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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,…

  • 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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  Advertisements

  Move a step ahead in time with the new pHASAR I

  • 1973

  This advertisement for the Beckman Instruments' pHASAR I pH meter is staged on the set of the 1973 science fiction television show, Search.

  Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…

  • Creator Of Work N.W. Ayer & Son, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science fiction television programs, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  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