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Chemistry open house (University of Southern California), 1951

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Title	Chemistry open house (University of Southern California), 1951
Description	11 images. Chemistry open house (University of Southern California), 8 December 1951. Doctor Karl J. Mysels experiments with liquid air; Robert Greiner (glass blower).; Supplementary material reads: "Adler -- Assign. Chemistry open house. Illustrated. Sunday. Basic principles of modern science were presented to scores of Los Angeles high school youths yesterday at the University of Southern California. The occasion was an open house program given by the University's chemistry department and sponsored by the student affiliate of the American Chemical Society. Demonstrations included one by Dr. Karol J. Mysels on the utilization of liquid air during which he startled prospective students by 'smoking' a liquid oxygen-soaked cigar in a matter of seconds. Later, he smashed a rubber ball to bits with a hammer and drove a small piece of rubber into a block of wood like a nail. Both had been 'frozen' by liquid air. W.L. Korst, graduate student in the department, and a glass blowing exhibition by Robert Greiner. Dr. Harold Miller, of the SC School of Medicine, delivered a lecture on 'Chemicals and Their Relationship to Medicine', supplemented by a film on cardiac surgery. Dr. James C. Warf, assistant professor of chemistry, was in charge of the program".
Geographic Subject	educational facilities: University of Southern California
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Coverage date	1951-12-08
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1951-12-08
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	11 photographs : negatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Sleeve Number	9421-001
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m7399
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu; specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-N-9421-001~1; EXM-N-9421-001~2; EXM-N-9421-001~3; EXM-N-9421-001~4; EXM-N-9421-001~5; EXM-N-9421-001~6; EXM-N-9421-001~7; EXM-N-9421-001~8; EXM-N-9421-001~9; EXM-N-9421-001~10; EXM-N-9421-001~11

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Archival file	examiner_Volume30/EXM-N-9421-001~1.tiff

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