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Jean Schirmer, Pat Conners, and Max Liston with early vehicle emissions analyzer
- 1950
This instrument, also known as an atmosphere 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…
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Woman using Beckman Glucose Analyzer and BUN Analyzer
- 1970s
An unidentified woman in a laboratory works in front of a bench holding a Beckman Glucose Analyzer and a Beckman BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen) Analyzer.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and…
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Nurse in maternity ward, using Beckman Model D oxygen analyzer to monitor an infant in an 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 EASE Computer
- Undated
An EASE (Electronic Analog and Simulation Equipment) Computer set up in a room with some kind of graphic display monitor and printed text output.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their…
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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25 Ton Hydraulic Press
- Undated
London-based Research & Industrial Instrumentation Company (RIIC), referenced in the photograph's description, was a division of Beckman Instruments.
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IBM weighing station
- 1978 – 1984
The monitor on top is likely running Beckman Instruments TOXSYS software for the chemical analysis of body tissues.
- Subject Keyboards (Electronics), IBM computers, Computers
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Laboratory animal weighing station and TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
Animal weighing station made by IBM, with a terminal that is likely running Beckman Instruments' TOXSYS analysis software.
- Subject IBM computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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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
- Undated
This instrument was used to dilute and dispense liquid with precision.
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Beckman reagents
- Undated
Stacked in a pyramid, these reagents include rheumatoid factor, immunoglobulin, albumin, prealbumin, and others.
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Beckman Autosampler Controller
- Undated
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
- Undated
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
- Undated
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
- Undated
Cuvettes are straight-sided containers for holding liquid samples used in optical analysis instruments like spectrophotometers.
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ASTRA Analyzer keyboard
- Undated
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."
