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Letter from Reuben E. Wood to Spencer Prentiss
- 1945-Jan-22
Letter regarding various requirements for the Pauling Oxygen Meter, including the possibility of making a combination moisture detector and oxygen meter. At the time, both Reuben Wood and Dr. Spencer S. Prentiss were…
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Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1944-Jul-19
Letter regarding an inquiry from the United States War Department about the sensitivity of Pauling Oxygen Meter.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Churchill, Durand Jr.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, World War (1939-1945), United States. War Department, United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1944-Dec-15
Letter in which Arnold Beckman's request to have the Pauling Oxygen Meter project declassified is denied.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers…
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Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1945-Feb-08
Letter regarding the extension of the military contract for Beckman Instruments' Pauling Oxygen Meter development. This letter also mentions the possibility of using the instrument inside oxygen tents.
Developed from a…
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Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1944-Apr-12
Letter regarding specifications for Pauling Oxygen Meter for use in British military aircraft.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up…
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Memo from Linus Pauling to Admiral R. S. Holmes
- 1943-Oct-26
Memo regarding Pauling Oxygen Meter submarine model, which was developed by Arnold Beckman during World War II. The British Navy has put in orders for the instrument, and here Pauling inquires as to why the United…
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Memo from Arnold O. Beckman to R. W. Moulton
- 1952-Mar-03
Internal Beckman Instruments memo regarding Perkin-Elmer competition for the infrared spectrophotometer market.
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Memo from Arnold O. Beckman to J. L. Fahey
- 1952-Jun-04
Memo from Arnold Beckman regarding Beckman Instruments discontinuing the IR-2T spectrophotometer, which had serious flaws only discovered after the instrument had shipped to early buyers. Beckman announces that the…
- Addressee Fahey, J. L.
- Author Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Memo from J. B. Rice to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1952-Jul-24
Internal memo with handwritten comments by an unknown Beckman Instruments employee. The memo and comments discuss the nearly 200 Beckman Model B spectrophotometers that shipped with incorrect flame attachments.
The…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Rice, J. B.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Memo from M. E. Ahrendt to Beckman Instruments staff
- 1952-Jul-02
An internal memo exploring the consequences of Beckman Instruments discontinuing the IR-2T Spectrophotometer and making improvement to the new IR-3. The IT-2T had many flaws which were only discovered after the product…
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Memo from F. L. Cronk to R. Pat Connor
- 1952-Jun-10
This internal memo contains a list of open orders for Beckman Instruments IR-2T Spectrophotometers in June of 1952. The IR-2T was discontinued due to problems that became apparent after the product was already on the…
- Addressee Connor, R. Pat
- Author Cronk, F. L.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Memo from R. Pat Connor to Beckman Instruments staff
- 1952-Jul-02
This internal memo documents concerns about Beckman Instruments' reputation in the infrared spectroscopy field. These concerns are due to fierce competition from Perkin-Elmer and problems with the Beckman IR-2T. At the…
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Letter from Jan W. Haagen-Smit to John Leonard
- 1957-Oct-13
Letter from Jan W. Haagen-Smit (son of smog research pioneer Arie Haagen-Smit) about his work developing and testing a new oxygen electrode for Arnold O. Beckman, Inc.
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Memo from M. E. Ahrendt to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1952-Jul-09
This memo lists the staff and resources assigned to improve the IR-2T spectrophotometer design by creating modification kits to fix what were seen (by users and by Beckman Instruments) as serious flaws in the…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Ahrendt, M. E.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Gas Chromatograph in use at the Orange County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory
- 1958
While the gas chromatograph has many industrial applications, here it is being used with a strip chart recorder to test blood alcohol levels in a forensic crime lab.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph…
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Max Liston, Gary Kemp, Pat Conners, and Jean Schirmer with Atmosphere Analyzer
- 1956
This instrument, a vehicle emissions 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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Bill Houbin and an unidentified man with Beckman Automobile Exhaust Analyzer
- 1956
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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Walter Donner with Apollo Atmosphere Analyzer System
- 1962
Walter Donner was the manager of Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Department and oversaw development of medical monitoring equipment for the Apollo, Mercury, and Gemini manned spaceflight missions.
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Beckman Model 942 pH Monitor
- Circa 1980
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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25 Years of Vehicle Emission Analysis Innovations
- 1980
Beckman Instruments became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when company president Arnold O. Beckman became the scientific adviser to the Los Angeles…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Automobiles--Pollution control devices, Air--Pollution, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Woman using a Beckman|Spinco Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1955
The unidentified woman in this photograph is using a small, unidentified model of a Beckman/Spinco spectrophotometer.
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Beckman Zeromatic IV pH Meter
- Circa 1980
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 Expand-Mate pH Meter
- Circa 1980
The name of this pH meter model refers to its expanded measurement scale.
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…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Taiwan Auto Analyzer System
- Undated
It is unclear from context and the existing description of this image if this is an automobile exhaust analyzer system or an automatic data handling and analysis system.
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Taiwan, Computers--History, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Man in a car with a Liston-Becker Model 28 Auto Exhaust Analyzer
- 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.
