912) and jigs are devices for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.

The majority of photographs document machinery; few employees are featured.

Photographs for Machine No. 170, can working equipment at vacuum products, features African American workers circa the 1950s and Machine No. 160, an automatic tub bottoming machine features a female employee. Some of the miscellaneous photographs contain prints of equipment, parts and employees working in the factory.

Series 9, Scrapbooks, 1916-1959, includes three scrapbooks. Many of the articles are in Hungarian or Spanish.

Scrapbook, 1943 (bulk 1945-1955), 1959, contains newspaper articles about Charles Eisler and Eisler Engineering Company. Many articles and advertisements focus on specific machines Eisler manufactured. Articles about Charles Eisler contain information about the associations he belonged to, litigation, awards received, Lesire Corporation, his tenant company; and the appointment of Charles Eisler, Jr., as President of Eisler Engineering Company. Other items include company Christmas cards.

Scrapbook, 1916-1944, 1948, 1957, contains newspaper clippings and catalog pages on machines manufactured by Eisler; personal information about Charles Eisler's trip to Europe; a fire at his summer home; and Christmas decorations. There is documentation on Eisler Engineering Company employees, World War II contributions and production, and photographs of Charles Eisler presenting a donation to the Newark Hungarians and the U.S. Army Ambulance Branch.

Scrapbook, 1924-1959, contains convention programs, Family Circle information, documentation on various social events Eisler attended and machine advertisements.

Arrangement:

Collection organized into nine series.

Series 1, Personal Materials, 1910s-1970s

Subseries 1, Passports and Naturalization Certificate, 1910-1970s

Subseries 2, Photographs, 1912

Subseries 3, Chronological Correspondence, 1946-1970

Subseries 4, Alphabetical Correspondence, 1941-1969

Subseries 5, Family and Friends Correspondence, 1956-1966

Subseries 6, Vacation information, 1951

Subseries 7, Financial information, 1960-1967

Subseries 8, Medical Bills and Information, 1963-1967

Series 2, Business Materials, 1885, 1929-1985

Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1946-1971

Subseries 2, General Files, 1929-1985

Subseries 3, Financial Information, 1931-1945

Subseries 4, World War II Boards and Regulations, 1942-1946

Subseries 5, Real Estate Holdings and Investments, 1932-1980

Subseries 6, Articles, 1885-1962 (not inclusive)

