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Beckman Infrared Spectrophotometer Model IR-2
- 1946 – 1955
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Infrared Spectrophotometer, Model IR2
- Beckman Bulletin 153
- 1946-May
The cover of the bulletin includes handwritten notes about printing dates and quantities.
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942,…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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The Three Missing Decades
- 1954-Sep-26
These handwritten notes on glass electrodes appear to be signed Noel B. Brayman.
Glass electrodes were used in Beckman pH meters and various other instruments.
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An Area-Wide Plan of Action to Eliminate Air Pollution
- A Policy Statement by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
- 1955-Sep-29
This trifold brochure lays out the scientific findings about the problem of smog in Los Angeles, as well as a plan for action, progress to date, and a request for cooperation.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became…
- Creator Of Work Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
- Subject Air quality management, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Air--Pollution
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Beckman Helipot Plant, South Pasadena, California
- Circa 1950
This is Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still National Technical Laboratories) to keep…
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Infrared Notes: IR4: New Infrared Instrument
- Vol. 2, No. 1
- 1956
The brochure discusses the IR-4 spectrophotometer, scheduled for introduction at the Pittsburgh Conference. It also includes brief profiles of the "New Infrared Team": Lee Cahn, William Ward, Norbert Kabuss, and Joseph…
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Beckman Infrared Notes: Battelle Uses 175 Foot Long Air Path in Smog Studies
- Circa 1955
The brochure discusses the use of the IR-2 spectrophotometer in an air pollution study. Though undated, the referenced instrument models and logo narrow the date of the brochure's publication to somewhere between the…
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National Technical Laboratories, South Pasadena, California
- Undated
- 1943
- 1948
This building at 820 Mission Street was the first built exclusively for National Technical Laboratories in 1940.
One photograph bears a photographer's stamp for J. Allen Hawkins on the back, but the other images in…
- Photographer Hawkins, J. Allen
- Subject Factories, Employees, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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5 items
Beckman Facilities, Munich, Germany
- Circa 1953
- 1955
- 1956
The construction of Beckman's Munich plant began in 1953. It housed the company's first overseas subsidiary, Beckman Instruments GmbH, and was the first U.S. plant built in Bavaria following World War II.
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- Photographer Bertram, Hans
- Subject Factories, Construction projects, Portraits, Group, Aerial photographs, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Willard King working with pilot plant apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Willard King working with an apparatus used for pilot plant operations at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research…
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Wilbur Myers testing cracking and dehydrogenation apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Wilbur Myers testing large-scale cracking and dehydrogenation processes on an apparatus in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Cracking process, Dow Chemical Company, Dehydrogenation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Polymers, Myers, Wilbur
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Ray Kent conducting high polymer study at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Ray Kent checking a polymer operation at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the Plastics Production…
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Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Distillation apparatus, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Bayne, Richard
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Willard Van Wingerden performing instrument maintenance at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Willard Van Wingerden performing maintenance on a specialty instrument in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Van Wingerden, Willard
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Beckman Model R Paper Electrophoresis System
- Circa 1954
Electrophoresis in general uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding affinity. This instrument, developed by Spinco in 1954, contained three…
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Film projector at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of instrument journeyman Willard Van Wingerden operating a 16mm film projector at a Dow Chemical Company employee group meeting. Wingerden was a member of Dow's Instrument Department, which was responsible…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Projectors, Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Motion picture projectors
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Melvin Dietzel and Larry Oeffner examining replacement parts in Dow's Instrument Department
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of Melvin Dietzel (kneeling) and Larry Oeffner examining the stock supply of replacement parts in the Dow Chemical Company's Instrument Department. Established in 1926, the Instrument Department was…
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Harry Beamish using Foxboro recording thermometer in Dow Instrument Department
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of instrument journeyman Harry Beamish inserting an element into a Foxboro recording thermometer in the Dow Chemical Company's Instrument Department. Established in 1926, the Instrument Department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Thermometers, Thermometers--Calibration, Beamish, Harry
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August Aaron calibrating voltmeter in Dow's Instrument Department
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of Instrument calibrationist August Aaron checking the calibration of a voltmeter in the Dow Chemical Company's Instrument Department. Established in 1926, the Instrument Department was responsible for the…
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Norris Hunemorden servicing control panel at Dow Ethylene Glycol plant
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of instrument journeyman Norris Hunemorden servicing a Foxboro recorder, part of the control panel at the Dow Chemical Company's Ethylene Glycol Plant. Hunemorden was a member of Dow's Instrument…
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Instrument Department at Dow plant in Midland, Michigan
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of the Instrument Department workroom at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. Established in 1926, the Instrument Department was responsible for the installation and maintenance of…
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Instrument Department at Dow plant in Midland, Michigan
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of the Instrument Department workroom at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. Established in 1926, the Instrument Department was responsible for the installation and maintenance of…
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Robert L. Kennedy at work in Dow Instrument Department
- 1948-Feb-24
General view of skilled instrument specialist Robert L. Kennedy cleaning and repairing a stop watch in the Dow Chemical Company's Instrument Department. Established in 1926, the Instrument Department was responsible for…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Stopwatches, Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Kennedy, Robert L.
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Beckman Model E Analytical Ultracentrifuge
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Instruction Manual, IR-2A Infrared Spectrophotometer
- 1956-Aug
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
