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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Michael A. Kelly

  • 2002-Mar-19

  Michael A. Kelly begins the interview with a discussion of his childhood and education. Growing up in Roswell, New Mexico, Kelly became interested in radio and television electronics at a young age. After high school,…

  • Interviewee Kelly, Michael A., 1936-
  • Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
  • Subject Kelly, Michael A., 1936-, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Engineering, Nuclear physics, Hewlett-Packard Company, Electron spectroscopy, Kevex Corporation, Stanford University, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Electrical engineers
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  Photographs

  Workshop in an unidentified Beckman Instruments plant

  • 1950s

  Women assembling unidentified instruments at Beckman Instruments or one of its divisions.

  • Subject Workshops, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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  Photographs

  Woman assembling a Beckman Immunochemistry Analyzer

  • Circa 1977

  Beckman Instruments debuted an Immunochemistry Analyzer in 1977 and an Auto ICS (Immunochemistry System) in 1980.

  • Subject Immunochemistry, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees, Medical instruments and apparatus
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  Photographs

  Completion of first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument

  • 1981-Oct

  Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees who worked on the LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a…

  • Subject Liquid scintillation counting, Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Women employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from R. Little and J. Sternberg to Wilbur Kaye

  • 1965-Sep-21

  This internal Beckman Instruments memo documents some of the difficulties of developing a portable glucose monitor. Items under consideration include a digital read out, whole blood versus dialysis or protein…

  • Addressee Kaye, Wilbur I.
  • Author Sternberg, James C., Little, R. L.
  • Subject Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Glenn Joseph to Arnold O. Beckman

  • Circa 1933

  Glenn Joseph writes to Dr. Beckman about the process of finding the right buffer to use in the new glass electrodes inside the pH meter. The identify of the "Dr. Dupont" referenced in this letter is uncertain.

  Arnold…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Joseph, Glenn
  • Subject Electrodes, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Sunkist Growers, inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hydrochloric acid, Electrodes, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Glenn Joseph to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1933

  In this letter, Glenn Joseph reports that the vacuum-tube amplifier in the early Beckman pH meter model is (still) not functioning properly. One of the fixes he proposes is replacing the vacuum tubes with a glass…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Joseph, Glenn
  • Subject Electrodes, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Sunkist Growers, inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Amplifiers, Vacuum-tube, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from W. E. Baier to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1934-Jun-22

  This letter spells out the instrument maintenance and upgrades that the California Fruit Growers Exchange believe are included with the cost of developing the "glass electrode apparatus" (an early prototype of the…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Baier, W. E.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Sunkist Growers, inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Financial statement for McLeod Gauge and glass electrode development

  • 1934-Apr-10

  Invoice from Arnold O. Beckman to W. E. Baier
  for developing and calibrating McLeod gauges and glass electrodes -- components involved in the early Beckman pH meter.

  Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934…

  • Addressee Baier, W. E.
  • Author Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Electrodes, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Pressure gages
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to L. H. Duschak

  • 1935-Apr-30

  Response to an earlier letter from Dr. Duschak, asking if Dr. Beckman's new "acidimeter" would be appropriate for determining the pH of vegetable juices. Beckman describes some of the recent changes to the instrument,…

  • Addressee Duschak, L. H.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Records (Documents)

  Beckman Instruments Procedure for Production Evaluation of New Products

  • 1955

  These guidelines were originally sent from R. S. White to Beckman Division Research & Engineering personnel in regard to new electrode development. They outline a new procedure for all instruments and accessories,…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Beckman Instruments, Inc.