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Plastic extrusion machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of Joseph Maurer pouring ethyl cellulose into the hopper of a plastic extrusion machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. In the machine, the ethyl cellulose was heated and then…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Plastics--Extrusion, Machinery
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Ed Reis working with wire-cutting spool rack at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1954
General view of employee Ed Reis guiding plastic insulated wire from spool rack to cutting board during the manufacture of electric blasting caps at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Prior to…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Reis, Ed
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Harold Struber and Art Slater cutting and bundling wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1954
General view of employees Harold Struber (background) and Art Slater (foreground) cutting and bundling wires during the assembly of electric blasting caps at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York.
…- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Struber, Harold, Slater, Art
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Employees working with electric blasting cap shells at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employees removing loaded blasting cap shells from trays and transferring them to racks for final assembly at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The individuals in the photograph…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Palen, Robert, Schussler, John, Miller, Leo
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The Development of pH Instrumentation
- 1950-Apr
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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D2 Oxygen Analyzer for Safe Oxygen Therapy
- Product Data Sheet O2—8120
- 1950s
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,…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Oxygen electrode diagram
- Dwg. No. 11098
- 1957
This electrode was first used inside Beckman Instruments pH meters and later in many other instruments.
- Creator Of Work Frey, D.
- Subject Electrodes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Electrodes, Glass, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Infrared Spectrophotometer Model IR-2
- 1946 – 1955
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 Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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The Three Missing Decades
- 1954-Sep-26
These handwritten notes on glass electrodes appear to be signed Noel B. Brayman.
Glass electrodes were used in Beckman pH meters and various other instruments.
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An Area-Wide Plan of Action to Eliminate Air Pollution
- A Policy Statement by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
- 1955-Sep-29
This trifold brochure lays out the scientific findings about the problem of smog in Los Angeles, as well as a plan for action, progress to date, and a request for cooperation.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became…
- Creator Of Work Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
- Subject Air quality management, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Air--Pollution
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Beckman Helipot Plant, South Pasadena, California
- Circa 1950
This is Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still National Technical Laboratories) to keep…
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Infrared Notes: IR4: New Infrared Instrument
- Vol. 2, No. 1
- 1956
The brochure discusses the IR-4 spectrophotometer, scheduled for introduction at the Pittsburgh Conference. It also includes brief profiles of the "New Infrared Team": Lee Cahn, William Ward, Norbert Kabuss, and Joseph…
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Beckman Infrared Notes: Battelle Uses 175 Foot Long Air Path in Smog Studies
- Circa 1955
The brochure discusses the use of the IR-2 spectrophotometer in an air pollution study. Though undated, the referenced instrument models and logo narrow the date of the brochure's publication to somewhere between the…
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Beckman Facilities, Munich, Germany
- Circa 1953
- 1955
- 1956
The construction of Beckman's Munich plant began in 1953. It housed the company's first overseas subsidiary, Beckman Instruments GmbH, and was the first U.S. plant built in Bavaria following World War II.
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- Photographer Bertram, Hans
- Subject Factories, Construction projects, Portraits, Group, Aerial photographs, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Willard King working with pilot plant apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Willard King working with an apparatus used for pilot plant operations at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research…
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Wilbur Myers testing cracking and dehydrogenation apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Wilbur Myers testing large-scale cracking and dehydrogenation processes on an apparatus in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Cracking process, Dow Chemical Company, Dehydrogenation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Polymers, Myers, Wilbur
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Ray Kent conducting high polymer study at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Ray Kent checking a polymer operation at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the Plastics Production…
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Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Distillation apparatus, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Bayne, Richard
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Willard Van Wingerden performing instrument maintenance at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Willard Van Wingerden performing maintenance on a specialty instrument in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Van Wingerden, Willard
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8 items
Beckman Model R Paper Electrophoresis System
- Circa 1954
Electrophoresis in general uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding affinity. This instrument, developed by Spinco in 1954, contained three…
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Beckman Model E Analytical Ultracentrifuge
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Instruction Manual, IR-2A Infrared Spectrophotometer
- 1956-Aug
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 Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 144 UV Photometer
- 1950 – 1979
Photometers measure the intensity of light or optical properties (like illuminance and fluorescence) of surfaces and solutions.
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Memo from T. H. Lotze to L. R. Pugh
- Precision pH control by precision buffer control
- 1952-Feb-25
The memo describes problems Eastman Kodak encountered with buffer solutions and the suggestion that the Model H-2 pH meter might be adapted for Kodak's applications. Lotze appears to be the creator of images as well as…
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Memo from Raymond I. Schiff to William Newton
- Model G Product Meeting Recommended Design Changes for Cost Reduction
- 1956-Oct-10
The memo discusses cost reductions to the Model G pH meter and is extensively annotated.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an…