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Eisler Engineering Company.
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1885 - 1988
bulk 1920-1950s
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30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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.
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Watson, Paul Gristock, 1900-1966 (naval officer)
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1960-1965
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0104
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the early development of radio apparatus.
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Marton, Ladislaus Laszlo, 1901-1979 (physicist)
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1932 - 1970
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4.66 Cubic feet (15 boxes, one (1) 16 mm film)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0100
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials documenting the history of electron optics, especially electron microscopes. Included are engineering drawings of Marton's devices, designed in Belgium, Stanford and RCA in the 1930s and 1940s; notebooks concerning extensive investigations in electron microscopy; photographs and micrographs concerning developm...
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Stong, C.L., 1902-1975 (electrical engineer)
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1952-1976
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12.6 Cubic feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0012
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers are the files of the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" section of the Scientific American from 1952 to 1975. They are arranged chronologically by date of article. The feature was started in 1952 as an expansion of "The Amateur Astronomer" section of the periodical. The papers include files of Stong's predecessor and files for article...
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Del Mar, Bruce E., 1913-
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1951-2011
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1249
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development of the Holter Monitor, a portable device for continuously monitoring heart activity for an extended period, through engineering logbooks, drawings, operator manuals, correspondence, photographs, sales brochures and catalogs, biographical information about the engineering staff who worked on the monitor, patents and trademarks, and marketing and sales materials.
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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
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1884-1965
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46 Cubic feet (150 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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1938-1974
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36 Cubic feet (81 Films, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0222
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films vary in subject, production source, and intended audience. Includes both silent and sound black-and-white, and color films with sound.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1965-1978
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 525
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document quotations, proposals, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide facilities and instruments for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and its programs. Of special interest are voluminous files concerning the development and planning for the Multiple-Mirror Telescope (MMT) fa...
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Cady, Walter Guyton, 1874-1973 (physicist)
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1903-1974
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22.5 Cubic feet (73 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0046
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Consists chiefly of Cady's research notebooks on various subjects in physics and a considerable technical reprint file; some records of Cady's consultant work and patents granted.
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Hering, Rudolph, 1847-1923
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1860-1923
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8.1 Cubic feet (32 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0989
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents, primarily through printed publications, Rudolph Hering's work on waste disposal, drainage, water flow of rivers, sanitary and hydraulic engineering, and municipal sewage systems in the United States and in other countries.
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