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Beckman Dissolved O2 System
- 1965
This system for measuring dissolved oxygen was developed for NASA for use in orbital environments.
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Beckman EEG Modules
- 1965
Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain. These were developed for NASA, for monitoring astronauts' brain activity.
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Every fashion needs a stocking all its own!
- 1960s
Color print magazine advertisement for DuPont dyed nylon stockings. Image depicts the legs of four women in colorful stockings.
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Beckman DB-GT Grating Spectrophotometer
- 1960s
Produced in the 1960s, the DB-G was a single-beam grating (as opposed to a prism) ultraviolet spectrophotometer.
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Beckman DB-G Grating Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1965
Produced in the 1960s, the DB-G was a single-beam grating (as opposed to a prism) ultraviolet spectrophotometer.
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Beckman Model LS-16 Liquid Scintillation Counter
- 1969
Beckman introduced the LS-16 system in 1969.
Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator, which will emit photons in the presence of…
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Beckman Expandomatic SS-2 pH Meter
- Circa 1968
The Expandomatic SS-2 was designed for the detection of very small changes in pH and use in potentiometric and polarization titrations.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…
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Beckman Model C2 Oxygen Analyzer with Headspace Sampler
- 1960 – 1979
A Beckman oxygen analyzer and Precision Scientific Company sampler help to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an…
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Beckman Microzone Model R-110 Densitometer, Duostat power supply, and electrophoresis cell
- 1960s
Beckman introduced a Microzone Electrophoresis System in 1964 and the Model R-110 Microzone Densitometer in 1967.
Densitometers measure density by scanning electrophoresis media.
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Beckman Dynograph Recorder Type RP
- 1969-Jun
Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
- Photographer Gordon Carson Photography
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Arnold O. Beckman Oxygen Analyzer
- Circa 1965
It is unclear how this model of oxygen analyzer relates to the instrument invented by Linus Pauling (and produced by Beckman) during World War II.
- Photographer Kassler Studios
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Zeromatic II pH meter, with two workers at benches in the background
- Circa 1966
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 Biological Data System
- 1969
Instruments in a display at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) trade show. This system consists of a Type S-II Dynograph Recorder and a BMSD cabinet that contains an oscilloscope and a…
- Photographer Stoen Photos, Inc.
- Subject Medical technology, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 448 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1969
Beckman's Model 448 Integral Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer was a single-beam, single-pass instrument with a flame emission mode.
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Beckman Marking & Tracking Spectrophotometer
- 1967
This instrument may have been produced by Advanced Technology Operations, based upon the style of its label, though the Space Engineering Group did not appear to have any U.S. Air Force contracts in 1967.
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Helipot Potentiometers and Dials
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman DIP Resistor Networks
- 1950 – 1969
Resistor networks combine several resistors into a single component. Dual in-line package (DIP) networks are rectangular in shape, with two parallel rows of pins for through-hole mounting to a circuit board.
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Beckman Microzone Densitometer with other instruments
- 1960s
Beckman introduced a Microzone Electrophoresis System in 1964 and the Model R-110 Microzone Densitometer in 1967.
Densitometers measure density by scanning electrophoresis media. The other instruments in this image…
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Beckman Glucose Analyzer
- Circa 1969
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…
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Beckman Model 915-B Tocamaster Total Organic Carbon Computational System
- Circa 1968
The Model 915 converted samples to carbon dioxide and used a non-dispersive infrared analyzer to determine the total carbon and inorganic carbon. Organic carbon was determined as the difference between those values.
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Carbon--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman DSA-560 Discrete Sample Analyzer
- Circa 1968
The DSA-560 Discrete Sample Analyzer, introduced in 1968, was Beckman's first clinical chemistry analyzer. It was capable of processing 100 samples per hour and used in the analysis of blood serum, urine, and drinking…
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Industrial Instruments Type DR51D Decade Resistance
- 1950 – 1969
In 1965, Beckman Instruments acquired Industrial Instruments, Inc. The Cedar Grove, New Jersey-based company manufactured solution conductivity analyzers and other industrial instruments.
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Industrial Instruments Model RN-3 Wheatstone Bridge
- Circa 1965
Wheatstone bridge electrical circuits provide extremely accurate measurements of resistance by comparing known resistance values with the unknown resistance of one leg of the circuit. Arnold Beckman incorporated…