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Meteorologist Reading Wind Instrument
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Albert Lorenz, assistant U.S. meteorologist, is reading a wind velocity instrument in the laboratory at North Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
June 16, 1931
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Potentiometer Thermometer
July 16, 1931
Potentiometer Thermometer being read by Albert Lorenz, assistant meteorologist, U.S. Weather Bureau, North Hall, University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Claude Reading
September 2, 1931
Dr. Claude Reading, new director of the state veterinary control laboratory in Agriculture Hall at the University of Wisconsin, at work in his laboratory.
Scales
July 30, 1929
A man reading a scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
Toledo Scale
April 12, 1928
Man measuring chemical CaCO4 on Toledo Scale in Ricketts laboratory at Agriculture Chemistry Building, University of Wisconsin.
Toledo Scale
July 30, 1929
A man reads a Toledo scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
Toledo Scale
May 22, 1928
Toledo scale in use at the University of Wisconsin Genetics barn.
