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Beckman Marking & Tracking Spectrophotometer
- 1967
This instrument may have been produced by Advanced Technology Operations, based upon the style of its label, though the Space Engineering Group did not appear to have any U.S. Air Force contracts in 1967.
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Beckman Bacteriological Warfare Monitor
- 1963
Beckman's Space Engineering Group (SEG) was formed within the Scientific Process Instruments Division (SPID) in 1959. In 1964, it subcontracted to Space General Corp. to perform work for the U.S. Army. The SEG was…
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Beckman Microfuge E
- 1980s
The Microfuge E tabletop centrifuge was released in 1986.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
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Unidentified man with Beckman MV 8000 displaying flags of Canada and the United States
- Circa 1979
The MV 8000 Process Control System is a multivariable control unit first released in 1979 and used in industrial settings.
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Three men outside a garage with Beckman auto emissions test equipment and a vehicle
- Circa 1979
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines. The vehicle's license plate suggests the Massachusetts location.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring,…
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Beckman Model OM-14 Oxygen Analyzer
- Undated
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,…
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Man using Beckman Model L2-75B Preparative Ultracentrifuge
- Undated
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…
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Man with Beckman Type RM Biomedical Dynograph Recorder
- Undated
Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
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Beckman Immunochemistry Analyzer
- After 1977
Beckman Instruments debuted an Immunochemistry Analyzer in 1977 and an Auto ICS (Immunochemistry System) in 1980.
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Man with a clipboard using a Beckman digital pH meter
- Undated
An over-the-shoulder shot of an unidentified man using a Beckman pH meter with a digital readout and recording the data on a clipboard.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…
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Beckman LS-230 Liquid Scintillation System
- 1970s
An unidentified man in a lab coat inserts or removes a cartridge from the Liquid Scintillation System.
Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing…
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Beckman Digital Multimeters
- Circa 1981
Multimeters are instruments capable of making multiple measurements, typically voltage, current, and resistance.
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Helipot Potentiometers and Dials
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Flame Photometer
- Undated
Flame photometers use a burner to atomize samples for spectroanalysis.
- Photographer Damien Studios
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Flame photometry, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman System Gold Truck
- 1990s
The truck was used in the promotion of Beckman's System Gold HPLC product line. The Russian text reads "Service-informational service, Kiev, Repin st 2."
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Beckman DIP Resistor Networks
- 1950 – 1969
Resistor networks combine several resistors into a single component. Dual in-line package (DIP) networks are rectangular in shape, with two parallel rows of pins for through-hole mounting to a circuit board.
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Women working on the Beckman Digital Multimeter production line
- Undated
Multimeters are instruments capable of making multiple measurements, typically voltage, current, and resistance.
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Proteins by HPLC - Beckman Series 341P Liquid Chromatograph
- Undated
High-performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Beckman Series 340 High Performance Liquid Chromatographs
- Undated
This piece is the cover of Bulletin 7396 for Series 340 High Performance Liquid Chromatographs.
High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column…
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Woman with Beckman Centrifuge Models J-6B and J-6M
- Circa 1981
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…
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Lou Rosso and unidentified man talking beneath a SmithKline Beckman Corporation banner
- 1982 – 1989
Louis T. Rosso joined Beckman Instruments in 1959, initially working in product marketing in the biomedical instrumentation division. He assumed the role of chief operating officer and president of SmithKline Beckman in…
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