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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."
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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.
