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Clearing the air of mystery for APC...
- 1960
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…
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Instrumental in your future
- 1961
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as early as 1953. The company produced analog computers -- also called automation, data reduction, or data handling systems -- for the…
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Gas chromatography is new! The Beckman Gas Chromatograph is newer!
- 1950s
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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Beckman is looking for a few good men.
- 1975
This recruitment advertisement for Beckman Instruments builds on the success of its line of automobile instruments, designed to analyze the functions of an engine and to minimize air pollution.
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Plate T: Pyrotechnic set piece of Fortuna (interior)
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 202: Cross-section of the set piece of Fortuna, her body enclosing a single pyrotechnic case (as described in figure 189).
- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate W: Pyrotechnic set piece of a fortified castle; triumphal statue; military pyrotechnics
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 204: Outward appearance of fortified castle set piece with diagrams of its inner construction and disposition of pyrotechnics.
Fig. 205: Statue of Mars upon a pedestal for use in public ceremonies of triumph.
Fig.…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Military fireworks, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate X: Military pyrotechnics
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Figs. 207-210: Fire crowns.
Fig. 211: Fire hoop.
Figs. 212-215: Pyrotechnic cylinders.
Fig. 216: Wooden bar with iron spikes.
Fig. 217: Fire sack over bar from figure 216.
Fig. 218: Fire sack.
Figs. 219 and 220:…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Military fireworks, Artillery
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Plate V: Pyrotechnic set piece of Fortuna (exterior)
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 203: Outward appearance of Fortuna set piece.
- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate R: Pyrotechnic set piece of Bacchus (interior)
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 200: Cross-section of the set piece of Bacchus, his body enclosing multiple pyrotechnic cases connected by fuses.
- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate S: Pyrotechnic set piece of Bacchus (exterior)
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 201: Outward appearance of Bacchus set piece.
- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate P: Pyrotechnic shield; pyrotechnic hand weapons; fire wheels and their parts; pyrotechnic cases
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 175: Pyrotechnic shield or fire wheel.
Fig. 177: Pyrotechnic dagger.
Fig. 178: Fire sword.
Fig. 179: Fire pole.
Figs. 180, 181, and 183: Fire wheels.
Fig. 182: Iron axle for fire wheels.
Figs. 184-186: Pyrotechnic…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Weapons, Military fireworks, Artillery
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Plate N: Patterns for cutting military fireball bags; manners of sewing military fireball bags; military fireballs; tools for constructing fireballs
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Figs. 132 and 133: Methods to cut a pattern for spherical fireball bags.
Figs. 134 and 135: Manners of sewing spherical fireball bags.
Figs. 136 and 138-144: Fireballs.
Fig. 137: Fireball with crackers.
Fig. 145: Tools…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Military fireworks, Artillery
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Plate O: Composite fireball weapons; specialty fireballs; case shot; trundle and chain shot; pyrotechnic shields; fire weapon
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 152: Wooden ball filled with hand grenades.
Fig. 153: Fireball composed of fireballs.
Fig. 154: Wooden ball filled with fiery rain.
Fig. 155: Military light balls.
Fig. 156: "Death's head" fireball.
Fig. 157:…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Grenades, Weapons, Military fireworks, Artillery
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Plate M: Tools and techniques for firing military grenades; a military blind grenade; military cannon-fired grenades; military cannons; patterns for cutting military fireball bags
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 118: Wooden tampions.
Fig. 119: Grenade with vent and bottom turned into female screws.
Fig. 120: Manner of packing a grenade in a mortar.
Fig. 121: Blind grenade.
Figs. 122-126 and 128: Cannon-fired grenades.
Fig.…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Grenades, Artillery
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Plate L: Fireballs shot from a mortar; crackers; military hand grenades; military mortar-fired grenades; military grenade parts and instruments
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Figs. 102 and 103: Projectile fireballs.
Fig. 104: Mortar for projecting fireballs.
Figs. 105 and 106: Paper crackers.
Figs. 107 and 108: Iron crackers.
Figs. 109-111: Hand grenades.
Fig. 112: Hand grenade launcher.…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Grenades, Military fireworks, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate I: Devices to hang sky rockets; fireballs that float on water
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Figs. 77-79: Devices to hang sky rockets.
Figs. 80-88: Floating fireballs.- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate F: Tools and techniques for choking and preparing rockets for their chargers
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 34: Technique for choking rocket cases with a turning wooden sheave.
Fig. 35: Tool for choking large rocket cases.
Fig. 36: Tool to form a round cavity in the neck of a rocket case choked with the tool in figure…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Artillery
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Plate K: Fireballs that float on water; bounding fireballs; mortar-fired fireballs
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Figs. 89-92: Floating fireballs.
Figs. 93-95: Bounding fireballs.
Figs. 96-101: Projectile fireballs.- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate H: Rockets mounted without sticks; water rockets; rockets mounted to lines
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 60: Rocket mounted to a stick.
Figs. 61, 62, 64, 65, and 73-76: Rockets.
Fig. 63: Launching platform for rocket with wings, as in figure 61.
Figs. 66-72: Water rockets.- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Artillery
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Plate G: Rockets mounted to sticks
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Figs. 48-53 and 55-59: Rockets.
Fig. 54: Wooden cylinder filled with corned powder and light balls, inserted in the rocket in figure 50.- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Artillery
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Plate E: Rocket and cracker molds; instruments for charging rocket cases; tools and techniques for choking rocket cases
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 22: Diagram to determine the dimensions of large rocket molds from smaller ones.
Fig. 23: Rocket mold.
Fig. 24: Mold for cracker fireworks.
Fig. 25: Wooden driver to make paper and canvas rocket cases.
Fig. 26:…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Artillery
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Plate D: Powder magazine; powder instruments; rocket molds
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 17: Plan of a powder magazine by Eugenio Gentilini.
Fig. 18: A new instrument for measuring gunpowder.
Fig. 19: Sieve.
Figs. 20 and 21: Rocket molds.- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Military architecture--Designs and plans, Artillery
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Plate A: Diagrams and instruments to calculate the caliber of bullets and balls
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 1: Scale to help calculate caliber.
Fig. 2: Ratio of increase of diameter to circumference.
Fig. 3: Representation of a "Caliber Scale" to calibrate bullets and balls.
Fig. 4: Geometric operations to construct the…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Bullets, Artillery
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Plate C: Diagrams of weighing principles and instruments; vessel; powder magazines
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 11: Principles of balance and unbalance.
Fig. 12: Beam of a balance scale.
Fig. 13: Beam of a steelyard balance.
Fig. 14: Matrass in which to prepare oil of sulfur.
Fig. 15: Plan of a powder magazine.
Fig. 16:…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Military architecture--Designs and plans, Artillery, Weights and measures
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Plate B: Diagrams to calculate the diameter of bullets; weight conversion chart
- Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- 1650
Fig. 8: Diagram of a bullet and its diameter.
Fig. 9: Geometric method for finding the diameter of a 1-pound bullet from that of a bullet of several pounds.
Fig. 10: Diagram to help determine the dimensions of…- Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Bullets, Artillery, Weights and measures