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  Oral history interview with Max D. Liston

  • 2002-Feb-19
  • 2003-Jan-22

  Max D. Liston begins the interview with a discussion of his education. After graduating from high school in Fort Scott, Kansas, Liston attended the University of Minnesota. In 1940, he received a B.A. in electrical…

  • Interviewee Liston, Max D., 1918-
  • Interviewer Brock, David C., Gallwas, Gerald E.
  • Sponsor Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
  • Subject Liston, Max D., 1918-, Chrysler Corporation, Mechanical engineering, General Motors Corporation, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Spectrophotometers, Submarines (Ships), Defense contracts, Capnography, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Beckman Mark V Atmosphere Analyzer

  • 1965

  Beckman originally produced 27 Mark V Atmosphere Analyzers for use on nuclear ballistic missile submarines. The instrument measured oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, freon, and other atmospheric…

  • Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
  • Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy, Gases--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Submarines (Ships), United States. Navy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Beckman Mark V Atomic Submarine Atmosphere Analyzer

  • 1965

  Designed with a combination of Pauling Oxygen Meter, infrared analysis, and other technologies, these instruments monitored the breathable gasses aboard submarines in the United States Navy.

  • Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
  • Subject Infrared technology, Gases--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Submarines (Ships), Beckman Instruments, Inc.