Subseries 7, Kahle Engineering, 1960-1982

Series 3, Employee/Personnel Records, 1940-1988

Subseries 1, Personnel Files, 1940s-1960s

Subseries 2, Accident Reports, 1958-1988

Subseries 3, Lists of employee names, 1957-1977, undated

Subseries 4, Service years and anniversaries, 1955-1970

Subseries 5, Union (IUE AFL-CIO) agreements and contracts, 1942-1957, undated

Subseries 6, Benefits (health and pension), 1957-1967, undated

Subseries 7, Deceased employees, 1946-1951

Subseries 8, Payroll Information, 1940-1973

Subseries 9, Electrical License Course, undated

Subseries 10, Department of Labor, 1944-1956

Subseries 11, Miscellaneous, undated

Series 4, Operating Records, 1934-1977

Subseries 1, Equipment Quotes, 1960-1977

Subseries 2, Operating Instructions and Parts Lists, 1934-1940s

Series 5, Diagrams and Drawings, 1924-1963, undated

Subseries 1, Wiring Diagrams, 1934-1956

Subseries 2, Drawings for Machines, 1924-1963

Subseries 3, Drafting Tools, undated

Series 6, Sales Records, 1924-1984

Subseries 1, Customer Sales Lists, 1951-1958

Subseries 2, Lamp Machinery Sales Records, 1929-1958

Subseries 3, Eisler Catalogs, 1924-1979

Subseries 4, Index cards for Eisler Engineering catalogs

Series 7, Litigation and Patents Records, 1897-1953

Subseries 1, Litigation Records, 1897 (bulk 1926-1929), 1949, 1953

Subseries 2, Patents, 1913-1931

Series 8, Photographs, 1942-1967

Subseries 1, By Machine Number, -1966

Subseries 2, CAMS, 1950-1967

Subseries 3, Timers, Jigs, Transformers, and Electrodes, 1952-1960

Subseries 4, Welders, 1944-1952

Subseries 5, Welders, Tips, and Jigs and Fixtures, 1944-1952

Subseries 6, Miscellaneous, 1944-1957

Series 9, Scrapbooks, 1916-1959

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Eisler (1884-1973) was born in Hungary to Adolph and Helen Eisler. Charles was the second child of nine: George, Emil, Michael, Leopold, Rudi, Franz, Emma and Lajos. Eisler completed his engineering and mechanical studies by the age of 17 and began an apprenticeship with a local factory. He became a licensed steam engineer and fireman of high pressure boilers. In 1902, he left Hungary for Berlin, Germany, with the goal to immigrate to the United States. In Germany, Eisler worked in a factory in Eberswalde, north of Berlin. The factory manufactured cast-iron pipe and machinery, and Eisler operated a crane loading barges near the factory. Eisler left Eberswalde and returned to Berlin to work as a toolmaker at Allgemeine Electricitäts Gesellschaft' (AEG). He arrived in New York City on the SS Potsdam/Stockholm (I) in November 1904. Because Europeans dominated the field of skilled mechanics and tradesmen in the United States, Eisler easily found employment in East Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh Westinghouse. In 1907, Eisler worked for Studebaker Metzger Motor Company as a tool-designer and tool room foreman.

Eisler returned to Hungary in the spring of 1912 where he took a job as a tool designing engineer with an American owned electrical firm, Standard Electric Company, in Újpest. He married Frieda Schwartz Eisler (d.1962) on December 24, 1912, in Budapest. They had four children: Charles Eisler, Jr., Martha (Eisler) Leff; Ruth (Eisler) Forest; and Constance (Eisler) Smith. In 1914, Eisler, his wife Frieda, and their newborn son Charles, Jr., returned to the United States. Eisler worked at the Westinghouse Lamp Company in Bloomfield, New Jersey, designing machines for building incandescent lamps with tungsten wire. At Westinghouse, Eisler held the position of chief engineer of the equipment division, and he completed the International Correspondence Schools course in mechanical engineering (1918). Eisler left Westinghouse in 1919 to work for Save Electric Corporation of Brooklyn, New York (an independent lamp manufacture), formed by Max Ettiger. At Save Electric, Eisler was equipment engineer superintendent and responsible for designing machines for the production of incandescent lamps.

General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, and RCA had a monopoly on modern incandescent lamp making machinery. The manufacture of lamps and tubes had moved from a low-rate, highly skilled craft work of Edison's Menlo Park to a high-rate, semi-skilled process dominated by GE and others. It was difficult for independent lamp manufacturers, such as Save Electric, to compete. The control and licensing of machinery patents was one method GE used to maintain a virtual monopoly on lamp manufacture throughout the first half of the 20th century. GE purchased Save Electric in 1920 to remove it from the incandescent lamp market. That same year, Eisler lost his job and started his own company, Eisler Engineering Company, to consult and manufacture equipment for producing electric lamps, television tubes, radio tubes, glass products, neon tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment. He established a machine shop at 15 Kirk Alley, Newark, New Jersey, where he redesigned many of his machines and drawings and started patenting. By 1924, Eisler's plant doubled in physical size and labor supply, with the radio tube industry peaking in 1929.1 However, the stock market crash of 1929-1930 severely impacted production, and Eisler never again saw the same growth. In 1929, Eisler sold a 49% interest in the company to Frank Bonner.

In June 1933, Eisler and others organized a group of independent manufacturers into the Incandescent Lamp Manufacturer's Association (ILMA). In response to the pressuring tactics of GE, Westinghouse and RCA, the group also documented every lamp maker who went out of business or that was bought by a monopoly member. The ILMA allowed members to pool their resources for patent litigation. "Eisler was the third leading outside supplier of lamp making machinery. It was not licensed by General Electric, and the unlicensed lamp manufacturers obtained most of their lamp making equipment from it. The Eisler equipment was less automatic and of considerably less speed than the machinery used by the General Electric group. However, it was considerably lower in price."2

