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Beckman Model 930 Air Comparison Pycnometer
- 1960s
Pycnometers are used for making density/volume measurements of solids using gas displacement. The Model 930 was marketed as early as 1961.
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Beckman Model GC2 Gas Chromatograph
- 1960s
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 Zeromatic pH Meter Model 960
- 1968
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/Spinco Model L2-65B Ultracentrifuge
- 1967
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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Beckman DB Spectrophotometer
- 1967
The Beckman DB was a double beam model, which allowed for comparison between two light paths: a reference and the sample being measured.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hamilton Standard Oxygen Sensor Backpack
- 1969
This backpack may have been used on manned spaceflight missions likely includes an oxygen sensor or analyzer built by Beckman Instruments.
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William Birnbaum with a Phonocardiogram System
- Circa 1965
Electronics Engineer William Birnbaum demonstrates a Phonocardiogram System (including at Type 531 Oscilloscope), manufactured by Beckman Instruments. This instrument was used on at least one of the Project Gemini…
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Robert Gafford with Cardiovascular Reflex Conditioning System
- Circa 1965
Dr. Robert Gafford, a project manager for Beckman Instruments, holds a Cardiovascular Reflex Conditioning System. This instrument was used aboard at least one of the Project Gemini manned spaceflights in 1965-1966 in an…
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Chuck Kayser with oscilloscope
- Circa 1965
Kayser, a Beckman Instruments project engineer, is holding electroencephalograph electrodes and a signal conditioner. This oscilloscope-based device was used aboard at least one of the Gemini spacecrafts to monitor…
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Helipot trimmers and resistors
- 1950 – 1969
Shown with a pen for scale. These were likely manufactured by the Helipot Division.
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Postage stamp commemorating the sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1969
Stamp depicts a sugar refinery along with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II in gold.
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First Day Cover commemorating the XV Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale
- 1969
Cachet depicts a light beam passing through a prism to create a spectrum. Stamp depicts colors of the spectrum. The 15th Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale was held May 26-30, 1969 in Madrid, Spain.
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Iraqi postage stamp commemorating the 6th Annual Arab Petroleum Congress, Baghdad
- 1967
Depicts oil derrick, pipeline, and emblem of the 6th Annual Arab Petroleum Congress held in Baghdad, Iraq in March 1967.
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Italian postage stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of Enrico Fermi's first nuclear chain reaction
- 1967
Depicts Enrico Fermi with nuclear test pile (reactor).
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German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber
- After 1950 – before 1995
Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…
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First Day Cover and Polish postage stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- Circa 1967
Cachet and purple stamp depict a statue of Marie Curie, while the red stamp depicts Curie herself.
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women in physics, Women scientists, Poland, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Postage stamps, Physicists, Women Nobel Prize winners, Chemists
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First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1968-Nov-06
Cachet depicts a tree-lined street. On left side of stamp, a patient is shown receiving radium treatments, while a portrait of Marie Curie is depicted on the right.
- Contributor India Posts and Telegraphs
- Printer India Security Press
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Radium--Therapeutic use, India, Women scientists, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Postage stamps, Women physicists, Women in physics, First day covers (Philately), Women Nobel Prize winners
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First Day Cover commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1966
Cachet and stamp depict Albert Einstein. Cachet also depicts Einstein's formula for mass-energy equivalence and is from the Prominent Americans Series. The postmark is from Princeton, New Jersey.
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Postage stamp from Monaco commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1967
Stamp depicts a profile of Marie Curie along with various scientific instruments.
- Artist Lambert, Perrette
- Engraver Pheulpin, Jean
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Monaco, Women in physics, Women scientists, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Postage stamps, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Paraguayan postage stamp commemorating Albert Einstein
- 1965
Depicts Albert Einstein with his formula for special relativity, along with a rocket. Stamp was part of a series that also included Newton, Copernicus, and Galileo.
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First Day Cover commemorating August Kekule
- 1966-Sep-07
Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz was a German organic and theoretical chemist, whose most famous work was determining the structure of benzene. The FDC features Kekule on the cachet, a postmark depicting the…
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Postage stamp commemorating the Natural Rubber Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1968
- 1968
Stamp was issued on the occasion of a Natural Rubber Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1968. It depicts a space-filling model of isoprene and a representation of the traditional way of collecting natural…
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Romanian postage stamp commemorating Expo '67 in Montreal
- 1967
Depicts logo for Expo '67 inside a diagram of an atom (diagram may represent an orbiting spacecraft).
- Artist I. Druga, G. Bozianu
- Subject Romania, Exhibitions, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating 1965 IUPAC meeting in Moscow
- 1965-Jun-15
Stamp issued to publicize the 20th Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), held in Moscow, July 12-18. The names of both the organization and the host city are spelled with chemical…