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Henry Earle Lumpkin in office at Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory
- 1969-Oct
Henry Earle Lumpkin in his office at the Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory in Baytown, Texas. Lumpkin is seated at his desk using an Friden electromechanical desktop calculator. Lumpkin's collection of…
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New officers of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E-14 on Mass Spectrometry
- 1969-May-22
Group photograph of the newly elected officers of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E-14 on Mass Spectrometry taken at a conference in Dallas. Present from left are Henry Earle Lumpkin of Esso…
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Henry Earle Lumpkin receiving service pin at Humble-Esso
- 1965-Oct-11
Henry Earle Lumpkin (center) receiving a pin commemorating twenty years of service at Humble-Esso, later Exxon. Dr. Sarmiento, Division Head at Humble-Esso, is present at left, while Lumpkin's wife, Mrs. O'Dell K.…
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Board of Directors of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (1972-1974)
- 1974-May
Group photograph of the Board of Directors of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (1972-1974) taken at a conference in Philadelphia. Seated, left to right, are A.H. Struck; Frank H. Field; Harry J. Svec; and F.E.…
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Mass Spectrometry Research Group at Exxon Research and Engineering Company
- 1973-Mar-05
Photograph of the Exxon Research and Engineering Company Mass Spectrometry Research Group on the occasion of Glyn Taylor's 30-year anniversary. Present from left are Jack L. Taylor (Laboratory Technician); Thomas Aczel…
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Installation of Mass Spectrometer 9 (MS-9) at Humble Oil and Refining Company
- 1963
Installation of the Mass Spectrometer 9 (MS-9) at the Humble Oil and Refining Company Research and Development Division laboratory located in Baytown, Texas. Present in the photograph are, from left, Henry Earle Lumpkin…
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IBM 1800 computer at Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory
- 1971-Dec-14
View of the IBM 1800 computer used to accept and process data from a mass spectrometer at the Exxon Research and Engineering Company laboratory in Baytown, Texas. This photograph was taken on the day that use of the…
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Mass Spectrometer 9 (MS-9) in use at Humble Oil and Refining Company
- 1964
Mass Spectrometer 9 (MS-9) in use at the Humble Oil and Refining Company Research and Development Division laboratory located in Baytown, Texas. At left, Henry Earle Lumpkin (Mass Spectrometrist) is seated at the…
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Model 21-103 Mass Spectrometer in use at Exxon analytical research laboratory
- 1974-May
Consolidated Engineering Corporation Model 21-103 Mass Spectrometer in use at the Exxon Research and Engineering Company analytical research laboratory located in Baytown, Texas. Laboratory Technician Glyn R. Taylor is…
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Mass Spectrometer 9 (MS-9) in use at Exxon analytical laboratory
- 1974-Jun
View of a Mass Spectrometer 9 (MS-9) in use at the Exxon Research and Engineering Company analytical laboratory located in Baytown, Texas. On the left, Research Associate Henry Earle Lumpkin operates the console while,…
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Now...a better double-beam infrared spectrophotometer...the Beckman IR-4
- 1956
Advertisement for the new IR-4 Spectrophotometer, which would be on display at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PittCon) in 1956.
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers…
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Beckman is everywhere in the hospital.
- 1974
Advertisement for the many Beckman Instruments products that are used in hospital and health services, including glucose analyzers, liquid scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, and oxygen analyzers (among many…
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Memo from Arnold O. Beckman to NTL staff
- 1950-Aug-01
This internal National Technical Laboratories memo expresses Dr. Beckman's concern that NTL is losing its place in the infrared spectrophotometer field, with a special focus on competitors Baird and Perkin-Elmer. The…
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Letter from L. M. K. Boelter to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1953-Jul-16
In this letter, Dr. Boetler thanks Arnold O. Beckman for donating several components of an EASE computer to the University of California Los Angeles's Department of Engineering. Dr. Boetler also thanks Dr. Beckman…
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Beckman Model 80 Oxygen Analyzer
- Circa 1959
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Letter from P. E. Paules to Beckman Instruments
- 1952-Apr-16
This letter to an unidentified person at Beckman Instruments, Inc. describes an omission in the Model G pH meter documentation, which does not include replacing the batteries as a possible fix for a specific problem.
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Beckman Model 620 Gas Chromatograph Programmer
- Circa 1964
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 Model 900 pH Analyzer
- Circa 1969
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Beckman Model R pH meter
- 1942 – 1959
The Model R Industrial pH Meter was first produced in 1942, although this photograph was likely taken much later.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California…
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Beckman Model 590 Exhaust Analyzer (HC/CO analyzer)
- 1973
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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Man using a Beckman Model L Continuous Flow Ultracentrifuge
- 1960s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Memo from Jan W. Haagen-Smit to John Leonard
- 1957-Nov-06
- 1957-Nov-13
In this memo, Jan Haagen-Smit includes a labeled photograph of the testing set-up for the Beckman oxygen electrode, which includes Beckman Oxygen Analyzers. The memo (but not the photograph) in this digitized image is a…
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Two significant reasons for choosing the Beckman Model 590 Infrared Exhaust Analyzer
- 1974
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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Instructions for Beckman Model G pH meter
- 1958-Oct
Owners of the Model G would have found these instructions tucked inside the lid of the wooden case surrounding the instrument.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the…
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The Age of Instrumentation
- Circa 1957
This artwork depicts the "Age of Instrumentation" as the culmination of centuries of scientific progress through five stages: Discovery, Curiosity, Analysis, Technology, and Automation. This painting was featured in the…