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Portrait of Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917)
- 1890s – circa
Portrait of Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917), son of industrialist Rowland Hazard (18729-1898) and second President of the Solvay Process Company.
Frederick Rowland Hazard was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island in…
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Operating Instructions, the Beckman Model DU Photoelectric Quartz Spectrophotometer
- Bulletin 91-B
- 1946
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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30 items
EASE, The New 1100 Series, A Discussion of Design Theory and Operating Techniques
- Undated
Though the instruction manual is undated, details such as the November 1956 drawing dates provide clues about creation and publication dates.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley…
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8 items
Instructions, OM-1 Portable Oxygen Meter
- 1957-Jul
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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Advanced Technology Operations: Historical Milestones, 1959-1976
- 1977-Sep-30
The document describes various projects of the Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group, listed chronologically.
These projects were mostly contracted by United States government departments and agencies, although…
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Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917)
- Circa 1884
Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917), recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was born on October 31, 1835, in Berlin, Germany. As a student at the University of…
- Photographer Muller, Friedrich
- Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Portraits, Indigo, Baeyer, Adolf von, 1835-1917, Nobel Prize winners
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Final Study Report - Lunar Compositional Analysis
- 1961-Jul-08
Beckman's Space Engineering Group designed and built "the Moonspoon," a prototype instrument to sample and analyze lunar soil via absorption spectroscopy.
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Teltru psychrometers
- Undated
The second side of the poster has been cropped into three parts for ease of reading. These particular instruments were manufactured by the E. Vernon Hill Company based in Chicago.
Psychrometers, also known as…
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Autobiography of Howard Cary
- Undated
This account of Howard Cary's life covers the period from his birth to his initial contact with National Technology Laboratories and brief discussion of his later involvement with pH meter development. He devotes a fair…
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Letter from Clare Evans to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1937-Aug-26
In this letter, Evans discusses a new electrode design for use in Beckman pH meters.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to J. J. Murdock
- 1935-Sep-30
The letter discusses shipment of wheat germ, expenses; demonstrations of the acidimeter at the Pennsylvania General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Standards;…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons
- 1935-Aug-29
Regarding Beckman's business travels to meet with two potential acidimeter distributors, Central Scientific Co. and Sargent Co.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons
- 1935-Aug-29
Regarding Beckman's business travels to meet with a potential acidimeter distributor, A. S. Aloe Co., and Drs. Ball and Rodewald at the Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the…
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Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1935-Jun-23
This letter includes discussion of personnel issues and policies. Lyons expresses approval for the "Beckman Acidimeter" name.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons
- 1935-Jun-23
In this letter, Beckman discusses acidimeter production, personnel issues, patent applications, and the naming of the instrument.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons
- 1935-Jun-03
Though unsigned, context indicates that this letter was written by Beckman.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career…
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Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1935-May-31
Lyons gives Beckman advice about personnel decisions and discusses early sales of the "acidimeter."
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began…
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Contract between Howard Cary and Arnold O. Beckman
- 1935-May-31
The contract outlines details (including salary, confidentiality, and intellectual property rights) of Howard Cary's work for Arnold Beckman.
Howard Cary (1908-1991) was a Caltech-educated engineer who joined National…
- Creator Of Work Cary, H. Howard (Henry Howard), 1908-1991
- Subject Labor contract, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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History of Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Personal Recollections of Arnold O. Beckman
- Undated
The account focuses on the early days of Beckman's entrepreneurial endeavors, from Robert Millikan referring I. H. Lyons to Beckman for assistance with National Postal Meter Company inks through the renting of a new…
- Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Racism, Beckman, Arnold O., Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Millikan, Robert, 1868-1953, Antisemitism, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Smith, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1891-, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc., E.H. Sargent and Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Willard, Hobart H. (Hobart Hurd), 1881-1974
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Letter from James C. Sternberg to Dr. Vince Guinn
- 1965-Jul-02
In this letter, James C. Sternberg discusses details for Guinn's participation in a Technical Roundtable.
Vincent P. Guinn (1917-2002) was a chemist who began studying radiochemistry at the Oak Ridge Institute. He…
- Addressee Guinn, Vince
- Author Sternberg, James C.
- Subject Communication in science, Guinn, Vincent P., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Preliminary Design Proposal for a Lunar Surface Analyzer
- 1960
Beckman's Space Engineering Group designed and built "the Moonspoon," a prototype instrument to sample and analyze lunar soil via absorption spectroscopy.
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Letter from Linus Pauling to Irvin S. Stewart
- 1945-Jun-05
Linus Pauling's oxygen meter was developed as a military project and the details were classified. In this letter, Pauling requested permission to discuss the oxygen meter at a Caltech seminar. He also states a desire to…
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Photographs from the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Collection
This collection consists of photographs documenting the creation, production, and marketing of the Bendix Corporation's flagship analytical instrument, the Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS), predominantly dating…
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Handwritten letter by Giovanni Antonio Giobert
- 1812-Aug-16
Letter in French from Giovanni Antonio Giobert (1761-1834), an Italian chemist and mineralogist after whom the mineral giobertite has been named, to Count Chanteloup. Dated August 16, 1812, the letter concerns a sample…
