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"Home made" test fixture
- Undated
The inventory that accompanies the photo album containing this image only says that this mysterious "fixture" is "home made." The port on the left is likely a serial DB-25 port.
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Beckman Model 221 Accu-Prep System
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This instrument was used to dilute and dispense liquid with precision.
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Beckman reagents
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Stacked in a pyramid, these reagents include rheumatoid factor, immunoglobulin, albumin, prealbumin, and others.
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Beckman Autosampler Controller
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Controls injections and sample size for instruments that run analytic tests on liquid samples.
- Photographer Hess Photographic
- Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman IBM work station
- Undated
The exact purpose of this work station is unknown.
- Subject IBM computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Laboratory animal weighing station with Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
A dead rat on a scale is being weighed to collect data used in chemical analyses of its tissues. The weighing station itself is manufactured by IBM.
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Beckman Appraise Clinical Densitometer
- 1980s
This instrument measured density by scanning electrophoresis media. The Appraise debuted in 1984.
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Peristaltic pump for Beckman ASTRA analyzer
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This vertical pump was used to control reagent supply and volume with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced in the late 1970s.
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ASTRA Analyzer pipettes
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Used with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced by Beckman Instruments in the late 1970s.
- Subject Pipettes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Two men testing a Beckman Model 1000 Combustion Efficiency System
- Undated
Two unidentified employees of Beckman Instruments test a Combustion Efficiency System in an assembly and testing work space. Other Beckman employees and and instruments are visible in the background. The Combustion…
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Beckman cuvettes
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Cuvettes are straight-sided containers for holding liquid samples used in optical analysis instruments like spectrophotometers.
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ASTRA Analyzer keyboard
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The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."
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Beckman technical data sheet and genetic material
- Undated
The fact sheet describes the sample genetic material in the vial in the foreground: an "engineered gene for mature Human Interleukin 2."
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Laboratory animal weighing station with Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
A dead rat on a scale is being weighed to collect data used in chemical analyses of its tissues. The weighing station itself is manufactured by IBM.
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Beckman Astra-4 Automated Stat/Routine Analyzer
- Circa 1978
The ASTRA 4 is a multi-channel analyzer that could perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and other "routine chemistries."
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Beckman Glucose Analyzer
- Circa 1969
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…
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Beckman Instruments promotional items
- Circa 1979
Promotional branded items bearing the Beckman Instruments, Inc. name, including calculators, tennis balls, screwdriver, and highlighter.
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Woman with Beckman ACTA V Ultraviolet Spectrophotometer and Beckman Model RA5 Solu Meter
- 1970s
Two photographs are taped together. A Solu bridge or meter determines the dissolved solids in water by measuring its conductivity. The ACTA V was a UV-visible spectrophotometer, first released in 1970.
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Beckman Astra 4 and Astra 8 Automated Stat Routine Analyzers
- Circa 1978
The Astra 4 and 8 analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries." The 8 was controlled by a microprocessor with 52K bytes of memory.
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Chemcraft Chemical Outfit No. 1
- 1917
This is one of Porter Chemical Company's first Chemcraft sets. In the early 20th century, companies like the Porter Chemical Company and A.C. Gilbert began to manufacture and sell chemistry laboratories and kits.…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
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Beckman Model 25 Spectrophotometer
- 1970s
Beckman's foray into ultraviolet spectroscopy began in 1940, when the company (then called National Technical Laboratories) produced the DU prototype. The double-beam Model 25 was introduced in the early 1970s.
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Beckman Astra Link
- Undated
The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."
