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Beckman Model 120C Amino Acid Analyzer
- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography. The 120C was marketed as a "classic" instrument, referred to often in…
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Double flask for demonstrating anaerobic fermentation
- 1939 – 1967 (Date span attributed to photograph)
Photograph of a double flask used by French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to demonstrate anaerobic fermentation, as displayed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Per notations…
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Beckman Model 762 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1954 – 1969
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,…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model IR-315 Infrared Analyzer and Amplifier
- 1960s
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…
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Spinco Model 120B Amino Acid Analyzer
- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography.
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Spinco Model 120C Amino Acid Analyzer
- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography.
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Spinco Model 116 Amino Acid Analyzer
- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer allowed users to quickly perform amino acid chromatography. The Model 116 was a more modular instrument, marketed to customers with lighter…
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Spinco Model 119 Amino Acid Analyzer
- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer allowed users to quickly perform amino acid chromatography. This is a related, contemporary model.
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Two women using a Model F Coulter Counter
- 1960s
Based on the Coulter principle, the Coulter Counter quantifies and sizes particles suspended in a fluid, like blood cells, bacteria, and a wide variety of other substances. The instrument works by drawing liquid…
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Portrait of Dr. Earl Stannard Herald (1914-1973)
- Circa 1963
Dr. Herald was an American ichthyologist. He is pictured on the set of the California Academy of Sciences television show, Science in Action, which he hosted from 1952-1966, when production ended.
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Simpson Instruments, Incorporated – Meter Seminar
- 1963-Sep-17
Simpson Instruments has manufactured meters since the 1930s. At the time of this photograph, they were making a custom meter for use on NASA's Apollo Project. As Beckman Instruments was also producing instrumentation…
- Subject Electric meters, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Saturn H2 Gas Detection System
- Circa 1963
This prototype polarographic hydrogen detector was developed by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) in 1963 for use in NASA's Saturn Rocket Program. This instrument measured the partial pressure of…
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Beckman Instruments Patent Office Show
- 1960
Unidentified men at the Beckman Instruments booth at the Patent Office Show.
- Photographer Vanguard Photography
- Subject United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Spaceborne Cabin Analyzer
- Circa 1961
This gas chromatograph prototype was made by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It would continuously monitor and provide readouts for up to eight…
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Laboratory and Biostat Photosynthetic Gas Exchange System
- 1964
This system was created in 1964 by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group for the United States Air Force's School of Aerospace Medicine. This prototype photosynthetic gas exchanger could support two adult, human…
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Parotid gland secretion study
- Circa 1964
This study was developed for NASA by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) in 1964. The SEG developed the prototype hardware required to store and analyze saliva from astronauts as part of monitoring their…
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Beckman Biosatellite O2 system
- 1964
This oxygen monitoring equipment was made by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) for NASA's Biosatellite Program under a subcontract to Hamilton Standard Division of United Aircraft Corporation. This…
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Remote detection of personnel study
- Circa 1964
The unidentified system in this photograph was part of a study made by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) for the United States Air Force in 1964, investigating the feasibility of remote detection of…
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Portrait of Henry Bohn Haas (1902-1987)
- 1960s – circa
Portrait of Henry Bohn Haas (1902-1987), a specialist in organic chemistry who is credited with the discovery of gas chromatography. Haas was born in Huntington, Ohio and received his doctorate from Ohio State in 1925.…
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1964
- 1964-Oct-22
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning the eventual disposal of Mulliken's reprint file.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1964
- 1964-Oct-06
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning reprints and the Cosmos Club.
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Joseph O. Hirschfelder
- 1963-Apr-11
Concerns a previous letter Hirschfelder sent to Robert G. Parr. Parr, Robert Karplus, Harrison Shull, and W. T. Simpson were cc'd on the letter.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1962
- 1962-May-28
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists, concerning updates on matters related to a Gordon Research Conference.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1962
- 1962-May-16
Letter between Harrison Shull and Robert S. Mulliken, American quantum chemists.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists, Moccia, Roberto
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1962
- 1962-Apr-11
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning the work of Dr. F. A. Matsen on a "machine program for valence bond calculations," as well as program planning for an upcoming…
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Cyanamid European Research Institute, Ions, Shull, Harrison, Biochemists, Intermolecular forces, Intermolecular forces--Computer simulation, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Jorgensen, Christopher Klixbull, Physicists, Valence (Theoretical chemistry), Matsen, F.A. (Frederick Albert), 1914-