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Relieve "project pressure" with a Beckman Data Handling System
- 1957
This data handling system was designed specifically for use with Doppler data from a Sperry 10-C velocimeter, to measure and track missiles. Used by the aerospace industry, the ad promises that it will automatically…
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Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge component
- Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of a Beckman Instruments employee modeling the use of a syringe to inject a sample into a Model E Ultracentrifuge vial.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after its January 1,…
- Photographer Illig, Russell
- Contributor Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Syringes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hard worker
- 1957
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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Why crystal gaze... you can start closing loops now with a Beckman 112 Data Processing System
- 1960s
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were developed 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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New Shockley transistor diodes combine fast switching with higher power handling
- 1959
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, Inc. with the goal of mass producing…
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pH you can taste
- 1959
This advertisement focuses on pH meters' use in the food processing and packaging industry.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed…
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What's new at the flue?
- 1963
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,…
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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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Organichem Model Set
- 1970s
Small, multicolored plastic connectors and straws in small plastic bag.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are used to visualize the structure of chemical substances.
- Manufacturer Freeman, Cooper & Co.
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Sargent Molecular Model Kit
- 1955 – 1965
White cardboard box with blue writing; contains black, blue, yellow, red, and green spheres as well as wooden and metal connectors.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are…
- Manufacturer E.H. Sargent and Company
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Zenith Royal Hearing Aid
- 1950s
Gold colored plastic box with a black circular grate and gold steel clips on the front; on the left top corner is a black plastic tone dial and on the right top corner is the volume dial; on the right side is a black…
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Letter from R. Buckminster Fuller to Theodore Benfey
- 1967-Jun-21
Regarding receipt of Benfey's book, "Chemical Prehistory of the Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Icosahedron, and Hexagon."
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Letter from Frank H. Westheimer to Theodore Benfey
- 1971-Jul-22
Westheimer expresses gratitude for being included in the dedication of a book authored by Benfey.
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Letter from Robert B. Woodward to Theodor Benfey
- 1973-Jul-30
Acknowledgement for receipt of an issue of "Chemistry" containing Benfey's account of Woodward's vitamin B12 work.
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Letter from John D. Bernal to Theodor Benfey
- 1967-Feb-13
Acknowledgement of letter from Benfey concerning references to assist Bernal with a forthcoming paper in the "Journal of Molecular Biology."
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Letter from Joel H. Hildebrand to Theodor Benfey
- 1965-May-11
Concerns possibility of publishing a manuscript of Hildebrand's, titled, "Order from Chaos."
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Letter from Farrington Daniels to Theodor Benfey
- 1957-Feb-07
Concerns recommendation of Tom Newlin as a teaching assistant as well as plans for revising the Chemistry program at Earlham College. The last paragraph makes references to the current state of development of solar…
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Letter from Gerhard Herzberg to Marvin Margoshes
- 1971-Dec
Thank you note, on occasion of Herzberg winning the Nobel prize.
- Addressee Margoshes, Marvin
- Author Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999
- Subject Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999, Nobel Prize winners, Margoshes, Marvin
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Letter from Selman A. Waksman to Frank Stodola
- 1958-Jun-16
Concerns acknowledgement of letter from Stodola about a symposium held at Rutgers University.
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Letter from E. J. Corey to Frank Stodola
- 1971-Feb-01
Concerns Corey's favorable comments on Stodola's azoamide reaction.
- Addressee Stodola, Frank Harold, 1905-1992
- Author Corey, E. J.
- Subject Chemistry, Organic, Nobel Prize winners, Stodola, Frank Harold, 1905-1992, Corey, E. J.
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Letter from Vincent du Vigneaud to Frank Stodola
- 1961-Dec-21
Concerns a position opening for Resident Research Associates for Post-doctorates.
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Letter from Melvin Calvin to Frank Stodola
- 1965-Apr-28
Concerns Stodola's request for a photograph of Calvin, as well as congratulating Stodola on winning the Pasteur Award for 1965.