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Beckman Model 5691 EPUT Meter
- 1956-Jun-06
EPUT (Events Per Unit Time) meters measure changes in voltage during a specified amount of time, and so can be used to count or measure any event that can be represented as a voltage change or pulse. This includes, but…
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Woman adjusting a Beckman DU Spectrophotometer
- Undated
The instrument is here shown attached to its power supply on a laboratory bench. The people in this image are unidentified.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was…
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Beckman GC-1 Gas Chromatograph
- Circa 1956
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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Beckman Model LM-700 Microbalance
- Undated
London-based Research & Industrial Instrumentation Company (RIIC), referenced in the photograph's description, was a division of Beckman Instruments.
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Beckman Hydrogen Flame Detector
- Circa 1964
This attachment was used with the Beckman 2A Gas Chromatograph.
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Beckman GC-2A Gas Chromatograph
- 1964
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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Beckman Oxygen Analyzer and electrode
- Undated
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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Beckman Model 7003 Oxygen Monitor
- Undated
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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Beckman P/ACE System 5510
- 1990s
Beckman introduced the P/ACE 5000 series of capillary electrophoresis systems in 1993.
Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding…
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Beckman Head Space Sampler
- Undated
Beckman instruments help to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth of mold…
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Beckman Flexible Package Sampler and Model 777 Oxygen Analyzer
- Undated
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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Beckman GC-2A Gas Chromatograph with attachment
- 1964
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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Beckman Oxygen Analyzer and Head Space Analyzer with Campbell's soup can
- Undated
Beckman instruments help to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth of mold…
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Beckman Head Space Sampler with orange juice
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Beckman instruments help to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth of mold…
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Beckman Expanded Scale pH Meter, Oxygen Adapter, and Head Space Sampler
- Undated
Beckman instruments help to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth of mold…
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Nurse in maternity ward, using Beckman Model D oxygen analyzer to monitor an infant in an incubator
- Circa 1960
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 G pH Meter with open lid and compartment
- Circa 1952
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting “acidimeter” with its…
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Beckman Digital Concentration Converter
- Undated
This instrument converts analog readings from other instruments (like spectrophotometers) into digital so they can be printed or compiled.
- Photographer Patterson, Nolan D.
- Subject Analog-to-digital converters, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Recorder
- Undated
- Photographer Hess Photographic
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman System 1 Glucose/BUN Analyzer
- 1974 – 1983
This instrument, introduced in 1974, can run both blood glucose and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) analyses.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical…
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Beckman Model PC-352 Process Chromatograph programmer and analyzer
- Undated
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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Beckman pH monitor system
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Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Beckman Solu Meter
- Undated
A Solu meter determines the dissolved solids in water by measuring its conductivity.
