Science and engineering technical files--chemistry and chemistry laboratories, 1926-1980.

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Science and engineering technical files--chemistry and chemistry laboratories, 1926-1980.

The records document Consumers' Research's analysis of chemical products and compounds along with Consumers' Research's concern for laboratory safety, and the purchase or testing of a wide variety of laboratory equipment for in-house use or the use of consumers. Included are correspondence, notes, pamphlets, catalogs, advertisements, technical journal articles, magazine and newspaper clippings, and safety warnings. Included subjects are materials relating to chemistry laboratory concerns, laboratory equipment such as tubing, tools, furnaces, bunson burners, blow torches, safety goggles, funnels, accident prevention, and safety measures. Also concerns chemistry; measurements of pH; the measurement of electrolytic conductivity; standard cells; the chemical analysis of fluorine, arsenic, and lead; water hardness analysis; qualitative microanalysis; quantitative gas analysis; and silicones.

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...