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Inscribed portrait of Robert A. Millikan (1868-1953)
- 1952
Dr. Robert Millikan was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his work the photoelectric effect and for measuring the elementary electronic charge. In 1923 he also became director of…
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of the United Kingdom at the Beckman Instruments plant in Glenrothes, Scotland
- 1959
The man shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth may be Arnold O. Beckman, founder of Beckman Instruments. The man to the right of the image is unidentified.
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Beckman Instruments going public on the New York Stock Exchange
- 1952
From left to right: Arnold O. Beckman (founder of Beckman Instruments), Michael Bregman, Keith Funston, and Fred Erhman.
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German food purity team visit to Beckman Instruments
- 1957-Nov-08
Arnold O. Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the right. The other people in this image are unidentified.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Food industry and trade--Safety measures, Globes, Food--Safety measures, Germany, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments sales force
- 1953-Feb
The Beckman Instruments sales force in 1953, during a time of rapid growth for the company. This was only three years after the company changed its name from Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. and one year after the acquisition…
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Liston-Becker sales force
- 1955
This photo was taken the same year that Beckman Instruments acquired Liston-Becker. This acquisition brought Liston-Becker's emissions testers and analyzers to Beckman, which continued to produce those instruments along…
- Photographer Frey Photos
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model DK-2A Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1957
This model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was…
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Beckman Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1955
Also known as the DK-2 Spectrophotometer, this model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range…
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Beckman Model 150 RF Gas Analyzer
- 1955
Capable of resolving each mass unit up to 60. Originally marketed with a $6,000 price tag, accessories were available to analyze hydrogen and helium.
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Beckman Pocket pH meter
- Circa 1956
The Pocket pH meter allowed pH readings to be taken in the field, in a laboratory, or at any site, without needing to send samples back to a laboratory and a more stationary instrument.
Arnold Beckman invented his…
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1945
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Curtis Studios
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1958
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Raeburn, Jean
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1958
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Raeburn, Jean
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Employees at work in Dow Glass Fabrication department
- 1952
View of two unidentified employees shaping assorted laboratory glassware in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. The man on the left (closest to the camera) is seen using a table-top blow torch to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware
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Spectroscopy Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company
- 1953
General view of a technician operating an electrostatic accelerator in the Dow Chemical Company's Spectroscopy Laboratory.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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RCA Model EMU electron microscope in Dow Chemical Company laboratory
- 1952
General view of two technicians using a RCA Model EMU electron microscope in the Dow Chemical Company's Metallurgical Laboratory. Electron microscopes use a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Laboratories, Microscopy, Microscopes, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radio Corporation of America
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Bill Beamer at work in Dow Spectroscopy Laboratory
- 1952
General view of technician Bill Beamer operating an unidentified machine in the Dow Chemical Company's Spectroscopy Laboratory.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Machinery, Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beamer, Bill
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Microscope at Dow Metallurgy Laboratory
- Circa 1952
General view of a technician using a microscope to examine a specimen in the Dow Chemical Company's Metallurgy Laboratory.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Microscopy, Microscopes, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Clyde Moe operating RCA Model EMU electron microscope in Dow Chemical Company laboratory
- 1950s
General view of Clyde Moe operating a RCA Model EMU electron microscope in the Dow Chemical Company's Metallurgical Laboratory. Electron microscopes use a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Microscopy, Microscopes, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radio Corporation of America, Moe, Clyde
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Beckman Model D Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…
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Beckman Model D Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- Circa 1959
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
- Photographer Kassler Studios
- Subject Hospitals, Oxygen--Measurement, Newborn infants--Medical care, Infants, Women in medicine, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman D2 Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
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Electrical Evaluation, Polymeric Materials
- 1958
View of two technicians using assorted apparatus to evaluate the electrical resistivity of high polymers at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. At the laboratory, assorted equipment was…
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Establishment of constant humidity condition for the evaluation of experimental humidity indicators
- 1958
View of a technician at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory using an unidentified apparatus to create a constant humidity condition in order to evaluate experimental humidity indicators. At…
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Endurance testing of aircraft hydraulic pump
- 1958
General view of machinery used to conduct endurance tests of high-temperature (400 degrees Fahrenheit), high-pressure (3000psi) aircraft hydraulic pump at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials…
