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Direct inlet probe system for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
General view of the direct inlet probe system designed for use with a Bendix Corporation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Component parts of the system include a vacuum system header, filament, crucible, and sample…
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Bendix Magnetic Electron Multiplier
- 1960s
Close-up view of a Bendix Corporation Magnetic Electron Multiplier designed for use with the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS) was the flagship analytical instrument…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Close-up view of the ion source for a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample material for…
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Residual gas analyzer for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
General view of a residual gas analyzer designed for use with a Bendix Corporation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Component parts of the analyzer include an ion source, drift tube, magnetic electron multiplier, and…
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48 items
Corporate Board of Directors Visit to Beckman Instruments plant in Scotland
- 1960
This scrapbook documents a September 20, 1960 Board of Directors visit to the Beckman plant in Glenrothes, Fife in Scotland. The book contains a map and several photographs of news stories related to Beckman's Scotland…
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47 items
Glenrothes Bulletin
- 1960-Oct
The Glenrothes Bulletin Vol. 6, No. 8, October 1960 includes community news, letters to the editor, opinion pieces, advertisements, and, on page 17, an article about Beckman Instruments, Inc.'s 25th anniversary.
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7 items
Notes for Lord Craigton's speech at Beckman Instruments, Inc.'s 25th anniversary dinner
- 1960-Sep
These notes, intended for distribution to the press, were used for a toast delivered by Lord Craigton, C.B.E., Minister of State for Scotland, on the occasion of Beckman Instruments, Inc.’s 25th Anniversary.
- Creator Of Work Scotland. Ministry of State
- Subject Factories, Scotland--Glenrothes, International trade, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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5 items
Beckman Instruments, Inc. 25th Anniversary Dinner invitation
- 1960
An invitation to an anniversary dinner held on September 20, 1960 at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. In addition to a menu (featuring such delicacies as Tortue Verte Boulevard Pasadena and Soufflé Surprise à la…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Anniversaries, Menus, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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48 items
Beckman Model DB Spectrophotometer Instruction Manual
- 1960
The Beckman DB spectrophotometer was a double beam model, which allowed for comparison between two light paths: a reference and the sample being measured.
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56 items
Final Study Report - Lunar Compositional Analysis
- 1961-Jul-08
Beckman's Space Engineering Group designed and built "the Moonspoon," a prototype instrument to sample and analyze lunar soil via absorption spectroscopy.
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Letter from James C. Sternberg to Dr. Vince Guinn
- 1965-Jul-02
In this letter, James C. Sternberg discusses details for Guinn's participation in a Technical Roundtable.
Vincent P. Guinn (1917-2002) was a chemist who began studying radiochemistry at the Oak Ridge Institute. He…
- Addressee Guinn, Vince
- Author Sternberg, James C.
- Subject Communication in science, Guinn, Vincent P., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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17 items
Preliminary Design Proposal for a Lunar Surface Analyzer
- 1960
Beckman's Space Engineering Group designed and built "the Moonspoon," a prototype instrument to sample and analyze lunar soil via absorption spectroscopy.
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128 items
Robert Bruce Merrifield notebook
- 1959-May-26 – 1960-Jan-25
Notebook #321 kept by Robert Bruce Merrifield from May 26, 1959 through January 25, 1960 in which he sets out his general conception of solid phase peptide synthesis. This work earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in…
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Kenner's Girder & Panel Hydro-Dynamic Building Set No. 11
- 1960 – 1965
- Manufacturer Kenner Products
- Subject Educational toys--Design and construction
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Skil-Craft No. 430 Microscope Chem Lab
- 1960 – 1969
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Skil-Craft Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Skil-Craft Corporation
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Letter from Charles Coulson to Harrison Shull, 1961
- 1961-Apr-26
Concerns Coulson's desire to find a postdoctoral position for a former student, Peter Robinson, in America.
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Lionel-Porter Biocraft Biology Lab
- 1961
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company, Lionel Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Biology, Porter Chemical Company, Lionel Corporation
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Skil-Craft Biology Lab No. 802P
- 1960
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Skil-Craft Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Biology, Skil-Craft Corporation
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Skil-Craft Microscope Lab Case
- 1963 – 1969
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Skil-Craft Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Skil-Craft Corporation
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Skil-Craft No. 506 Senior Chemistry Lab Case
- 1965 – 1969
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Skil-Craft Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Skil-Craft Corporation
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Arnold Beckman, flanked by two unidentified men, receiving the Arthur Noble Civics Medal
- Part of Arnold Beckman at award dinners
- 1964-May
Arnold Beckman, flanked by two unidentified men, receiving the City of Pasadena's Arthur Noble Civics Medal.
- Photographer Jeffrey, Bob
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Award presentations
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Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry, 1963
- 1963-Jul-22 – 1963-Jul-26
Group photograph of attendees at the Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry held in New Hampton, New Hampshire in July 1963. Included with the photograph are a hand-drawn key and name list identifying the…
- Creator Of Work Gordon Research Conferences
- Subject Gordon Research Conferences, Portraits, Group, Congresses and conventions
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First Day Cover commemorating Niels Bohr and the 50th anniversary of Bohr's atom theory
- 1963-Nov-21
Stamps depict Niels Bohr, the equation for the Bohr frequency condition (an equation relating to light frequency and electrons), and a diagram of the Bohr model of a hydrogen atom.
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Greek postage stamp commemorating Democritus
- Circa 1961
Stamp from the inauguration of Democritus Nuclear Research Centre in Agia Paraskevi. Depicts ancient Greek philosopher Democritus and a model of an atom.
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 5th International Biochemical Congress, Moscow
- 1961
Stamp depicts chemical glassware, electron microscope, molecule, and microscopic view of cell.