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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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Evaluation of test panels coated with preservative oils after exposure in an experimental humidity cabinet
- 1952
General view of a technician making notes regarding the testing of panels coated with preservative oils after exposure in an experimental humidity cabinet at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials…
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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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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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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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Memo from Arnold O. Beckman to R. W. Moulton
- 1952-Mar-03
Internal Beckman Instruments memo regarding Perkin-Elmer competition for the infrared spectrophotometer market.
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Memo from Arnold O. Beckman to J. L. Fahey
- 1952-Jun-04
Memo from Arnold Beckman regarding Beckman Instruments discontinuing the IR-2T spectrophotometer, which had serious flaws only discovered after the instrument had shipped to early buyers. Beckman announces that the…
- Addressee Fahey, J. L.
- Author Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Memo from J. B. Rice to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1952-Jul-24
Internal memo with handwritten comments by an unknown Beckman Instruments employee. The memo and comments discuss the nearly 200 Beckman Model B spectrophotometers that shipped with incorrect flame attachments.
The…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Rice, J. B.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Memo from M. E. Ahrendt to Beckman Instruments staff
- 1952-Jul-02
An internal memo exploring the consequences of Beckman Instruments discontinuing the IR-2T Spectrophotometer and making improvement to the new IR-3. The IT-2T had many flaws which were only discovered after the product…
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Memo from F. L. Cronk to R. Pat Connor
- 1952-Jun-10
This internal memo contains a list of open orders for Beckman Instruments IR-2T Spectrophotometers in June of 1952. The IR-2T was discontinued due to problems that became apparent after the product was already on the…
- Addressee Connor, R. Pat
- Author Cronk, F. L.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Memo from R. Pat Connor to Beckman Instruments staff
- 1952-Jul-02
This internal memo documents concerns about Beckman Instruments' reputation in the infrared spectroscopy field. These concerns are due to fierce competition from Perkin-Elmer and problems with the Beckman IR-2T. At the…
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Memo from M. E. Ahrendt to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1952-Jul-09
This memo lists the staff and resources assigned to improve the IR-2T spectrophotometer design by creating modification kits to fix what were seen (by users and by Beckman Instruments) as serious flaws in the…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Ahrendt, M. E.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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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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Dyeing technicians at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1952
View of dyeing technicians working in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The technicians are engaged in a skein dyeing process whereby…
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Althouse Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory
- 1952
General view of assorted machinery in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. At center, employees Robert Wither (left) and Carroll Dick…
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Skein dyeing and color matching at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
- 1952
View of dyeing technicians working in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The technicians are engaged in a skein dyeing process whereby…
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Shipping and storage room at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1952
General view of the shipping and storage room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several rows of drums, presumably containing dyestuffs ready for shipment, are visible, while…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Shipping and warehouse area at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1952
General view of the shipping and storage room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several rows of drums containing dyestuffs prepared for shipment fill the room. Various dye…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Portrait of Dr. C. Scott Althouse
- 1950s
Portrait of Dr. C. Scott Althouse (1880-1970), founder of the Althouse Chemical Company. A graduate of the Philadelphia Textile Institute (1900), Dr. Althouse worked with his father dyeing textiles before founding the…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Althouse, C. Scott, 1880-1970, Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company, Industrialists
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Letter from P. E. Paules to Beckman Instruments
- 1952-Apr-16
This letter to an unidentified person at Beckman Instruments, Inc. describes an omission in the Model G pH meter documentation, which does not include replacing the batteries as a possible fix for a specific problem.
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Beckman Model R pH meter
- 1942 – 1959
The Model R Industrial pH Meter was first produced in 1942, although this photograph was likely taken much later.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California…
