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Perkin Elmer Corporation miscellaneous materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-521

Scope and content

Included in this collection is brief illustrated history of the firm by then president Horace G. McDonell and several pieces by and about John G. Atwood, Senior Scientist, Instruments Group at the corporation.

Dates

  • Creation: 1977-1999

Creator

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Biographical sketch

Perkin-Elmer was a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation, principally in the fields of spectroscopy, gas chromatography and atomic absorption spectroscopy. The firm was founded in 1937 by Richard S. Perkin and Charles W. Elmer.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

General Note

This is a folder of miscellaneous materials relating to the Perkin Elmer corporation an analytical instrumentation manufacturer.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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