Leatherby Libraries celebrates Chapman’s Center for Science and Technology

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Chapman community is excited to see the progress of the Center for Science and Technology. Parallel to the Ernie Chapman Stadium, the building will not only be the new home for the Schmid College of Science and Technology, but also house an outdoor amphitheater for the football field.

In collaboration with Schmid College of Science and Technology, the Leatherby Libraries has created a new display in the lobby of the library to promote the construction of this new addition to Chapman’s campus. Featured in this display are two instruments on loan from the Beckman Foundation:

1. The wooden box model is the Pauling designed paramagnetic Model P Oxygen Meter. Many of the units were sold to various government agencies for testing purposes. The dumbbell assembly is made up of two hollow glass spheres 1/8^th inch in diameter and held together with a find quartz fiber the thickness of a hair.  In 1943 Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. was set up to manufacture the Model P and it was produced throughout the war years.

2. The blue and gray medal box analyzer, the Model C is a product of the 1950s.  It operates on the same paramagnetic principle as the Model P but is far more robust being designed for industrial use.  It is very similar to the Model D used for infant incubators.

This is the first public appearance of these valuable historic items, which will be displayed on the first floor of the new science center once it opens.

If you are passing the first floor lobby, make sure to stop and look at this new display case. Featuring floor plans for the Center, promotional concept art, and various publications, we hope that it brings awareness to the new features of this astounding building. For more information about the center, click
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