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Associated person:

Pasteur, Louis  Search this

Physical Description:

brass (overall material)

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 4 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in x 6 in; 11.43 cm x 27.305 cm x 15.24 cm

Object Name:

microscope, in box

Microscope

Place made:

France: Île-de-France, Paris

Date made:

1870-1885

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

from the Burndy Library through Bern Dibner

ID Number:

2005.0182.9

Catalog number:

2005.0182.9

Accession number:

2005.0182

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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences

Science & Mathematics

Microscopes

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c2ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1294149

Publisher:

Wilkes, Charles  Search this

Graphic artist:

Brightly, Joseph H.  Search this

Author:

Wilkes, Charles  Search this

Original artist:

Drayton, Joseph  Search this

Printer:

Sherman, Conger  Search this

Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 3 in x 4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm

Object Name:

block, printing

block

Object Type:

Wood Engraving

relief

Place Made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

ca 1844

ca 1844

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Related event:

U.S. Exploring Expedition  Search this

Related Publication:

The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Related Web Publication:

http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm

ID Number:

1999.0145.005

Catalog number:

1999.0145.005

1999.0145.005

Accession number:

1999.0145

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Measuring & Mapping

Wilkes Blocks

Art

Natural Resources

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-e2a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_552293

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this

Subject:

Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this

Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Sections of Mathematics and Antique Instruments  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1964

Between 1964 and 1970

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B45_F01B_001]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright "́ United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_402579

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this

Subject:

Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this

Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Sections of Mathematics and Antique Instruments  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1964

Between 1964 and 1970

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B45_F01D_001]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright "́ United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_402581

Maker:

Charpak, G.  Search this

Physical Description:

copper; stainless steel; other metal (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 48 cm x 48 cm x 10 cm; 18 29/32 in x 18 29/32 in x 3 15/16 in

Object Name:

chamber, multiwire proportional

Date made:

1968

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research

ID Number:

1977.0708.02

Catalog number:

1977.0708.02

Accession number:

1977.0708

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Medicine and Science: Modern Physics

Science & Mathematics

Measuring & Mapping

Modern Physics

Energy & Power

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-e4f7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_700211

Physical Description:

metal (overall material)

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 28 in x 21 1/2 in x 18 in; 71.12 cm x 54.61 cm x 45.72 cm

Object Name:

programmer, peptide synthesizer

Date made:

1965-1966

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Chemistry  Search this

biochemistry  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Rockefeller University through Bruce Merrifield

ID Number:

1988.0492.01

Catalog number:

1988.0492.01

Accession number:

1988.0492

Patent number:

3531258

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Science & Mathematics

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-6080-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1450167

Maker:

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  Search this

Physical Description:

aluminum; titanium (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 6 cm x 152 cm x 16 cm; 2 3/8 in x 59 27/32 in x 6 5/16 in

Object Name:

SPEAR Vacuum Section

Date made:

1970-1972

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Stanford University

ID Number:

1980.0177.03

Accession number:

1980.0177

Catalog number:

1980.0177.03

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Medicine and Science: Modern Physics

Science & Mathematics

Modern Physics

Energy & Power

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7700-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1005190

Maker:

Hilger, Adam  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 15 in; 38.1 cm

Object Name:

Spectroscope

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Date made:

1875

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Smith College

ID Number:

1980.0098.01

Catalog number:

1980.0098.01

Accession number:

1980.0098

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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences

Science & Mathematics

Optics

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f8fc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1167149

Physical description:

v. : ill. ; 27 cm

Type:

Periodicals

Date:

1881

1967

Topic:

Scientific apparatus and instruments--Periodicals  Search this

Call number:

Q184.Z4X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_192312

Company Name:

Farmer Electric Products Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Miniature tubular photoelectric scanners ; adjustable focus tubular light source ; proximity sensor ; miniature photoelectric scanners ; explosion-proof photoelectric scanner ; long-range light source ; general purpose relay ; high-speed impulse relay ; electronic timers ; rototimers ; etc. ; 1970 consolidated price list ; light sources ; photocells ; reflective scanners ; retroreflective targets ; external apertures ; modules ; plug-in modules ; timer modules ; self-contained controls ; timer control chassis ; solid state timers ; static industrial control switches ; electronic batch counter ; fill-guard level control ; shift register controls ; edge connector interface ; replacement parts...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

7 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Topic:

Calculators  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Photographic industry  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_14448

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14448

Company Name:

Fairchild Semiconductor  Search this

Related companies:

Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp. (Woodside, NY) ; Fairchild Aircraft Corp. (Hagerstown, MD) ; Fairchild Aviation Corp. (Jamaica, NY) ; Sound Equipment Div. ; Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. (Jamaica, NY) ; Fairchild Caminez Engine Corp. (Farmingdale, NY) ; Fairchild Controls Corp. (Hicksville, NY) ; Fairchild Dumont Laboratories (Clifton, NJ) ; Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. (Farmingdale, NY) ; Fairchild Graphic Equipment (Plainview, NY) ; Fairchild Industrial Products (Plainview, NY) ; Al-Fin Div. ; DuMont Laboratories ; Fairchild Semiconductor Components Group, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation  Search this

