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Beckman Instruments facilities – South Africa
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The facility in this photograph is not identified or dated, but Beckman Instruments established its first South Africa subsidiary in 1963 and soon had locations in Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg.
- Subject Buildings, South Africa, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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"The CO Bond Moment in CO2"
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Short description of electron distribution and position in molecules of CO2.
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Iron Gas Burner
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Iron gas burner for the production of small glassworks; ball and socket rotatable neck; two flame adjustment knobs; three-pronged foot. Adjusting the two knobs on the burner allows for the user to dial in the exact…
- Subject Glass blowing and working, Gas-burners
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Bunsen Burner
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An icon of experimental chemistry, as well as a standard piece of equipment in scientific laboratories and high school classrooms alike, the Bunsen burner was built in 1854 by Peter Desaga, an assistant in German…
- Subject Bunsen burner
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Bunsen Burner
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An icon of experimental chemistry, as well as a standard piece of equipment in scientific laboratories and high school classrooms alike, the Bunsen burner was built in 1854 by Peter Desaga, an assistant in German…
- Subject Bunsen burner
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Humboldt Meeker Burner
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Meeker burners function the exact same way as Bunsen burners except that they are used for objects that require a wider flame base. The Meeker burner can produce more heat than a Bunsen burner and features a distinctive…
- Manufacturer Humboldt Manufacturing Company
- Subject Bunsen burner, Meeker burner, Humboldt Manufacturing Company
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Precision Scientific Meeker Burner
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Meeker burners function the exact same way as Bunsen burners except that they are used for objects that require a wider flame base. The Meeker burner can produce more heat than a Bunsen burner and features a distinctive…
- Manufacturer Precision Scientific Company
- Subject Bunsen burner, Precision Scientific Company, Meeker burner
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Arnold O. Beckman and Mabel Beckman with Gerald Ford
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Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Unidentified men planning the Beckman Coulter Heritage Exhibit
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This exhibit was ultimately installed in the Fullerton, California headquarters of Beckman Coulter in 2009. The men in this image may be employees of Activate (formerly DisplayWorks), the exhibit and marketing…
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Beckman Instruments facilities – Australia
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This building may have been in Sydney, Australia, where Beckman Instruments had facilities.
- Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Sunderman Model RCM14B Direct Reading Type Conductivity Bridge
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Wooden box with black metal instrument panel; four padded metal feet on bottom; leather handle attached to side with two nickel connectors; nickel lock on side of base and lid; lid connects to base via two coated metal…
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Unidentified men with unidentified apparatus
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These men and this instrument are from the Special Products Division of Beckman Instruments.
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Potentiometer
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Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Variable Capacitor
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Tall rectangular wooden base with black plastic instrument panel; instrument panel is attached to base via four metal screws, two on each side; two small black plastic knobs that adjust up and down as they are turned…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Variable capacitors, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Variable Resistor
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Variable resistors are also known as potentiometers. Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Variable Resistor, Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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William Ballhaus and unidentified man with award
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Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Sr. (1918-2013) was a Stanford- and Caltech-educated aeronautical engineer who assumed the presidency of Beckman Instruments in 1965. During his tenure, Ballhaus oversaw the company's shift away…
- Subject Ballhaus, William F., 1918-, Awards
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Arnold O. Beckman with unidentified man at construction site
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Arnold O. Beckman (right) and an unidentified man looking at what are likely blueprints or architectural drawings in front of construction equipment.
- Photographer Cox, Robert
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Construction equipment
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Arnold O. Beckman and unidentified men at a Beckman Instruments function
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Arnold Beckman is on the left.
- Photographer Dern Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Arnold O. Beckman at an unidentified groundbreaking ceremony
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The instrument is labeled "Beckman Data and Control System[s]." The other men in the photograph are unidentified.
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Jackhammers
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Unidentified social function
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From the Beckman Historical Collection, this unidentified photograph may have been taken at a company event at Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Dinners and dining, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman DU Spectrophotometer
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The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…
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Manual Variable Resistor Box
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Variable resistors are also known as potentiometers. Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and…
- Manufacturer Siemens & Halske
- Subject Variable Resistor, Potentiometer, Siemens & Halske
