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 * SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S  BOOK "EXPERIMENTS AND
   OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY." 1774


 * SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE. POSTER ADVERTISEMENT. 1905


 * AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER STANDING IN A FIELD,
   PROBABLY AT TUSKEGEE. 1906


 * MICROBIOLOGIST ALICE C. EVANS WORKING IN HER LABORATORY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
   1928


 * A SCIENTIST STUDIES A BEEKER CONTAINING ADULT STEM-CELL SAMPLES AT THE GATES
   CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AT THE  UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ
   MEDICAL CENTER. 2016


 * PALEONTOLOGIST NORMAN ROSS PREPARING THE SKELETON OF A BABY DINOSAUR AT THE
   NATIONAL MUSEUM. 1921


 * POLIO RESEARCH: A LIGHT IS BEGINNING TO DAWN. POSTER, 1949


 * PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN RECEIVING HIS AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. 1940 


 * MATHEMATICIAN AND AEROSPACE ENGINEER MARY JACKSON. THIS STATUTE IS AT HAMPTON
   UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA. 2019


 * AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS. 1862 (REPRINTED 1956)


 * INOCULATING A HORSE WITH DIPHTHERIA BACTERIA TO PRODUCE AN ANTITOXIN AT THE
   NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERUM AND VACCINE FARM, OTISVILLE, NEW
   YORK. 1944


 * PHYSICIST DR. LEO ESAKI AT IBM CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS LAB IN NEW YORK.
   1975-1980


 * PROJECT MERCURY ASTRONAUTS SHOWN FLOATING UPSIDE DOWN IN A WEIGHTLESS
   EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT. 1959


 * INVENTOR AND TEACHER NANCY MARIA DONALDSON JOHNSON, WHO PATENTED THE FIRST
   HAND-CRANK MECHANISM FOR ICE CREAM FREEZERS. AROUND 1875


 * AIDS RESEARCHER DR. MATHILDE KRIM. 1987


 * TELEPHONE INVENTION. DRAWING BY ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. 1876.


 * LABORATORY OF INVENTOR THOMAS EDISON, KNOWN FOR INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB,
   PHONOGRAPH, AND MOVIE CAMERA. 1880


 * AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEMBERS WITH DR. HARVEY WILEY. 1892-1899


 * GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, ALL BUT 60 OF THEIR FELLOWS. 1899


 * AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT AT THEIR FIRST FLIGHT, KITTY
   HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA. 1903


 * INVENTOR CHARLES S.L. BAKER WITH HIS RADIATOR SYSTEM. 1906


 * WOMEN SCIENTISTS (PLANT PATHOLOGISTS) AT THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE:
   NELLIE A. BROWN, LUCIA MCCOLLOCK, MARY K. BRYAN, AND FLORENCE HEDGES.
   1910-1920


 * CHEMIST ELLEN SWALLOW RICHARDS SPECIALIZED IN SANITARY ENGINEERING AND
   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 1915.


 * ASTRONOMER ANNE SEWELL YOUNG. 1915-1920


 * MARGARET D. FOSTER, "UNCLE SAM'S ONLY WOMAN CHEMIST." 1919


 * ZOOLOGIST GEORGE R. AGASSIZ. 1915


 * "DR. SARA FOULKS, OF BURLINGTON, N.J., EXAMINING A TUBERCULAR MOHAMMEDAN
   WOMAN." 1920


 * INVENTOR GUGLIELMO MARCONI IN THE GENERAL ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORY, NEW
   YORK. 1922


 * "MISS LOUISE THORNE, OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN WASHINGTON,
   HOLDING A SMALL LIVING PLANT HERMETICALLY SEALED IN AN OLD ELECTRIC LIGHT
   BULB." 1923-1929


 * ASTRONOMERS AT NAVAL OBSERVATORY VIEWING ECLIPSE OF SUN, WASHINGTON, D.C.
   1925


 * GENETICS: LUTHER BURBANK WITH NOBUMI HASEGAWA, VISITING STUDENT FROM JAPAN,
   SELECTING CORN FOR SEED, SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. 1925


 * GROUP OF SCIENTISTS FROM THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE BROADCAST OVER
   CBS RADIO. 1930


 * "THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTION OF THE BUREAU OF STANDARDS IS STUDYING THE ANTI-KNOCK
   PROPORTION OF FUEL USED IN AUTOMOBILE AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES." 1930


 * DOCTORING A SICK SHEEP. U.S. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER. 1935-1942


 * ENTOMOLOGIST MAKING METAL CASTS OF INSECTS. 1937


 * "SMALL FARMERS HIRE A SCIENTIST. MEASURING THE BUTTER FAT CONTENT IN A SAMPLE
   OF MILK ...  BLACKHAWK COUNTY, IOWA." 1939


 * TELEVISION INVENTOR PHILO FARNSWORTH (CENTER) TALKING ABOUT HIS PATENTS. 1939


 * LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, PROVIDENT HOSPITAL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 1942


 * BOTANIST, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA. 1942


 * "FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY, MADISON, WISCONSIN: MISS ELOISE GERRY CONDUCTING
   EXPERIMENTS ON CORK SUBSTITUTES MADE FROM AMERICAN WOODS." 1942


 * LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER WITH
   THANKS FOR THE ONGOING SECRET ATOMIC RESEARCH. FIRST OF TWO PAGES, 1943
   (MANUSCRIPT DIVISION)


 * CHEMIST DR. C. K. LIANG WORKING AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH,
   BETHESDA, MARYALND. 1944


 * CHEMIST GERALD EDELMAN, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. 1970-1985


 * PHYSICIST DR. WALTER KATO (RIGHT) AT THE BROOKHAVEN SIMULATOR LAB. 1979


 * ZOOLOGIST MARLIN PERKINS. STATUE IN CARTHAGE, MISSOURI. 2020

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