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Date Image Innovation City State Country
1936 Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi Discovery of Vitamin C Szeged
1936 The Beckman pH Meter The Beckman pH Meter Pasadena USA
1932 Charles Herty Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory (Charles Herty) Savannah GA USA
1929 Carbohydrate Metabolism - Carl and Gerty Cori Carbohydrate Metabolism - Carl and Gerty Cori St. Louis MO USA
1928-1945 Sir Alexander Fleming, Frs, the Discoverer of Penicillin Discovery and Development of Penicillin London UK
1928 C.V. Raman and the Raman Effect C.V. Raman and the Raman Effect Calcutta, India
1926-1956 Foundation of Polymer Science by Hermann Staudinger Foundation of Polymer Science by Hermann Staudinger Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
1921 Riverside Laboratory Universal Oil Products (UOP) at Riverside Laboratory McCook IL USA
1917 Gilman Hall Gilman Hall Berkeley CA USA
1910 Alice Hamilton Development of Occupational Medicine Chicago IL USA
1907 Leo Baekeland and Bakelite Development of Bakelite Yonkers NY USA
1907 CAS Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Columbus OH USA
1901 NIST building National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg MD USA
1901 Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University New York NY USA
1900 Discovery of Organic Free Radicals by Moses Gomberg Discovery of Organic Free Radicals by Moses Gomberg Ann Arbor MI USA
1898 Havemeyer Hall Havemeyer Hall New York NY USA
1898 Commercial Process for Producing Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Commercial Process for Producing Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Eden NC USA
1896 Columbia Dry Cell Battery Columbia Dry Cell Battery St. Louis MO USA
1895 Morley with students and instructors, ca. 1893. Research on the Atomic Weight of Oxygen by Edward W. Morley Cleveland OH USA
1891 Herbert Dow in 1888 Photo courtesy of the Post Street Archives. First Electrolytic Production of Bromine Midland MI USA

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