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Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Frank Stodola
- 1942-Jul-06
Written by Joshua Lederberg while 17 years old, seeking permission to take Stodola's Chem s42C course, despite not having taken the necessary prerequisites.
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National Technical Laboratories Christmas Party
- 1942-Dec-24
A company Christmas party for which NTL staff were encouraged to compete in some kind of model building contest.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Employees, Beckman, Arnold O., Christmas, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Staff at National Technical Laboratories Christmas party
- 1942-Dec-24
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Approximate calibration curve for routine infrared spectrophotometer
- 1942-Oct-22
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Spectrophotometer--Calibration, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Blueprints, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Dispersion data for routine infrared spectrophotometer
- 1942-Sep-17
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Blueprints, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Dispersion--Measurement
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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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Unequalled for Precise Research and Analytical Work
- 1940s
This advertisement for the Model G pH meter highlights the different electrodes that could be used with it. The Model G was Beckman Instruments's first commercial pH meter.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in…
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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)
- After 1920 – 1944
Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), inventor of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
- Manufacturer Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Portrait photography, Inventors, Bakelite, Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944, Plastics
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Pauling Oxygen Analyzer
- 1940s
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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Interior of Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer
- 1940s
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
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Demonstration of a Beckman Model B Spectrophotometer
- 1940s
An unidentified man with a tattoo on his forearm has removed the case of a Model B DU Spectrophotometer in order to demonstrate its functions to three other (also unidentified) men.
The first Beckman Instruments DU…
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Dumbell part of Pauling Oxygen Meter
- 1940s
This glass dumbbell was key to the functioning of the Pauling Oxygen Meter, although production was tricky and originally required a human glass blower to shape the hollow ends of the tiny dumbbell with puffs of breath.…
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Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer with glass lid
- Circa 1942
The IR-1 Spectrophotometer was developed by Beckman Instruments, Inc. in 1942 as a secret project for the United States' Office of Rubber Reserve for use in creating artificial rubber during World War II. The IR-1 was…
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Beckman IR-1 spectrophotometer with glass lid
- Circa 1942
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…