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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.
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Removing steel plate from great cutting machine (front view)
- After 1895
View of several workers removing a steel plate from a cutting machine at an unknown manufacturing plant. This photograph is one of a set of seven stereographs detailing the production of steel.
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Final rolling mill action forming finished steel rails
- After 1895
View of a worker using a rolling mill to produce steel rails at an unknown manufacturing plant. During the production of steel, mills are used to shape the steel into various forms, such as plates or rails. This…
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade, Manufacturing industries
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Rolling slab into thin plate in Homestead Mill, 4th stage in plate making
- After 1895
View of a rolling mill at the Homestead Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania rolling a slab of steel into a thin plate. This photograph is one of a set of seven stereographs detailing the production of steel.
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade, Manufacturing industries
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Billet "blooms" for rails being further compressed and lengthened in rolling mill
- After 1895
View of two workers using a rolling mill to compress and lengthen billet blooms, a semi-finished steel product often transformed into finished products like rails or wire rods, at an unknown manufacturing plant. This…
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Electric machine drawing white hot billet from re-heating furnace
- After 1895
View of a worker using an electric machine to draw billet, a semi-finished steel product often transformed into finished products like wire rod, from a re-heating furnace at an unknown manufacturing plant. This…
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Steel ingot entering first rolling mill to be rolled into plates or rails
- After 1895
View of a worker inserting a steel ingot, a piece of relatively pure material cast into a shape suitable for further processing, into a rolling mill at an unknown manufacturing plant. During the production of steel,…
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100-ton capacity ladle of liquid steel from open hearth furnace pouring into ladle
- After 1895
View of a 100-ton capacity ladle of liquid steel removed from an open hearth furnace at an unknown manufacturing plant. Open hearth furnaces are used to burn excess carbon and other impurities out of pig iron, an…
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Moulds being taken off steel ingots as they have solidified
- After 1895
View of molds being removed from steel ingots after they have solidified at an unknown manufacturing plant. During the production of metals, such as iron and steel, molds are typically used to form ingots, pieces of…
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade, Manufacturing industries
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Tapping open hearth furnaces and carbonizing molten metal with charcoal or coke
- After 1895
View of two workers tapping open hearth furnaces and carbonizing molten metal at an unknown manufacturing plant. Open hearth furnaces are used to burn excess carbon and other impurities out of pig iron, an intermediate…
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Pouring molten iron from blast furnace ladle into massive pig iron purifier
- After 1895
View of molten iron being poured from a blast furnace ladle into an apparatus for the purification of pig iron, intermediate product of smelting iron ore, at an unknown manufacturing plant. Blast furnaces are used to…
- Publisher Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade, Manufacturing industries
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Down the line of furnaces in open hearth mill, charging a furnace with molten iron
- After 1895
View of a line of furnaces in an open hearth mill at an unknown manufacturing plant. During the conversion of iron into steel, raw materials such as molten iron are "charged" or deposited into the interior of a furnace,…