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  Photographs

  Spinco Model L5-50E Ultracentrifuge

  • 1973 – 1982

  Beckman released its first L5 centrifuge in 1973.

  Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco…

  • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges
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  Photographs

  Spinco Model L5-75B Centrifuge

  • 1973 – 1982

  Beckman released its first L5 centrifuge in 1973.

  Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco…

  • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Spinco Models L5-40, L5-50, L5-65, and L5-75 Ultracentrifuges

  • 1973 – 1982

  Beckman released its first L5 centrifuge in 1973.

  Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco…

  • Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Spinco Model L5-50P Ultracentrifuge

  • 1973 – 1982

  Beckman released its first L5 centrifuge in 1973.

  Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco…

  • Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Spinco Model L5-65 Ultracentrifuge

  • 1973 – 1982

  Beckman released its first L5 centrifuge in 1973.

  Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco…

  • Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Unidentified man giving a presentation about a Beckman Cl/CO2 Analyzer

  • 1975 – 1984

  Beckman first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.

  The Beckman chloride/carbon dioxide analyzer was used to measure both gasses in biological fluids like sweat, blood, and spinal fluid.

  • Photographer Allan Dean Walker Photography
  • Subject Medical electronics--Equipment and supplies, Chlorides, Business presentations, Carbon dioxide, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman Shuttle Helmet Carbon Dioxide Monitor

  • Circa 1974

  This prototype was designed by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) for NASA in 1974 for measuring the carbon dioxide inside space suit helmets. It was intended for use in manned spaceflight…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Respiration--Measurement, Carbon dioxide, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman GASP Carbon Monoxide Analyzer

  • Circa 1974

  One of several carbon monoxide monitors made by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) for NASA's Global Air Sampling Program (GASP) in 1974. These instruments were designed to be used on commercial…

  • Subject Carbon monoxide--Measurement, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman oil-in-water monitor

  • Circa 1974

  This instrument was made in 1974 by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations for the United States Navy's Civil Engineering Laboratory, as part of a design study for an oil-in-water monitor. This study…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Petroleum, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman Perchloroethylene Monitor

  • Circa 1975

  This instrument was developed for the Environmental Protection Agency in 1975 by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations. This portable instrument uses a charcoal trap to detect vinyl chloride (a…

  • Subject Chemiluminescence, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Tetrachloroethylene, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Vinyl chloride, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Gas chromatography--Instruments
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  Photographs, Portraits

  Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Information Problems in Research, 1974

  • 1974-Jul-15 – 1974-Jul-19

  Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Information Problems in Research held at Colby College in New London, New Hampshire in July 1974.

  • Creator Of Work Gordon Research Conferences
  • Subject Gordon Research Conferences, Portraits, Group, Congresses and conventions
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Linus Pauling to Harrison Shull, 1975

  • 1975-Jul-30

  Concerns congratulatory note on the occasion of Pauling being awarded the National Medal of Science.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Chemists, Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994, Molecular orbitals, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  Photographs

  Woman using a Beckman Model 990 Peptide Sequencer

  • 1974

  • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Peptides--Synthesis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating the 9th World Petroleum Conference, Tokyo

  • 1975

  Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict oil derricks.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Japan, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Oil well drilling rigs, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), World Petroleum Congress, Postmarks
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  Photographs

  Beckman Mercury Detector

  • 1974

  This instrument detects mercury vapor in air.

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Mercury vapor, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Postage stamps

  Postage stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Iraqi cement industry

  • 1974

  Depicts cement factory as well as high-rise buildings.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Cement industries, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Cement plants, Iraq
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  Postage stamps

  Congolese postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine

  • After 1970 – before 1991

  Stamp depicts Alexander Fleming and penicillin.

  • Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
  • Subject Postage stamps, Biologists, Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955, Penicillin, Pharmacologists, Commemorative postage stamps, Medical botanists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Congo (Brazzaville)
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  Postage stamps

  German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber

  • After 1950 – before 1995

  Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Germany
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  Postage stamps

  Postage stamp commemorating the 5th Biennial Symposium of the Iranian Biochemical Society

  • 1975

  Stamp depicts a generic formula for an amino acid where R stands for "radical." In organic chemistry, this nomenclature represents the possibility of any one of a series of aliphatic groups, like methyl, ethyl, propyl,…

  • Subject Postage stamps, Iran, Iranian Biochemical Society, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Science--Societies, etc.
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  Postage stamps

  First Day Cover commemorating the centenary of the Convention du Mètre (Treaty of the Meter)

  • 1975

  Cachet depicts the wavelength of krypton-86, which was formerly used to define the meter from 1960 until 1983. A meter was defined during this time as the wavelength of the 605 nm (orange) spectral line of a krypton-86…

  • Artist Mendoza, J.
  • Subject Postage stamps, France, Krypton, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Treaties, Light--Wave-length, Convention du mètre (1875), Metric system, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Science on postage stamps
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  Postage stamps

  Postage stamp commemorating Ghana's conversion to the metric system in 1975

  • 1975

  Stamp depicts scales weighing jars of jam, with text, "2 1/4 lbs of Jam is a little more than a kilogram."

  • Subject Postage stamps, Ghana, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Metric system
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  Advertisements

  Beckman is looking for a few good men.

  • 1975

  This recruitment advertisement for Beckman Instruments builds on the success of its line of automobile instruments, designed to analyze the functions of an engine and to minimize air pollution.

  • Creator Of Work N.W. Ayer & Son, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Air--Pollution, Employees--Recruiting, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Automobiles--Motors--Maintenance and repair
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  Molecular models

  Organichem Model Set

  • 1970s

  Small, multicolored plastic connectors and straws in small plastic bag.

  Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are used to visualize the structure of chemical substances.

  • Manufacturer Freeman, Cooper & Co.
  • Subject Molecules--Models
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Paul Lauterbur to Paul Flory

  • 1974-Oct-16

  Congratulatory note on the occasion of Flory winning the Nobel Prize.

  • Addressee Flory, Paul J.
  • Author Lauterbur, Paul C., 1929-2007
  • Subject Lauterbur, Paul C., 1929-2007, Flory, Paul J., Nobel Prize winners
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Melvin Calvin to Paul Flory

  • 1974-Oct-15

  Congratulatory note on the occasion of Flory winning the Nobel Prize.

  • Addressee Flory, Paul J.
  • Author Calvin, Melvin, 1911-1997
  • Subject Flory, Paul J., Nobel Prize winners, Calvin, Melvin, 1911-1997