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Beckman Instruments Procedure for Production Evaluation of New Products
- 1955
These guidelines were originally sent from R. S. White to Beckman Division Research & Engineering personnel in regard to new electrode development. They outline a new procedure for all instruments and accessories,…
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Research Laboratory at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1951
General view of the Research Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania showing various equipment and apparatus used for the production and testing of dyestuffs.
Based in Reading,…
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Shipping and storage room at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1952
General view of the shipping and storage room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several rows of drums, presumably containing dyestuffs ready for shipment, are visible, while…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer without case
- Undated
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…
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Shipping and warehouse area at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1952
General view of the shipping and storage room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several rows of drums containing dyestuffs prepared for shipment fill the room. Various dye…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Beckman Pocket Dosimeters: Operating & Maintenance Instructions
- Bulletin 206
- Circa 1949
The Pocket Dosimeter was designed to be a portable radiation monitoring system, carried by people to protect themselves against gamma and x-ray exposure.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radiation dosimetry, Radiation, Dosimeters, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Typical Specifications for a Glucose Analyzer System
- 1960s
These specifications were likely produced during the development of the Glucose Analyzer. They include details about the electronic circuits, the weight and footprint of the finished instrument, and the rate of samples…
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving recognition of Jack Cadman
- Circa 2003
Jack Cadman was the first forensic pathologist to work in the Orange County, California criminal justice system. As part of his duties, he worked with Theron Johns of Beckman Instruments to find a way to measure blood…
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Beckman Glucose Analyzer warranty
- 1959
The text of the warranty is apparently a standard statement drafted before the development of the instrument in question.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very…
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Email from George Matsuyama to Pat A. Ashton
- 2000-Feb-07
This email describes an attempt to develop a glucose electrode in the 1960s. This project was abandoned when Beckman Instruments focused instead on the Glucose Analyzer.
- Addressee Ashton, Pat A.
- Author Matsuyama, George
- Subject Electrodes, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Double conical blenders at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
View of the double conical blenders at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant located in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees Howard Myers (left) and Warren Kalbach are seen filling drums with dye powder from the…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert, John A.
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Mark of a modern refinery...
- Circa 1948
This ad markets several Beckman instruments -- the Model R pH Indicator, the IR Spectrophotometer, and the DU Spectrophotometer -- for use in the oil refining industry.
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Loading dye paste onto dryer trays at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
View of employees loading dye paste onto dryer trays at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. As part of the manufacturing process, the trays were later inserted into the…
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Control panel at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
View of a control panel used to regulate the air pressure in the blow cases at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Housed in the Press Room, blow cases were used for blowing dye…
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Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees are seen removing press cake from the filter presses to transfer them to the buggies at the center…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert Commercial Photo Studio
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees are seen removing press cake from the filter presses to transfer them to the buggies at the center…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Heating tubs at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the heating tubs at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. At left, an unidentified employee is seen using a Hastelloy pipe and jet to pump high-pressure steam into…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert Commercial Photo Studio
- Subject Dye industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Portable pH meter in use at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of Martin Eby (left) using a portable pH meter at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The photograph also shows several pieces of equipment used in the manufacture of…
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Portrait of Dr. C. Scott Althouse
- 1950s
Portrait of Dr. C. Scott Althouse (1880-1970), founder of the Althouse Chemical Company. A graduate of the Philadelphia Textile Institute (1900), Dr. Althouse worked with his father dyeing textiles before founding the…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Althouse, C. Scott, 1880-1970, Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company, Industrialists
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Addition of chemical intermediate at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
View of Martin C. Eby, Plant Manager, at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania adding a chemical intermediate to a steel autoclave. At right, a barrel of intermediate sits on a portable scale.
…- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Production Department at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the Production Department at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania showing various equipment used in the production of azo dyes. Assorted equipment and apparatus visible in the…
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Coupling tubs at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the coupling tubs used for the manufacture of azo dyes at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. In a typical manufacturing process for azo dyes, coupling tubs are recessed in the…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert Commercial Photo Studio
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Exterior of the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- After 1954
Exterior of the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant located at 540 Pear Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Althouse Chemical Company was founded in 1915 by C. Scott Althouse (1880-1970) as a small,…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Althouse Chemical Company
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Officers of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Committee E-14 on Mass Spectrometry
- 1963-May-22
Group photograph of the officers of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E-14 on Mass Spectrometry taken at a conference in San Francisco. Present from left are Norman D. Coggeshall (Vice Chair,…
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Henry Earle Lumpkin in office at Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory
- 1969-Oct
Henry Earle Lumpkin in his office at the Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory in Baytown, Texas. Lumpkin is seated at his desk using an Friden electromechanical desktop calculator. Lumpkin's collection of…