Humboldt State University ® Department of Chemistry

Robert A. Paselk Scientific Instrument Museum

Index to Contemporary/Early Instrument Literature

The selections indexed below have been chosen to illustrate the uses of instruments in this Museum. The choices are somewhat idiosyncratic, reflecting the interests of the curator and the availability of original documents. In some cases the instruments may not yet have been posted. The selections are accessed via two indexes:

Topic Index

Author Index
 
 

Selections Listed by Topic

Chemical Balances
Colorimeters
Galvanometers
Hygrometers
Jolly Balances
Manometers
Microscopes
Miscellaneous Apparatus
Polariscopes/Polarimeters
Potentiometers
Refractometers - Over a dozen scanned manuals from various companies may be found at the on-line Chemical Refractometer exhibit.
Resistance Boxes
Spectroscopes
Standard Cells
Thermometers

 

Selections Listed by Author

Arthur H. Thomas Company. Laboratory Appartus and Reagents. Arthur H. Thomas Company, Philadelphia (1921)
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company see also Refractometers above.
Baker, T. Thorne. The Spectroscope and its Uses in General Analytical Chemistry.(1923)
Braun Corporation. Catalog No. 34, Laboratory Instruments, Apparatus and Supplies, (1934)
Braun-Knecht-Heiman Co., Catalog No. 40, Laboratory Instruments Apparatus Supplies, (1940)
Carl Zeiss Co. see Refractometers above.
Clay, Reginald S. Treatise on Practical Light. (1911)
Christian Becker division of Torsion Balance Company Care and Use of Analytical Balances(1952)
Duff, A. Wilmer. A Text-Book of Physics (1921)
Edser, Edwin. Heat for Advanced Students. (1911)
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Eppley Laboratory (1922?)
Erdmann, Professor Dr.Introduction to Chemical Preparations.(1900)
Fisher Scientific Company and Eimer and Amend (Catalog 90) Modern Laboratory Appliances (1942, reprinted 1946)
Hawk, Philip B. Practical Physiological Chemistry. (1913)
Johannsen, Albert. Manual of Petrographic Methods. (1918)
Kimball, Arthur Lalane, A College Text-Book of Physics (1923)
Krayer, Peter J. The Use and Care of a Balance (1913)
Myers, Victor Carlyl. Practical Chemical Analysis of Blood. 2nd ed. (1919)
Minor, Ralph S. Physical Measurements: A Laboratory Manual in General Physics for Colleges. (1919)
Noyes, William A. A Textbook of Chemistry (1919)

O. C. Rudolph & Sons: Brochures (1968-1965)

SeKo
Smith, George McPhail. ...QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS ... (1921)
Snell, Foster Dee. Colorimetric Analysis. (1921)
Voland & Sons, Inc.
 
 
 
Welch Manufacturing Company


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