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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…
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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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Beckman Airfuge centrifuge
- 1975 – 1984
This particular model of centrifuge was air-driven.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
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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…
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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,…
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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.
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Woman using a Beckman ASTRA 8 Automated Stat Routine Analyzer
- Circa 1978
The Astra 8 analyzer used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries." It was controlled by a microprocessor with 52K bytes of memory.
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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)…