Search Results
-
EPA Acetylene Monitor
- 1970s
Twenty-five EPA stations were outfitted with this monitor for the St. Louis Regional Air Pollution Study in the early 1970s.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of…
-
Beckman Model 6800 Air Quality Chromatograph
- 1970s
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
-
Helipot Division: Production
- Undated
The production room at the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments, Inc., where mostly women employees assemble potentiometers, dials, and other small devices.
-
Beckman Model D Oxygen Analyzer
- 1950s
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
-
Beckman Model E2 Oxygen Analyzer with bottle
- Circa 1960
This oxygen analyzer is being used to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside a bottle. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth of…
-
Beckman Model E2 Oxygen Analyzer
- Circa 1960
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
-
Beckman Model F3 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1959
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
-
Beckman BUN Analyzer and Glucose Analyzer
- 1970s
Photographer's proofs of a woman posing in a laboratory with a Beckman Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Analyzer and Glucose Analyzer.
-
Beckman Model G2 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1959
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
-
2 items
Pauling Oxygen Analyzer
- 1940s
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
-
Interior of Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer
- 1940s
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
-
Man using a computer connected to a Beckman Optima XL-A Analytical Centrifuge
- 1990s
Beckman's XL-A Analytical Centrifuge debuted in 1991.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
-
Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge sample chamber
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
-
Man examining readout on a Model E Centrifuge
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
-
Oxygen Monitor for Hyperbaric Chambers
- Circa 1969
The MINOS oxygen and carbon dioxide monitors were first developed in 1968 and monitored atmospheric conditions in diving habitats, vehicles, and pressure chambers.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Hyperbaric chambers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
-
Beckman Optima XL-A Analytical Centrifuge
- 1990s
Beckman's XL-A Analytical Centrifuge debuted in 1991.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
-
Beckman Optima XL-A Analytical Centrifuge optics diagram
- 1990s
Beckman's XL-A Analytical Centrifuge debuted in 1991.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
-
Man looking into eyepiece of a Beckman Model E Centrifuge
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
-
Herschel and the invisible hot region.
- 1977
This advertisement for the series 4200 IR Spectrophotometer connects the work that Beckman Instruments is doing to the work of William Herschel, the British astronomer who discovered infrared radiation in 1800.
The…
-
Test specifications for the 11098 oxygen electrode
- 1957
In these specifications for the design of a new oxygen electrode, the most important consideration is beauty, followed by mechanical and electrical concerns.
This electrode was first used inside Beckman Instruments pH…
-
Diagram of Beckman 11098 oxygen electrode
- Circa 1957
This electrode was first used inside Beckman Instruments pH meters and later in many other instruments.
-
Laboratory Oxygen Analyzers price list
- 1965-Jan
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Prices
-
Paramagnetic Oxygen Meter notes
- 1980
These handwritten notes (by an unidentified author) detail the process by which Linus Pauling came to National Technical Laboratories to produce his oxygen meter design and how this lead to the formation of Arnold O.…
-
Bowaters tames sticky pitch with Beckman pH control
- 1956
This advertisement for the Model W pH meter promotes its use in monitoring pH levels of wood pulp stock to ensure equipment works properly at the Bowaters Southern Paper Corporation.
Arnold Beckman invented his first…
-
Beckman Auto Exhaust Analyzer attached to a Georgia Tech "clean air" car
- 1970
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…