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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
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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
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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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High Performance Columns from Beckman
- 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 Oxygen and Medical Gas Analyzers
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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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Beckman Model 160 Wavelength Selectable Detector
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This piece is the cover to Bulletin 7389 for the Model 160 wavelength selectable detector used in liquid chromatography.
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Beckman Model 165 Multichannel Rapid Scanning UV-Vis Detector
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This piece is the cover for Bulletin 7388A for the Model 165 UV-Vis detector used for liquid chromatography.
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Woman on a photography set with Beckman Model R Dynograph Recorders
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An unidentified woman poses with Dynograph Recorders arranged against a backdrop for a photo shoot. The edges of the backdrop and some photography equipment are visible.
Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs…
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Beckman Booth Displaying J2-21 Centrifuges and Rotors
- 1990s
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…
- Photographer Stoen Photos, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model OM-11 Oxygen Analyzer
- Circa 1972
The Model OM-11 Oxygen Analyzer was designed for cardiopulmonary applications but was later marketed to the auto industry.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’…
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Man with Beckman Model R-711 Dynograph Recorder
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Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
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Masked man with a rabbit and a Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
An unidentified man in a lab coat and mask gets toxicology readings of a rabbit using a TOXSYS Terminal. The cages in the background likely hold other animals intended for testing. This toxicology instrument uses…
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Man with breathing apparatus and electrodes of Beckman MMC Horizon System
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman Instruments introduced the Metabolic Measurement Cart (MMC) in 1975. The programmable system could automatically test oxygen, carbon dioxide, barometric pressure, expired air volume and temperature, and print…
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Beckman SpectraSpan VI
- 1980s
The SpectraSpan VI was a rapid scanning high resolution plasma emission spectrometer, introduced circa 1983, for non-routine elemental analysis.
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Beckman DU-6 Spectrophotometer
- Undated
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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