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Beckman Φ10 pH Meter
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Pictured with a carrying case containing buffer solutions.
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…
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Beckman OM-14 Oxygen Analyzer
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Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
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Beckman Model 4500 Digital pH Meter
- 1973 – 1982
The Model 4500 Digital pH Meter was released in 1973.
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…
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Beckman Model Φ71 pH Meter
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Shown with bottles of buffers and saturated KCl.
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…
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Beckman automobile engine testing equipment
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These pieces of equipment include an Ignition System Tester (right) and an HC/CO/CO2 tester (center). The instrument on the left is unidentified. The IST was also known as an Engine Scope Tester. The HC/CO/CO2 Tester…
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Beckman telescope accessory for DK-1 Spectrophotometer
- 1964
This accessory allows spectrophotometer operators to analyze samples at a distance. The inscription on the back of this image suggests that it was taken by Bill Henderson, although he could also be attributed as the…
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Beckman Process Control Analyzer console
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This console was used to monitor many different, simultaneous processes and chemical analyses in industrial settings.
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Beckman Gas Metering System
- 1963
This instrument was likely used in industrial settings to monitor systems for rate of flow and gas leaks.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Gases--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Process Gas Chromatograph
- 1963
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Jean Schirmer, Pat Conners, and Max Liston with early vehicle emissions analyzer
- 1950
This instrument, also known as an atmosphere 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…
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Woman using Beckman Glucose Analyzer and BUN Analyzer
- 1970s
An unidentified woman in a laboratory works in front of a bench holding a Beckman Glucose Analyzer and a Beckman BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen) Analyzer.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and…
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Nurse in maternity ward, using Beckman Model D oxygen analyzer to monitor an infant in an incubator
- 1950s
Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…
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Beckman EASE Computer
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An EASE (Electronic Analog and Simulation Equipment) Computer set up in a room with some kind of graphic display monitor and printed text output.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their…
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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25 Ton Hydraulic Press
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London-based Research & Industrial Instrumentation Company (RIIC), referenced in the photograph's description, was a division of Beckman Instruments.
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IBM weighing station
- 1978 – 1984
The monitor on top is likely running Beckman Instruments TOXSYS software for the chemical analysis of body tissues.
- Subject Keyboards (Electronics), IBM computers, Computers
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Laboratory animal weighing station and TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
Animal weighing station made by IBM, with a terminal that is likely running Beckman Instruments' TOXSYS analysis software.
- Subject IBM computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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"Home made" test fixture
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The inventory that accompanies the photo album containing this image only says that this mysterious "fixture" is "home made." The port on the left is likely a serial DB-25 port.