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Beckman Model PA-50 H.V. AC Breakdown Tester
- 1950 – 1969
Shown with the case open and closed.
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model GS-1 Gas Separator
- 1950 – 1969
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Beckman Model AB-7-1 26 Station Sorter
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model AB-6-2 Auto Bridge
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model AB-3X-4 Auto Bridge
- 1950 – 1965
Industrial Instruments was a manufacturer of solution conductivity analyzers and other industrial instruments. Beckman Instruments acquired the Cedar Grove, New Jersey-based company in 1965.
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model LART Lightning Arrester Test Set
- 1950 – 1969
This system tests electric surge arresters, which protect transformers from power surges, like those caused by a lightning strike.
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Beckman Model AB-4 Auto Bridge
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model NV-1, Type DP-3 Decade Potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Portrait of Vannevar Bush
- 1955
Lithograph portrait of Vannevar Bush, by the artist Eugene A. Montgomery. Bush is shown in a 3/4 view holding a graduated cylinder and beaker, with a pipe clenched in one corner of his mouth. This portrait was created…
- Artist Montgomery, Eugene A., 1905-2001
- Publisher The Atlantic Monthly
- Subject Chemistry, Chemists, Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974
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Double flask for demonstrating anaerobic fermentation
- 1939 – 1967 (Date span attributed to photograph)
Photograph of a double flask used by French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to demonstrate anaerobic fermentation, as displayed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Per notations…
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Letter from Donald B. Johnstone to Chester G. Fisher
- 1955-Jan-19
Letter from Donald B. Johnstone (1919-2018) to Chester G. Fisher (1881-1965) regarding enclosed stamps commemorating Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Donald B. Johnstone was the Associate Professor of Microbiology at the…
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Beckman Model 762 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1954 – 1969
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Stop Arthritis Telethon
- 1956
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman, founder of Beckman Instruments, is second from left in the front row.
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Arthritis, Telethons
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Beckman Model G Glass Electrode pH Meter
- 1950
Self contained pH meter with wooden exterior; hinged top door opens to reveal meter face and inlaid paper instructions for use; the dial is calibrated from pH 0 to pH 13 in .1 pH divisions; porcelain enamel lined…
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Helipot Division – Miscellaneous products
- 1950s
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 up with the demand for Beckman's reliable dial, also…
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Beckman Model 80 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1959
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
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National Technical Laboratories banquet
- 1946
The head table at a banquet for an unidentified occasion. Mabel and Arnold Beckman are second and third from left, respectively.
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National Technical Laboratories company picnics
- 1940s
- 1946
- 1949
The bordered photograph featuring Coca-Cola bottles and ice buckets is dated 1949. The bordered photographs of children are dated 1946. The exact date of the photographs without white borders is unknown.
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National Technical Laboratories: Mission Street building, South Pasadena
- 1940s
This building at 820 Mission Street was the first built exclusively for National Technical Laboratories in 1940.
- Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