Eisler Engineering Company was sued at least four times by GE between 1923 and 1928 for alleged patent infringement but won each case. The cases involved four United States patents owned by GE: Van Keuren #1,326,121; Mitchell and White #1,453,594; Mitchell and White #1,453,595; and Marshall #1,475,192. The last three patents address a process used in the manufacture of electric lamps known as "sealing in" of tip-less lamps. The plaintiff, GE, complained that Eisler, the defendant, was infringing. Several GE patents were declared invalid during the proceedings or were withdrawn, and Eisler's U.S. Patent #1,637,989 for tip-less lamps was upheld. See General Electric Company vs. Eisler Engineering Company, 20 F (2d.) 33 (C.C.A., 1927), 26 F (2d.) 12 (C.C.A., 1928), and 43 F (2d.) 319 (C.C.A., 1930). One of Eisler's strongest defenses was a 1916 article he published in Machinery on Tungsten Lamp Manufacture. Eisler defended his case not only for the interest of his own company but also for those who utilized his products as well as those who manufactured under a licensing agreement with Eisler Engineering Company.

In 1954, Charles Eisler, Jr., formerly vice president became president of Eisler Engineering Company, Inc., and Charles Eisler, Sr., became chairman of the board. In 1958, Eisler Senior officially stepped down. In the late 1970s, Eisler, Jr., sold the company to Kahle Engineering Company. Kahle, established in 1920 with its roots in the glass machinery business, provided equipment for the medical device, pharmaceutical, electrical and automotive industries. Today, Kahle focuses solely on the manufacture of assembly machines for medical devices.

Eisler was issued fifty-seven United States patents relating to the mass production of glass articles. His first patent was issued in 1916 (U.S. Patent # 1,209,650) for a turret attachment and his last was issued in 1958 (U.S. Design Patent # DES 182,796) for a spot welder/press type. Eisler received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey (1951) and was elected to life membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1952). He died on October 8, 1973 at the age of 89 in East Orange, New Jersey.

1 Eisler, Charles. The Million-Dollar Bend (New York: William-Frederick Press, 1960). 2 Bright, Arthur. The Electric Lamp Industry (New York: Macmillan Co., 1949).

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Kahle Engineering Company Records, 1930-1980 (AC0735), the successor company to Eisler Engineering

Materials in Other Organizations

Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives have some Eisler Engineering Company trade literature in the Sinclair New Jersey Collection: New Jersey Trade Literature and Manufacturers' Catalogs at http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/sinclair/sinclair_main.shtml.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by E.N. Logothetis of Kahle Engineering on June 15, 2000.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

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Topic:

welding -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Patents  Search this

Jigs and fixtures  Search this

Laboratory -- Furniture, equipment  Search this

Lamps  Search this

Litigation  Search this

Tubes  Search this

Tubes -- welding  Search this

Vacuum pumps  Search this

Electrodes  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Electric lighting  Search this

Electric transformers  Search this

Vacuum-tubes  Search this

welding  Search this

Halogen incandescent lamps  Search this

Cams  Search this

Coils -- electric  Search this

Incandescent lamps  Search this

Electric lamps  Search this

Electric lamps, Arc  Search this

Electric lamp industry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 20th century

Scrapbooks

Blueprints

Correspondence -- 19th-20th century

Citation:

Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0734

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Eisler Engineering Company records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d545ecf6-200c-44df-8a5c-405e9ca1e3b6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0734

Company Name:

James G. Biddle Co.  Search this

Related companies:

James G. Biddle Co. Instruments ; American Instrument Co.  Search this

Notes content:

"Pointolite" lamps ; low resistance testing set ; "Jagabi" rheostats ; "megger" ground tester, ohmmeter ; "Frahm" tachometers ; vacuum pumps ; etc. ; AVO multimeters catalog ; Avometer ; multimeter ; multiminor ; electrical measuring instruments

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

355 pieces; 7 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_7566

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_7566

Collection Creator:

Morehouse, Harold E., 1894-1973  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 26

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:

Permissions Requests

Collection Citation:

Harold E. Morehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies Collection, Acc. XXXX-0450, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Harold E. Morehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies collection

Harold E. Morehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies collection / Series 1.1: Biographies of Flying Pioneers 1.1

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2e3e7f0d2-0d8a-4a9f-b58b-e5e06e745d8c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0450-ref39

Variant company name:

New York, NY  Search this

Company Name:

John M. Maris Co.  Search this

Related companies:

John M. Maris & Co  Search this

Notes content:

Druggists' and pharmacists' supplies and furniture ; boxes , bottles , and other packaging ; medical supplies ; glassware ; enamelware ; laboratory equipment .

