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Beckman Glucose Analyzer
- Circa 1969
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…
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Arnold O. Beckman receiving the California Industrialist of the Year Award
- 1971
This award was given by the California Museum of Science and Industry. Dr. Beckman is on the right; the other two men in this photograph are unidentified.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first…
- Photographer Crest Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., California Museum of Science and Industry, Awards
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William Ballhaus receiving the President's "E" Award from Lyndon Johnson
- 1964 – 1968
Notes accompanying the archival collection describe the award given in this photograph as an "F" award, but that is very likely an error. The President's E (Exports) Award was established in 1961 as a way for the United…
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Dedication of Beckman Auditorium at California Institute of Technology
- 1964
Arnold O. Beckman is at the center of the photo, facing the camera. The other people in this image are unidentified.
Dr. Beckman (1900-2004) received a Ph.D. in photochemistry from CalTech in 1928 and taught chemistry…
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1966-Jun
This portrait was taken on the occasion of his receiving the Orange County Man of the Year Award in 1966.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus…
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Manual Variable Resistor Box
- Undated
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
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Weston Galvanometer
- Undated
Rectangular wooden box; brown leather handle attached to top with metal fasteners; front has a steel lock screwed to it; lock is stamped with manufacturer; four hard black rubber feet on bottom; top attached with two…
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Weston Direct Current Voltmeter with Case
- After 1888
Direct current voltmeter, Model 1. Instrument mounted on brown felt on a hardwood base, with a brass tag in front; instrument made of metal and finished in orange-brown; two electrical connections covered in black…
- Manufacturer Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- Subject Voltmeters, Measuring instruments, Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 9th World Petroleum Conference, Tokyo
- 1975
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict oil derricks.
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First Day Cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Chemical Society
- 1951
Cachet created by Fleetwood depicts "The Chemist" along with ACS logo and the tagline, "Maker of a Better Tomorrow." Stamp issued to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the American Chemical Society. Addressed to and…
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First Day Cover commemorating the 1st Arab Petroleum Conference, United Arab Republic
- 1959-Apr-16
Cachet and stamp depict oil pipeline and drilling derricks.
- Manufacturer Thomas De La Rue & Company
- Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Postage stamps, Egypt, United Arab Republic, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Congresses and conventions, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Petroleum engineering, League of Arab States, Arab Petroleum Congress
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French postage stamp commemorating Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville's work with aluminium
- 1955-Mar-07
On March 7, 1955, France issued a set of six stamps under the theme "Famous Inventors." One of these stamps featured Sainte-Claire Deville who created metallic aluminum in 1855. Stamp depicts modern uses of aluminum…
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Plate I: Sugar
- 1880
Front elevation and plan of Alfred Fryer's concretor, an apparatus used for evaporating cane juice rapidly, "to concentrate as cheaply and efficiently as possible the juice which is supplied to it; turning it at once…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate I: Sulphur [Sulfur]
- 1880
Thomas' apparatus for melting sulfur by steam.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sulfur industry
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Plate I: Petroleum
- 1880
Elevation and plan of the Franklin Oil Works petroleum refinery in Philadelphia.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Petroleum--Refining, Chemistry, Technical, Petroleum refineries
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Plate I: Sulphuric [Sulfuric] Acid
- 1880
Elevation, longitudinal section, and ground plan of a pyrites kiln for burning sulfur to produce sulfuric acid.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Sulfuric acid industry, Chemistry, Technical
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Vacuum pan for the manufacture of cane sugar
- 1880
Vacuum pan for evaporating water from solutions of sugar in refineries and beet-root sugar factories.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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Plate II: Explosives
- 1877
Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):
Poacher for washing the gun cotton pulp. Vat and mixing machine. No. 1 Hydraulic press. No. 2 Hydraulic press.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical, Guncotton
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Plate I: Explosives
- 1877
Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):
Carding cotton to prepare it for dipping in acids. Drying cotton before dipping. Section of drying tube. Dipping and placing the steeped cotton in pots. Pot…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical, Guncotton
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Equipment for the rectification of ether
- 1877
Equipment used to rectify ether, or concentrate by distillation.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Mohr's arrangement of equipment for the rectification of ether
- 1877
Mohr's arrangement of equipment for rectification of ether, or distillation.
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemistry, Technical
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Equipment for the manufacture of ether
- 1877
Ether, also called diethyl ether, is a volatile flammable liquid obtained by distilling a mixture of alcohol with an acid. It is used as a solvent, as an intermediate in chemical synthesis, and as a general anesthetic. …
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Ether, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical
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Plate I: Benzol
- 1877
Cylindrical stills for the manufacture of benzene.
Now termed benzene, "benzol" is a hydrocarbon first discovered by Michael Faraday in 1825, in the liquid which resulted from the compression of illuminating gases…
- Publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Subject Benzene, Manufacturing processes, Chemistry, Technical