Notes content:

OVERSIZE. Aerial cameras, military, commercial ; camera machine guns ; portable roll fill dryer ; feedback amplifier. Airplanes: personal, cargo, military. Pressure transducer. Teletypsetter, technical specifications and manuals ; perforator, operator's manual. Photographic flight analyzer ; high speed motion picture cameras ; table-top film processor ; high speed motion analysis cameras ; identification camera ; oscilloscope camera ; automatic film processor ; roll film drier ; roll film developing outfit. Lunar mapping camera. Lithotype ; photo-electric engraver ; portable recorder ; transcription table ; lateral dynamic pickup recorder ; design aids. Diffused silicon transistors ; high current switch/diffused silicon planar epitaxial transistor ; micromatrix arrays ; microprocessors ; integrated circuits ; diodes. High, low frequency oscilloscopes ; digital, large screen instruments ; signal generators ; oscilloscope cameras and accessories. Aluminum alloys ; molded structures. "History of the Company" ; 1974 data sheet for CMOS logic data sheet...This comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and photographs

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

146 pieces; 7 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Portland, Maine, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Brass; bronze and specialty metals  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

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

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

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

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Audio equipment industry  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Brass  Search this

Bronze  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Computers  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Metals  Search this

Military supplies  Search this

Military uniforms  Search this

Motors  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Phonograph  Search this

Photographic industry  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this

Sound recording industry  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_14229

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14229

Maker:

Corning Incorporated  Search this

Physical Description:

pyrex glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 18.4 cm x 10.2 cm; 7 1/4 in x 4 in

overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/16 in; 19.05 cm x 10.31875 cm

Object Name:

Filtering Flask

Place made:

United States

Date made:

1917-1930

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab

ID Number:

CH.316056.089

Catalog number:

316056.089

Accession number:

217523

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Medicine and Science: Chemistry

Science & Mathematics

Science Under Glass

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e024-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1918

Maker:

Corning Incorporated  Search this

Physical Description:

pyrex glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 147 mm x 87 mm; 5 13/16 in x 3 7/16 in

overall: 5 15/16 in x 4 in x 3 3/8 in; 15.08125 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.5725 cm

Object Name:

Filtering Flask

Place made:

United States

Date made:

1917-1930

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab

ID Number:

CH.316056.091

Catalog number:

316056.091

Accession number:

217523

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-dff9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1920

Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Gilmore, Charles W  Search this

Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution  Search this

National Museum of Natural History. (U.S.) Division of Vertebrate Paleontology  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Exhibit; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Person, candid

Exhibit

Date:

1927

Topic:

Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit  Search this

National Collections  Search this

Paleontology  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Dinosaurs  Search this

Microscopes  Search this

Bones  Search this

Paleontologists  Search this

Museum curators  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Standard number:

17881-K or MNH-17881K

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_9409

Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Gilmore, Charles W  Search this

Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution  Search this

United States National Museum Dept. of Geology  Search this

National Museum of Natural History. (U.S.) Division of Vertebrate Paleontology  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Exhibit; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Person, candid

Exhibit

Date:

February 11, 1927

1927

Topic:

Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit  Search this

National Collections  Search this

Paleontology  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Curators  Search this

Museum curators  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Dinosaurs  Search this

Microscopes  Search this

Bones  Search this

Paleontologists  Search this

Standard number:

17883-B or MNH-17883B

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_9927

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 17 3/4 in; 45.085 cm

Object Name:

Distilling Tube

Distillation Tube

Date made:

after 1875

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania

ID Number:

CH.315820

Catalog number:

315820

Accession number:

217523

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Science & Mathematics

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ea7c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1822

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 673 mm x 152 mm x 25 mm; 26 1/2 in x 6 in x in

Object Name:

distilling tube, Snyder's

Distillation Tube

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania

ID Number:

CH.315822.012

Catalog number:

315822.012

Accession number:

217523

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e524-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1825

Maker:

Jena Glasswork, Schott & Associates  Search this

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

cork (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 30.4 cm x 26 cm x 12.8 cm; 11 15/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 5 1/16 in

overall: 11 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 in; 29.845 cm x 29.21 cm x 12.7 cm

Object Name:

Distillation Flask

Date made:

after 1884

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab

ID Number:

CH.315835.043

Catalog number:

315835.043

Accession number:

217523

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Science & Mathematics

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e7e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1855

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 37.4 cm x 15.2 cm x 6.3 cm; 14 3/4 in x 6 in x 2 1/2 in

Object Name:

Meyer Sulfur Apparatus

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania

ID Number:

CH.315837.047

Accession number:

217523

Catalog number:

315837.047

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e628-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1859

Maker:

Jena Glasswork, Schott & Associates  Search this

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 22.8 cm x 13 cm x 14.2 cm x 10.7 cm; 9 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 9/16 in x 4 3/16 in

overall: 9 1/4 in x 5 11/16 in x 5 1/8 in; 23.495 cm x 14.44625 cm x 13.0175 cm

Object Name:

Beaker

Date made:

after 1884

Subject:

Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab

ID Number:

CH.316050.078

Catalog number:

316050.078

Accession number:

217523

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e03e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1907