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Beckman MV 8000 System for Fiberglas Canada Limited
- Circa 1979
The MV 8000 Process Control System is a multivariable control unit first released in 1979 and used in industrial settings.
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Man with Beckman Model 951-A NO/NOx Analyzer
- 1970s
This instrument was used for a wide range of applications, including measuring nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere and in automobile emissions.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1970s
General view of the ion source for a Bendix Corporation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample…
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Residual gas analyzer for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1970s
Close-up view of a residual gas analyzer designed for use with a Bendix Corporation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Component parts of the analyzer include an ion source, drift tube, magnetic electron multiplier, and…
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Vacuum attachment for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1970s
Two close-up views of the vacuum system attachment designed for use with the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS) was the flagship analytical instrument of the Bendix…
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Glass inlet system for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1970s
Three views showing the interior and exterior of a glass inlet system designed for use with a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Inlet systems are typically used to introduce samples into a mass spectrometer's ion…
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Bendix Model MA-030 Mass Marker
- 1970s
Multiple views of the interior of a Bendix Corporation Model MA-030 Mass Marker designed for use with a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, with view of assorted circuits and wires. The Time-of-Flight Mass…
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Bendix Model MA-026 Mass Sequencer
- 1970s
Two views of a Model MA-026 Mass Sequencer designed for use with a Bendix Corporation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS) was the flagship analytical instrument of the Bendix…
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Diagram of Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1970s
Schematic diagram of a section of a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, with view of the shock tube, oscilloscope, and attachment for a Knudsen cell or direct inlet system. The diagram is captioned "versatility,"…
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Jogbra
- 1977 – 1979
Invented by Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith in 1977, the Jogbra was the first sports bra. Lindahl and Smith's initial prototype was in the style of two jockstraps sewn together to create a crude brassiere with two pouches…
- Manufacturer Jogbra, Inc.
- Subject Jogbra, Inc., Athletics--Equipment and supplies, Brassieres, Women athletes, Exercise, Women inventors, Women--Health and hygiene
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First Day Cover commemorating Otto Hahn's 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1979
Cachet depicts Otto Hahn's equipment and the nuclear fission of uranium atoms. Stamp shows Hahn's diagram of the splitting of the uranium nucleus. Hahn was the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1944.
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Room filled with Beckman System TR Enzyme Activity Analyzers
- 1973 – 1982
The instruments filling this room -- Beckman Instruments' System TR, introduced in 1973 -- were the first automated analyzer for clinical enzymes. The two men in the background of this image are unidentified.
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Beckman BUN Analyzer 2
- 1979 – 1989
The BUN Analyzer 2, used for blood urea nitrogen, debuted in 1979.
- Photographer Roger Marshutz Photography
- Subject Beckman Instrumens, inc., Urea--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Beckman BUN Analyzer
- 1972 – 1989
Beckman's first BUN Analyzer (for blood urea nitrogen) was released in 1972.
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Model 25 spectrophotometer, vacuum control, and printer
- 1970s
Beckman's foray into ultraviolet spectroscopy began in 1940, when the company (then called National Technical Laboratories) produced the DU prototype. The double-beam Model 25 was introduced in the early 1970s.
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Beckman ACTA M-IV Spectrophotometer
- 1974 – 1983
The ACTA M UV-visible spectrophotometer was first introduced in 1974.
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Beckman ACTA V Spectrophotometer
- 1970s
The ACTA V was a UV-visible spectrophotometer, first released in 1970.
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Beckman AccuLab 6 Infrared Spectrophotometer
- 1973 – 1982
Beckman's Acculab Infrared Spectrophotometer debuted in 1973.
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…
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Beckman Biogamma II Counting System
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman's Biogamma II was introduced in 1975. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a technique for measuring the antigen concentration. Known quantities of radioactive (labeled or “hot”) antigens and antibodies are mixed, then…
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Altex Rotary Injection Valve Unit
- Circa 1979
High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Rotary Injection Valve Unit
- Circa 1979
High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Altex Rotary Injection Valve
- Circa 1979
High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Biochemical Flow Cell
- 1978 – 1990
High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Altex Dual Wavelength Optical Unit
- 1978 – 1990
High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Beckman Century SS-1 pH Meter
- 1973 – 1982
The Century SS-1 pH meter was released in 1973.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of…
