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Liston-Becker Auto Exhaust Analyzer Model 28 inside automobile
- 1955
This Exhaust 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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Helipot potentiometers with eggshells
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the products as Series 7260 multi-turn, wirewound potentiometers and the…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Eggshells, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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A nurse using a Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter
- Circa 1959
A nurse uses a Beckman Oxygen Meter to monitor the oxygen flowing through an isolette containing a baby. Monitoring oxygen flow greatly reduced the rate of blindness (retrolental fibroplasia) among premature infants in…
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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on model train
- 1960s
These photographs, numbered 1339-1 thru 1339-11, are part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The "Helipot line" train carries various products, including…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Railroad cars--Models, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Potentiometer
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Helipot potentiometers with domino
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the products as Series 7266 and 7263 potentiometers and the photographer,…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Dominoes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on the moon
- 1960s
This photograph depicts Helitrim trimming potentiometers displayed on a moon-like surface and is part of a series of marketing images designed to emphasize the small size of the potentiometers. The text on the label…
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Helitrim potentiometers with toy soldiers
- 1967-Jul
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of various Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the photographer, "A & H," as Armstrong and Hess.
Potentiometers…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Military miniatures, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helitrim trimming potentiometer in a nutshell
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the product as a Model 77P Helitrim potentiometer and the photographer, "A…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Walnut, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helitrim trimming potentiometer with a goldfish
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the product as a Model 77P Helitrim potentiometer and the photographer, "A…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Goldfish, Potentiometer, 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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Beckman Spaceborne Gas Chromatograph
- 1962-Oct
Beckman's Space Engineering Group contracted with NASA to design a gas chromatograph to analyze the atmosphere within a spacecraft's cabin. This prototype device weighed under 12 pounds and used under 10 watts of power.
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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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Final assembly diagram for Beckman Model G pH meter
- 1955
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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Various potash bulbs
- 1910s – circa
Glass bulbs when filled with a potassium hydroxide solution are used for the absorption of carbon dioxide in chemical analysis. Types of potash bulbs depicted here include: Geissler's, Geissler-Wetzel's, Alvergnat's,…
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
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Lecture apparatus
- 1910s – circa
Image 5594: "Apparatus for the simultaneous electrolytical decomposition of water, hydrochloric acid and ammonia."
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
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Absorption apparatus
- 1910s – circa
Various apparatus and pipettes for absorption and determination of gases.
5273. For estimation of methane, with platinum spiral.
5274. For determination of oxygen by the exact method.
5280. Palladium Tube.
5282.…- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pipettes, Chemical apparatus
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Various batteries
- 1910s – circa
4235. Battery, so-called "Crowfoot".
4237. Battery, Leclanche.
4238. Battery, Dipping.
4240. Battery, Type "S" Cell.- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electric batteries, Chemical apparatus
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Various gas burners
- 1910s – circa
4591. Burner, "Vulcan Stove".
4599. Burner, Bunsen, with attachment for holding flasks.- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Bunsen burner, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Gas-burners, Chemical apparatus
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Various distilling apparatus
- 1910s – circa
Various distilling apparatus: Axtell's, Krafft & Noerdlinger's, Muencke's, Bruehl's.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
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Toepler-Holtz electrical machine
- 1910s – circa
Electrostatic induction device with plates and electrodes.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
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Various distilling apparatus
- 1910s – circa
4880a. For purifying mercury, U. S. Weather Bureau pattern.
4881. With central condenser, suitable for nitrogen, alcohol etc.
4882. For the recovery of volatile solvents used in extraction.- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
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Galvanic batteries
- 1910s – circa
Devices converting chemical reactions to electric energy.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electric batteries, Chemical apparatus
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Specifications for Nitrometer Reaction Bulb and Compensating Tube
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.
Nitrometers, reaction bulb and compensating tube.
