, 1955-1966 and undated by Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu http://siarchives.si.edu
Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information... 1 Descriptive Entry... 1 Names and Subject Terms... 1 Container Listing... 2
Collection Overview Repository: Creator: Title: Dates: Quantity: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., osiaref@si.edu National Museum of History and Technology., Division of Physical Sciences Research Records 1955-1966 and undated 1.2 linear meters. Administrative Information Preferred Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives,, National Museum of History and Technology., Division of Physical Sciences, Research Records Descriptive Entry This record unit consists of the research files of Robert P. Multhauf, Curator in the Division of Physical Sciences. The records contain scripts for Hall of Chemistry exhibitions; historical information and illustrations pertaining to chemistry, chemical apparatus, and industrial laboratories; biographies of distinguished chemists; and selected early twentieth-century scientific catalogs and articles on chemistry. Also included are the research files of Edouard Farber, a visiting scholar. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Mathematics -- History Physical sciences -- History. Names: Farber, Eduard, 1892- Hall of Chemistry (NMHT) Multhauf, Robert P. Section of Physical Sciences and Measurement (USNM). Division of Engineering (USNM) Page 1 of 9
Container Listing Box 1 Chemistry, Exhibits The Chemical Manipulation of Water and Air Materials Required: Hall of Chemistry Hall of Chemistry, General Origins of chemistry Discovery of Elements Chemical Revolution Early Laboratory 1790 Laboratory Analytical Chemistry Experimental Chromatography The Chemical Reactions Tools and the Chemist United States Chemistry Industrial Chemistry: Introduction Industrial Chemistry: Liquid Air Industrial Chemistry: Miscellaneous Illustrations Pilot Plant Coal Tar and Dyes: Illustrations Electrochemistry: Illustrations and Sample Plastics Organic Chemistry Fermentation: Illustrations Soda Animation: Specifications Frasch Sulfur Animation: Specifications Sulfuric Acid Page 2 of 9
Alkali Gas Industry: Illustrations Chemistry: Miscellaneous Exhibits Exhibits Drawings Optical Instruments: Exhibits Chemistry: Exhibits Chemical Museum Photographs, Aida M. Doyle Art, New York Museum of Science & Industry Chemistry: Exhibits, Aida M. Doyle Reports on Museum List of Chemicals in Section of Manufactures, Aida M. Doyle, November 5, 1941 Tycho Brahe's Quadrans Minor Chemistry, Apparatus Chemical Apparatus: Analytical Density (specific gravity), Solid, Liquid (for gas per molecule weight apparatus) Chemical Apparatus - History Chemical Apparatus, ca. 1926 Chemistry Apparatus, Modern Melting Point Apparatus Molecular Weight Apparatus, Vapor Density Method Chemical Apparatus: Pneumatic Chemistry, Early Apparatus Chemical Apparatus, Saccharimeters Chemical Apparatus, Supports, etc. Chemical Apparatus, Miscellaneous Farber, Dr. Edouard Farber, Chemistry Museum Hermeticum Dr. Edouard Farber 5/6/7 Items Page 3 of 9
Work Sheets: First Panel and Index Table Ammonia Synthesis: Illustrations Descriptions Distillation Dyestuffs Electrochemistry Electrochemistry Specifications Multiple Evaporation, Patented 1888 Fermentation Scheme, Edouard Farber Instruments Organic Organic Chemistry Apparatus Pilot Plant Polymers Polymers Specifications Sulfuric Acid and Soda Finalizing Chemical Engineering News Price List, December 1959 Box 2 Chemistry, Technical Data Chemistry, Miscellaneous Technical Data Saline Water Distillation, Technical Reports, 1960 Chemistry, History Alchemy Analytical Atomic Weights Coal Tar Dyes Metallurgy Rare Earths Recent History Page 4 of 9
Spectroscopy Gunpowder Miscellaneous Articles from R. Brown, ed., Science for All, ca. 1890 (?) Chemistry, Biographical Acheson, Edward G., Carborundum Davy (1778-1829), Sir Humphry Ehrlich, Paul Faraday (1791-1867), Michael Gibbs, J. Willard Hare, Robert Langley (1841-1918), John Williams Lavoisier (1743 - ), Antoine Priestly (1733-1804), Joseph: Chemical Apparatus Richards, T. W. Popular Articles on Famous Chemists Industrial Chemistry Acid, Hydrochloric, nitric Alum Ammonia Apparatus Borax Celluloid, Production Photographs, 1935 Celluloid, 1878 Coal Gas and Distillation Distillation Dow Chemical Company DuPont Dyes Page 5 of 9
Hydrogen and Oxygen Heavy Chemicals, 1918-1919; Articles from DuPont Magazine Lime Mercury Metallurgy Paint Plastics Phosphorus Sal Ammoniac Salt Soda Solvay Processing Company Sodium and Potassium Sulfur Acid, Sulfuric History Coal Tar Dye Samples Economic Data, 1939 History - Chronology from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 18, No., 9, 1930 Historical Sequence / Manufactures of Chemicals Illustrations 1750-1875; Report by Dr. Edouard Farber, March 17, 1961 Assignment: Clark BR. Gas Patent to Karr, 1877 Cat. No. 180985 Chemistry, Illustrations Museum Photographs Photographs of Chemical Literature Industrial Apparatus and Processes Laboratory Apparatus and Scenes Portraits Illustrations Before 1600 Page 6 of 9
Box 3 Miscellaneous Negatives Chemistry: Miscellaneous Advertisements Dumas Apparatus for Vapor Density Determination Edouard Farber, History of Phosphorus: Negatives Surveying Illustrations Images of Apparatus Exhibit Script Proposals on "Materials," c. 1984? Oceanography, Technical Data Sounding Hydrography, Current Meters Venturi Meters Water Level Recorder Tide and River Stage Gauges - Illustrations Oceanography - Magazine Articles Tagliabue, Guiseppe Maury, M. F. Measurement - Fluid Flow Oceanography: Illustrations Industrial Laboratory History Introductory Remarks Aluminum Company of America Anaconda American Brass Company, Waterbury, Connecticut Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Co., Pearl River, New York Brown Company, Berlin, New Hampshire The Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorporated ARMCO Steel Corporation Carborundum Company, Niagara Falls Corning Glass Company, Corning, New York Page 7 of 9
E. I. DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware Eastman Kodak, Rochester, New York General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York Institute of Industrial Research, Washington, D. C. Arthur D. Little Incorporated Monsanto Chemical Company, St. Louis, Missouri Parke, Davis & Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan Pennsylvania Railroad Testing Laboratory, Altoona, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury 20, Connecticut Socony Mobil oil Company, Inc., New York Standard Oil Company of Indiana (American Oil Company), Laboratory in Whiting, Indiana Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts Swift and Company, Chicago, Illinois United Shoe Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Westinghouse Electric Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Museum Business Academic Meetings, 1963 Museum of History and Technology Organization Accessioning Book Lists Patent Office Business Library of Congress Business National Archives Business Labels, Samples Forms Miscellaneous Lists of Addresses Page 8 of 9
Box 4 Miscellaneous - Old and New Literature Instrument Catalogues, Modern Instrument Catalogues, Pre-1920 Miscellaneous: Scientific Articles Before 1930 Chemical Education Literature Miscellaneous: Articles in History of Chemistry Manuals, Articles - Modern Modern Journals Oceanographic Instruments - Illustration of those Used on the Albatross Expedition (see United States National Museum Bulletin 27) Page 9 of 9