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pH essential to quality
- 1961
This advertisement for Beckman Instruments' pH equipment shows how central pH instruments were to the Beckman brand in 1961. By this time, the line of pH products included meters, electrodes, and accessories.
Arnold…
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pH means Beckman
- 1957
This advertisements shows off the range of Beckman Instruments' pH meters available in 1957, highlighting the variety of size and price.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…
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Accurate, readable, repeatable blood pH
- 1962
Advertisement for the Beckman Blood pH System, including the Model 76 Expanded Scale pH Meter, Thermomatic Constant Temperature Block, and Micro Blood pH Assembly.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at…
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Diagnose process upsets with Gas Chromatography
- 1957
Advertisement for the Model 120 Industrial Gas Chromatograph.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year,…
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Shockley 4-layer transistor diode simplifies switching circuitry for computers, telephony, control
- 1958
Advertisement for the Shockley 4-layer diode with diagrams.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of Beckman…
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You can count on 4-layer diodes
- 1960
Advertisement for the Shockley 4-layer diode, including a diagram.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of…
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The Shockley 4-layer bistable transistor diode
- 1960
Advertisement for the Shockley 4-layer diode and its demonstration at the 1960 Western Electronic Show and Convention (WesCon).
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they…
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For very little coin, Beckman will put your old DU in mint condition.
- 1950s
In 1950, Beckman Instruments' had so many DU Spectrophotometers still in use that they offered to refurbish old models (for a fee, of course). This service could include replacing a power supply, repainting, and…
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The Analog Computer that pumped blood
- 1963
This advertisement for the EASE Analog Computer promotes a use case where the computer was able to simulate the circulatory system (not to actually control blood flow in a living subject).
Beckman Instruments' analog…
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The next industrial revolution
- 1981
This advertisement depicts Beckman Instruments as an active participant in building humanity's future through high-tech scientific instruments. Spectrophotometers, pH meters, nuclear counters, HPLC (high performance…
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This Analog Computer gets all your answers -- faster, more accurately, and automatically!
- 1963
Advertisement for EASE 2100 Analog Computer.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as early as 1953. The company produced analog computers -- also called automation, data…
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The oil drum that breathes
- 1963
Beckman Instruments's involvement in NASA's early manned spaceflight projects was mentioned in many of their 1960s advertisements, including this one for the IR-15A Spectrophotometer. In this advertisement, the…
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How do you fingerprint a vapor?
- 1966
This advertisement for both the Beckman GC-5 Gas Chromatograph the IR-102 Infrared Spectrophotometer markets a complete system for chromatographic analysis. Specifically, the ad touts the compact size (although large by…
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Starting to gather smog data?
- 1964
This advertisement for Beckman Instruments targets people who are monitoring their companies' emissions, encouraging them to get a better understanding of their "problems." It positions air pollution as something to be…
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The man on the moon wears a western hat
- 1961
This advertisement appeals to potential Beckman Instruments employees by building on the popularity of NASA's early manned spaceflight programs. In 1961 -- the year of this advertisement -- NASA conducted its first…
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Spectrophotometery hasn't been this simple since we invented it.
- 1984
This advertisement for the new DU-50 Series Spectrophotometers uses Beckman Instruments' history as an innovator and dependable source of spectrophotometers to market their new product. This new line offers programmable…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Spectrophotometry, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Join the battle against air pollution!
- 1960s
This advertisement from Beckman Instruments highlights the many instruments and systems that could be used to monitor and control air pollution. This includes a "mobile monitor" which was an RV fitted out with various…
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Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer with glass lid
- Circa 1942
The IR-1 Spectrophotometer was developed by Beckman Instruments, Inc. in 1942 as a secret project for the United States' Office of Rubber Reserve for use in creating artificial rubber during World War II. The IR-1 was…
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Overlooking the extensive salt fields of Solinen, Russia (20,000 tons of Salt)
- After 1895
View overlooking the extensive salt fields in Solinen, Russia, located along the Black Sea, containing approximately 20,000 tons of salt. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and…
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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A reservoir after evaporation – turning up the salt – salt fields, Solinen, Russia
- After 1895
View of a reservoir among the extensive salt fields in Solinen, Russia, located along the Black Sea, following evaporation. Women are seen breaking up the crust of salt formed by evaporation, while masses of salt…
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Rotary dryer for drying salt, Hutchinson, Kansas
- After 1895
View of a worker examining a rotary dryer for drying salt at an unknown facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Salt vats where water is evaporated by solar heat, Syracuse, New York
- After 1895
View of salt vats where water is evaporated by means of solar heat at an unknown facility in Syracuse, New York. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Powder man charging holes with dynamite sticks for blasting in rock salt mine, Kansas
- After 1895
View of a worker inserting sticks of dynamite into blasting holes at a rock salt mine in Kansas. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Drillers at work with compressed air drill, salt mine, Kansas
- After 1895
View of two workers operating a compressed air drill in a Kansas salt mine. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the mining and production of salt.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Employees, Manufacturing industries, Salt industry and trade, Salt mines and mining
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Drilling bolt holes in finished steel rails
- After 1895
View of a worker drilling bolt holes into finished steel rails at an unknown manufacturing plant. This photograph is one of a set of seven stereographs detailing the production of steel.
