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Helipot trimmers and resistors
- 1950 – 1969
Shown with a pen for scale. These were likely manufactured by the Helipot Division.
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First Day Cover commemorating Paul Sabatier
- 1956
Cachet depicts chemical apparatus used in the petroleum industry. Stamp depicts Paul Sabatier, "founder of catalytic chemistry."
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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…
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First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1956
Stamp depicts Albert Einstein and the the equation of mass-energy equivalence (E=MC2). Einstein has been featured on numerous stamps from around the world. His first appearance on a stamp is believed to be on this…
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First Day Cover commemorating the centenary of the death of Amedeo Avogadro
- 1956
Cachet depicts a bust of Avogadro as well as text of Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules. The stamp…
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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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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 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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Autoclave at the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory
- 1950s – circa
General view of an autoclave, used for the fabrication of plastics, at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. In the foreground, Laboratory Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr.…
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Rubber Laboratory at the Naval Air Material Center
- 1956-Jul-20
General view of the rubber extruder in the Rubber Laboratory at the Naval Air Material Center. Chemist C.P. Yarnall (center) and two unidentified men are seen removing material from the extruder and coiling it around a…
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Portrait of Edgar Clay Britton (1891-1962)
- 1950s
Portrait of Edgar Clay Britton (1891-1962). Born in Rockville, Indiana in 1891, Britton studied chemistry at the University of Michigan under Dr. William J. Hale. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan in 1918 and, while at…
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Gas chromatography is new! The Beckman Gas Chromatograph is newer!
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Sargent Molecular Model Kit
- 1955 – 1965
White cardboard box with blue writing; contains black, blue, yellow, red, and green spheres as well as wooden and metal connectors.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are…
- Manufacturer E.H. Sargent and Company
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Zenith Royal Hearing Aid
- 1950s
Gold colored plastic box with a black circular grate and gold steel clips on the front; on the left top corner is a black plastic tone dial and on the right top corner is the volume dial; on the right side is a black…
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Letter from Percy L. Julian to John C. Warner
- 1956-Feb-03
Letter from African American research chemist Percy L. Julian to American Chemical Society President John C. Warner. The letter concerns Julian's critique of the inclusion of a list of "Hotels for Colored Persons" in…
- Addressee Warner, John C.
- Author Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975
- Subject Warner, John C., Southern States, African Americans--Segregation, Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975, African Americans--Civil rights, Texas--Dallas, American Chemical Society, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, African Americans, African American chemists
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Beckman IR-4 Infrared Spectrophotometer in use
- Circa 1956
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…
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Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash Camera
- 1954 – 1962
Kodak brand Brownie Holiday Flash camera; Dakon plastic lens with rotary shutter; molded brown and tan Bakelite body; three metal sockets on right side of the camera body meant for mounting flash bulb; braided cord…
- Manufacturer Eastman Kodak Company
- Subject Eastman Kodak Company, Plastics, Cameras, Photography, Bakelite
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Max Liston, Gary Kemp, Pat Conners, and Jean Schirmer with Atmosphere Analyzer
- 1956
This instrument, a vehicle emissions analyzer, became one of Beckman Instruments' products when the company acquired Liston-Becker in 1955. It detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
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Bill Houbin and an unidentified man with Beckman Automobile Exhaust Analyzer
- 1956
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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Quartz crystal before being cut for use in Beckman DU Spectrophotometers
- 1950s
Although the first DU prototype used glass, all later models contained quartz prisms which functioned as chromators. They transmitted and separated the light generated by a hydrogen lamp into its absorption spectrum,…
- Photographer Connell, William
- Subject Spectrophotometer--Design and construction, Quartz crystals, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Arnold O. Beckman with EASE Computer
- 1950s
The man and woman in this photograph with the EASE (Electronic Analog and Simulation Equipment) computer are unidentified.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as early…
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Woman cutting quartz crystal for use in Beckman DU Spectrophotometer
- 1950s
Although the first DU prototype used glass, all later models contained quartz prisms which functioned as chromators. They transmitted and separated the light generated by a hydrogen lamp into its absorption spectrum,…
- Photographer Connell, William
- Subject Spectrophotometer--Design and construction, Quartz crystals, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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William Shockley and Arnold O. Beckman
- 1950s
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, Inc. with the goal of mass producing…
- Photographer Romaine-Skelton
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Shockley, William, 1910-1989
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Memo from Walter Donner to Beckman Instruments staff
- Minutes of Model G Product Meeting
- 1956-Oct-10
Memo describes an meeting in which Beckman Instruments staff discussed making changes to the Model G pH meter in order to reduce cost.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from…
