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Memo from R. Pat Connor to Beckman Instruments staff
- 1952-Jul-02
This internal memo documents concerns about Beckman Instruments' reputation in the infrared spectroscopy field. These concerns are due to fierce competition from Perkin-Elmer and problems with the Beckman IR-2T. At the…
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Letter from Jan W. Haagen-Smit to John Leonard
- 1957-Oct-13
Letter from Jan W. Haagen-Smit (son of smog research pioneer Arie Haagen-Smit) about his work developing and testing a new oxygen electrode for Arnold O. Beckman, Inc.
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Memo from M. E. Ahrendt to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1952-Jul-09
This memo lists the staff and resources assigned to improve the IR-2T spectrophotometer design by creating modification kits to fix what were seen (by users and by Beckman Instruments) as serious flaws in the…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Ahrendt, M. E.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Gas Chromatograph in use at the Orange County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory
- 1958
While the gas chromatograph has many industrial applications, here it is being used with a strip chart recorder to test blood alcohol levels in a forensic crime lab.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph…
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Max Liston, Gary Kemp, Pat Conners, and Jean Schirmer with Atmosphere Analyzer
- 1956
This instrument, a vehicle emissions analyzer, became one of Beckman Instruments' products when the company acquired Liston-Becker in 1955. It detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
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Bill Houbin and an unidentified man with Beckman Automobile Exhaust Analyzer
- 1956
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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Walter Donner with Apollo Atmosphere Analyzer System
- 1962
Walter Donner was the manager of Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Department and oversaw development of medical monitoring equipment for the Apollo, Mercury, and Gemini manned spaceflight missions.
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25 Years of Vehicle Emission Analysis Innovations
- 1980
Beckman Instruments became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when company president Arnold O. Beckman became the scientific adviser to the Los Angeles…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Automobiles--Pollution control devices, Air--Pollution, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 942 pH Monitor
- Circa 1980
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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Woman using a Beckman|Spinco Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1955
The unidentified woman in this photograph is using a small, unidentified model of a Beckman/Spinco spectrophotometer.
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Beckman Zeromatic IV pH Meter
- Circa 1980
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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Beckman Expand-Mate pH Meter
- Circa 1980
The name of this pH meter model refers to its expanded measurement scale.
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…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Taiwan Auto Analyzer System
- Undated
It is unclear from context and the existing description of this image if this is an automobile exhaust analyzer system or an automatic data handling and analysis system.
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Taiwan, Computers--History, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Man in a car with a Liston-Becker Model 28 Auto Exhaust Analyzer
- 1955
This Exhaust Analyzer became one of Beckman Instruments' products when the company acquired Liston-Becker in 1955. It detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
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Liston-Becker Auto Exhaust Analyzer Model 28 inside automobile
- 1955
This Exhaust Analyzer became one of Beckman Instruments' products when the company acquired Liston-Becker in 1955. It detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
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Helipot potentiometers with eggshells
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the products as Series 7260 multi-turn, wirewound potentiometers and the…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Eggshells, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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A nurse using a Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter
- Circa 1959
A nurse uses a Beckman Oxygen Meter to monitor the oxygen flowing through an isolette containing a baby. Monitoring oxygen flow greatly reduced the rate of blindness (retrolental fibroplasia) among premature infants in…
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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on model train
- 1960s
These photographs, numbered 1339-1 thru 1339-11, are part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The "Helipot line" train carries various products, including…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Railroad cars--Models, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Potentiometer
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Helipot potentiometers with domino
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the products as Series 7266 and 7263 potentiometers and the photographer,…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Dominoes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on the moon
- 1960s
This photograph depicts Helitrim trimming potentiometers displayed on a moon-like surface and is part of a series of marketing images designed to emphasize the small size of the potentiometers. The text on the label…
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Helitrim potentiometers with toy soldiers
- 1967-Jul
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of various Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the photographer, "A & H," as Armstrong and Hess.
Potentiometers…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Military miniatures, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helitrim trimming potentiometer in a nutshell
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the product as a Model 77P Helitrim potentiometer and the photographer, "A…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Walnut, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helitrim trimming potentiometer with a goldfish
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the product as a Model 77P Helitrim potentiometer and the photographer, "A…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Goldfish, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Quartz crystal before being cut for use in Beckman DU Spectrophotometers
- 1950s
Although the first DU prototype used glass, all later models contained quartz prisms which functioned as chromators. They transmitted and separated the light generated by a hydrogen lamp into its absorption spectrum,…
- Photographer Connell, William
- Subject Spectrophotometer--Design and construction, Quartz crystals, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Arnold O. Beckman with EASE Computer
- 1950s
The man and woman in this photograph with the EASE (Electronic Analog and Simulation Equipment) computer are unidentified.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as early…
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.