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  47 items
  Pamphlets

  Glenrothes Bulletin

  • Part of Corporate Board of Directors Visit to Beckman Instruments plant in Scotland

  • 1960-Oct

  The Glenrothes Bulletin Vol. 6, No. 8, October 1960 includes community news, letters to the editor, opinion pieces, advertisements, and, on page 17, an article about Beckman Instruments, Inc.'s 25th anniversary.

  • Publisher Glenrothes Community Association
  • Subject Factories, Community newspapers, Scotland--Glenrothes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  7 items
  Press releases

  Notes for Lord Craigton's speech at Beckman Instruments, Inc.'s 25th anniversary dinner

  • Part of Corporate Board of Directors Visit to Beckman Instruments plant in Scotland

  • 1960-Sep

  These notes, intended for distribution to the press, were used for a toast delivered by Lord Craigton, C.B.E., Minister of State for Scotland, on the occasion of Beckman Instruments, Inc.’s 25th Anniversary.

  • Creator Of Work Scotland. Ministry of State
  • Subject Factories, Scotland--Glenrothes, International trade, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  5 items
  Ephemera

  Beckman Instruments, Inc. 25th Anniversary Dinner invitation

  • Part of Corporate Board of Directors Visit to Beckman Instruments plant in Scotland

  • 1960

  An invitation to an anniversary dinner held on September 20, 1960 at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. In addition to a menu (featuring such delicacies as Tortue Verte Boulevard Pasadena and Soufflé Surprise à la…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Anniversaries, Menus, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  70 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  The Beckman Model DU Spectrophotometer and Accessories Instruction Manual

  • 1954

  This manual appears to have been a well-used desk copy. The stained cover provides evidence of secondary usage as a coaster.

  The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  32 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Beckman IR7 Infrared Spectrophotometer Instruction Manual

  • 1958-Dec

  The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  48 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Beckman Model DB Spectrophotometer Instruction Manual

  • 1960

  The Beckman DB spectrophotometer was a double beam model, which allowed for comparison between two light paths: a reference and the sample being measured.

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  20 items
  Ephemera

  An Exhibit Prepared Under the Auspices of the National Research Council with the Cooperation of the Chemical War Service of the United States Army, Now Permanently Installed at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

  • 1921

  Exhibition program for "The Chemical Exhibit" installed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. circa 1921. The central feature of the exhibit is a topographical model showing coal tar and other chemical…

  • Author Howe, Harrison Estell, 1881-1942
  • Contributor United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service
  • Creator Of Work National Research Council (U.S.)
  • Publisher Chemical Foundation (U.S.)
  • Subject Chemistry, Technical, Coal-tar products, Chemical warfare
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  25 items
  Sample books, Catalogs

  Naphtol AS on Rayon

  • 1927

  Sample book for Naphtol AS dyes, used for "embroidery purposes, for effects in silk, woollen and cotton clothes, for curtains, underwear made of artificial silk, etc." Contains dyeing instructions and 70 mounted dyed…

  • Contributor General Dyestuff Corporation
  • Creator Of Work Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
  • Subject Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Synthetic, Dyes and dyeing--Rayon, Dye industry, Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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  Photographs, Portraits

  Portrait of Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917)

  • 1890s – circa

  Portrait of Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917), son of industrialist Rowland Hazard (18729-1898) and second President of the Solvay Process Company.

  Frederick Rowland Hazard was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island in…

  • Subject Portraits, Sodium carbonate, Industrialists, Hazard, Frederick Rowland, 1858-1917, Solvay Process Company
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  12 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Operating Instructions, the Beckman Model DU Photoelectric Quartz Spectrophotometer

  • Bulletin 91-B

  • 1946

  The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…

  • Subject Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  30 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  EASE, The New 1100 Series, A Discussion of Design Theory and Operating Techniques

  • Undated

  Though the instruction manual is undated, details such as the November 1956 drawing dates provide clues about creation and publication dates.

  Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley…

  • Author Finnell, C. D., Hussey, Joseph L.
  • Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Computer industry--United States--History, Computers--History, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  8 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Instructions, OM-1 Portable Oxygen Meter

  • 1957-Jul

  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,…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  59 items
  Records (Documents)

  Advanced Technology Operations: Historical Milestones, 1959-1976

  • 1977-Sep-30

  The document describes various projects of the Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group, listed chronologically.

  These projects were mostly contracted by United States government departments and agencies, although…

  • Creator Of Work Burgess, John
  • Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Skylab Program, Aerospace engineering, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Project Gemini (U.S.), Project Apollo (U.S.)
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  Photographs, Portraits

  Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917)

  • Circa 1884

  Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917), recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

  Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was born on October 31, 1835, in Berlin, Germany. As a student at the University of…

  • Photographer Muller, Friedrich
  • Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Portraits, Indigo, Baeyer, Adolf von, 1835-1917, Nobel Prize winners
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  56 items
  Business correspondence

  Final Study Report - Lunar Compositional Analysis

  • 1961-Jul-08

  Beckman's Space Engineering Group designed and built "the Moonspoon," a prototype instrument to sample and analyze lunar soil via absorption spectroscopy.

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Spectrum analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.), Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  3 items
  Lithographs, Illustrations

  Plate II (Fig. 1): Trachea and lungs of dog dying 12 hours after gassing.

  • Part of Collected Studies on the Pathology of War Gas Poisoning

  • 1920

  Chlorine poisoning.

  • Author Winternitz, M. C. (Milton C.)
  • Publisher Yale University Press
  • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Chemical warfare
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  Advertisements

  Teltru psychrometers

  • Undated

  The second side of the poster has been cropped into three parts for ease of reading. These particular instruments were manufactured by the E. Vernon Hill Company based in Chicago.

  Psychrometers, also known as…

  • Creator Of Work E. Vernon Hill Company
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hygrometry--Measurement, Hygrometers, Hygrometry--Equipment and supplies
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  6 items
  Manuscripts

  Autobiography of Howard Cary

  • Undated

  This account of Howard Cary's life covers the period from his birth to his initial contact with National Technology Laboratories and brief discussion of his later involvement with pH meter development. He devotes a fair…

  • Author Cary, H. Howard (Henry Howard), 1908-1991
  • Subject Autobiography, California Institute of Technology, Embezzlement, Civil engineering, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  3 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Clare Evans to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1937-Aug-26

  In this letter, Evans discusses a new electrode design for use in Beckman pH meters.

  Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Evans, Clare
  • Subject Electrodes, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to J. J. Murdock

  • 1935-Sep-30

  The letter discusses shipment of wheat germ, expenses; demonstrations of the acidimeter at the Pennsylvania General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Standards;…

  • Addressee Murdock, J. J.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Noyes, Arthur A. (Arthur Amos), 1866-1936, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons

  • 1935-Aug-29

  Regarding Beckman's business travels to meet with two potential acidimeter distributors, Central Scientific Co. and Sargent Co.

  Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH…

  • Addressee Lyons, I. H.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons

  • 1935-Aug-29

  Regarding Beckman's business travels to meet with a potential acidimeter distributor, A. S. Aloe Co., and Drs. Ball and Rodewald at the Washington University in St. Louis.

  Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the…

  • Addressee Lyons, I. H.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  3 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1935-Jun-23

  This letter includes discussion of personnel issues and policies. Lyons expresses approval for the "Beckman Acidimeter" name.

  Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Lyons, I. H.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons

  • 1935-Jun-23

  In this letter, Beckman discusses acidimeter production, personnel issues, patent applications, and the naming of the instrument.

  Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH…

  • Addressee Lyons, I. H.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to I. H. Lyons

  • 1935-Jun-03

  Though unsigned, context indicates that this letter was written by Beckman.

  Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career…

  • Addressee Lyons, I. H.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.