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  Business correspondence

  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.

  • Addressee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Author Westheimer, Frank H.
  • Subject Benfey, Theodor, 1809-1881, Westheimer, Frank H., Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987, Ingold, Christopher
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  Business correspondence

  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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  Business correspondence

  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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  Photographs

  Beckman Skylab Metabolic Gas Analyzer

  • Circa 1970

  A full-scale model of a gas analysis instrument made by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) in 1968 for the Martin-Marietta Corporation for potential use on the Skylab space station. This…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Skylab Program, Respiration--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Helipot Division: Workshop

  • 1970s

  Women employees and technicians assemble Helipot products at benches. The Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments mostly produced potentiometers and other electrical components.

  Potentiometers regulate the flow of…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Electronic industries, Workshops, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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  Photographs

  Helipot Division: Workshop

  • 1970s

  Women employees and technicians assemble Helipot products at benches. The Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments mostly produced potentiometers and other electrical components.

  Potentiometers regulate the flow of…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Electronic industries, Workshops, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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  Photographs

  Beckman Model C2 Oxygen Analyzer

  • 1970s

  This oxygen analyzer is being used to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth…

  • Photographer Armstrong & Hess
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Food--Packaging--Safety measures, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees, Employees, African Americans, African American men
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  Photographs

  Crompton & Knowles Computer Fashion Shades

  • 1970s

  Employees Matt Quigley (left) and Tom Balchin (right) holding a copy of the "Crompton & Knowles Computer Fashion Shades" catalog. This photograph was taken at the Crompton & Knowles Customer Service Laboratory in…

  • Contributor Feeman, James
  • Subject Dye industry, Employees, Dyes and dyeing, Crompton & Knowles Corporation
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  Photographs

  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…

  • Subject Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Petroleum chemicals industry, Mass spectrometry, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Lumpkin, Henry Earle, 1920-, IBM 1800 (Computer), Laboratories
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  Photographs

  EPA Acetylene Monitor

  • 1970s

  Twenty-five EPA stations were outfitted with this monitor for the St. Louis Regional Air Pollution Study in the early 1970s.

  Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of…

  • Subject United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Indoor air pollution--Measurement, Acetylene--Spectra, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman Model 6800 Air Quality Chromatograph

  • 1970s

  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,…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Gas chromatography--Instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Air--Pollution--Measurement
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  Photographs

  Beckman BUN Analyzer and Glucose Analyzer

  • 1970s

  Photographer's proofs of a woman posing in a laboratory with a Beckman Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Analyzer and Glucose Analyzer.

  • Subject Urea--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Beckman Auto Exhaust Analyzer attached to a Georgia Tech "clean air" car

  • 1970

  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…

  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Georgia Institute of Technology, Motor vehicles--Pollution control devices, Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Air--Pollution--Measurement
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  Advertisements

  Congratulations to the winners in the Beckman oldest pH meter contest

  • 1971

  Congratulations to CalTech, who in 1971 had the oldest Beckman Instruments pH meter still in operating condition according to this advertisement. The Model F was introduced in 1936 and the Model G in 1937, back when…

  • Creator Of Work N.W. Ayer & Son, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Contests, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Beckman HC/CO Tester in use measuring automobile exhaust

  • 1970s

  A man in a lab coat and a woman with a clipboard record the readings of an HC/CO Tester attached to the tailpipe of an automobile. This instrument measures the levels of hydrocarbons (HCs) and carbon monoxide (CO)…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas, Automobiles--Pollution control devices, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Automobiles, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women in science