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Completion of first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees who worked on the LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a…
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El Salvador kidnapping task force with ransom suitcase
- 1981-Nov-20
Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the…
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Completion of the first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees with a LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator,…
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Beckman Instruments sales force
- 1953-Feb
The Beckman Instruments sales force in 1953, during a time of rapid growth for the company. This was only three years after the company changed its name from Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. and one year after the acquisition…
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Liston-Becker sales force
- 1955
This photo was taken the same year that Beckman Instruments acquired Liston-Becker. This acquisition brought Liston-Becker's emissions testers and analyzers to Beckman, which continued to produce those instruments along…
- Photographer Frey Photos
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments Board of Directors
- 1982
Image includes: Arnold Beckman (center, seated); Dr. William F. Ballhaus Sr. (standing); Harry Gray (far right). The other men in this photograph are unidentified.
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Beckman Model DK-2A Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1957
This model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was…
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Arnold O. Beckman displaying expansion plans for Spinco Division Plant
- 1960-Aug-19
From left to right: F. Clifford Jr. (Spinco Division manger), Arnold O. Beckman, Frederick Terman (provost and vice president of Stanford University), and Rear Admiral John Ball (mayor of Palo Alto) look at plans for…
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Beckman Model 7160 Eput Meter
- Undated
EPUT (Events Per Unit Time) meters measure changes in voltage during a specified amount of time, and so can be used to count or measure any event that can be represented as a voltage change or pulse. This includes, but…
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Beckman Model 930 Air Compression Pycnometer
- Circa 1970
Gas pycnometers measure the volume and/or density of solid objects through gas displacement and Boyle's Law. This particular model was marketed as early as 1961.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Pycnometer, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Unidentified men with Beckman Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1966
Also known as the DK-2 Spectrophotometer, this model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. These men are likely part of the team that designed the instrument.
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Beckman Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1955
Also known as the DK-2 Spectrophotometer, this model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range…
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Beckman Model 72 pH Meter with buffer solution
- Circa 1960
The Model 72 was a line operated version of the Model 76 Expanded Scale pH Meter, designed for routine use.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus…
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Beckman Model 150 RF Gas Analyzer
- 1955
Capable of resolving each mass unit up to 60. Originally marketed with a $6,000 price tag, accessories were available to analyze hydrogen and helium.
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Beckman Model DB-G Spectrophotometer
- 1960s
Produced in the 1960s, the DB-G was a single-beam grating (as opposed to a prism) ultraviolet spectrophotometer.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still…
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Unidentified person using a Spinco Physiological Gas Analyzer
- Undated
It is unclear from this photograph whether this is a Model 150 or 160.
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Beckman Model J pH Meter
- Undated
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman with unidentified people at a Beckman Instruments location in China
- 1981
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., China, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Unidentified man using a Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer
- Circa 1960
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography.
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Beckman Pocket pH meter
- Circa 1956
The Pocket pH meter allowed pH readings to be taken in the field, in a laboratory, or at any site, without needing to send samples back to a laboratory and a more stationary instrument.
Arnold Beckman invented his…
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Arnold O. Beckman and an unidentified man with Beckman Instruments products
- Undated
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1945
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Curtis Studios
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- Undated
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1958
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Raeburn, Jean
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1958
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Raeburn, Jean
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.