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

2 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Cosmetics  Search this

Drugs; pharmaceuticals and patent medicines  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Packaging materials and shipping  Search this

Retailers equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Cosmetics  Search this

Drugs  Search this

Glass  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Packaging machinery  Search this

Patent medicines  Search this

Pharmacy  Search this

Porcelain  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Retail trade equipment industry  Search this

Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_29659

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29659

Variant company name:

Founded 1931 and 1937. "PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global technology leader...in the Health Sciences and Photonics markets" as well as fluid sciences. Its Life and Analytical Sciences division provides precision instrumentation, reagents and chemistries, software and services for a wide range of scientific and industrial laboratory applications, including genetic screening, drug discovery and development, environmental monitoring, food and beverage quality, and chemical analysis. Its Optoelectrics unit provides a broad range of digital imaging, sensor and specialty lighting components used in biomedical, consumer products and other specialty end markets. ; http://www.perkinelmer.com/ ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PerkinElmer  Search this

Company Name:

Perkin-Elmer Corp.  Search this

Related companies:

PerkinElmer Corp. ; Applied Biosystems (division of Perkin-Elmer Corp.) ; PE Applied Biosystems (Foster City, CA) ; Coleman Instruments (div. located in Maywood, IL) ; see also Coleman Electric Co., Inc. ; William Mogey & Sons, Inc of Plainfield, NJ ; Terminals Div. (Randolph, NJ) ; Perkin-Elmer Ultek Inc. ; Hitachi, Ltd. Japan ; Ultek Div. ; Ultek Corp. (Palo Alto, CA)  Search this

Notes content:

Biotechnology catalog (for Applied Biosystems division) including PCR enzymes, PCR kits, reagents and components, application kits, DNA sequencing products, primers and probes, instruments, consumables and accessories, DNA purification, gel electrophoresis, DNA detection, liquid handling systems and supplies. Copies of Biosystems Reporter ; The company is a provider of scientific instruments, consumables and services to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, environmental testing and general industrial markets. Coleman Instruments section of file, circa 1940s-1968 contains trade lit for molecular weight apparatus, spectrophotometers, automatic titrators, R-F Reactors, hemoglobinometer, data readers, lasers, colorimeter, galvanometers, autofillers, photofluorometers, PH meters and titrators. File also contains trade literature for Applied Biosystems division - primarily DNA sequencers and synthesisers ; also contains several issues of the BioSystems Reporter newsletter from the early 1990s. Catalog for the Perkin-Elmer Minipan High Speed Aerial Recording Panoramic Camera. Perkin-Elmer Spectra-Physics gas laser. Circa 1941 brochure for Mogey Telescopes distributed by Perkin-ELmer. Spring/Summer 1963 issue of Instrument News newsletter. 1985 press kit for Perkin-Elmer Laboratory Robotics. "Model-1100" CRT terminal ; minicomputers ; mass storage devices ; 1980 computer products price list ; 7300 Professional Computer ; analytical software ; "Plasma Products Report" ; Comparative Characteristics of Four Perkin-Elmer Detectors for Gas Chromatography manual ; A New Infrared Prism Spectrophotometer ; The Ultek Report ; Atomic Absorption reports ; Biotechnology Catalog Spring 1990 ; Ultek Vacuum Equipment 1975-1976. "Amplifications" publication, issue 1-12, February 1989-Summer 1994, issue 14, volume I, 1996 ; "Polymerase Chain Reaction" (Gift of Chris Simollardes).

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists, manual and photographs

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

240 pieces; 4 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Biochemical engineering  Search this

Biotechnology  Search this

Computers  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_7741

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_7741

Variant company name:

Springdale, CT  Search this

Company Name:

Machlett Laboratories, Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Raytheon Co.  Search this

Notes content:

Timing and mAs test kit ; Fluoroscopic System resolution test tool ; Focal spot test tool ; Wide range kV X-Ray test cassette ; Tomographic Phantom ; Diagnostic X-Ray dosimeter ; Dosimeter charger ; Patient phantom/penetrometer system ; beam alignment ; collimator x-ray/light field congruence tool ; cassette film-to-screen contact mesh ; half-value layer filter ; CYR shockproof shield ; electron tubes ; "Cathode Press" publication

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

106 pieces; 4 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_36921

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_36921