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Unidentified men with Beckman Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1966
Also known as the DK-2 Spectrophotometer, this model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. These men are likely part of the team that designed the instrument.
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Beckman Model DB-G Spectrophotometer
- 1960s
Produced in the 1960s, the DB-G was a single-beam grating (as opposed to a prism) ultraviolet spectrophotometer.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still…
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Letter from James C. Sternberg to Dr. Juan Ramirez-Munoz
- 1965-Jul-02
Letter regarding a Technical Roundtable hosted by Beckman Instruments to foster dialogue and innovation within the chemical analysis field in California in the 1960s.
- Addressee Ramirez-Munoz, Juan
- Author Sternberg, James C.
- Subject Hispanic American scientists, Beckman Instruments, Inc., California, Scientists
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Memo from James C. Sternberg to T. E. Kristofferson
- 1965-Aug-06
Dr. Sternberg does not believe that Perkin-Elmer, Inc. can patent a flame ionization detector, as their instrument would be too similar to the one described in this German patent. The Perkin-Elmer instrument would be in…
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Memo from R. Little and J. Sternberg to Wilbur Kaye
- 1965-Sep-21
This internal Beckman Instruments memo documents some of the difficulties of developing a portable glucose monitor. Items under consideration include a digital read out, whole blood versus dialysis or protein…
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Memo from James C. Sternberg to R. J. Steinmeyer
- 1967-Jan-26
This internal Beckman Instruments memo was written just as the first five research prototypes for the new Glucose Analyzer were being sent to external laboratories for evaluation. Dr. Sternberg questions the Beckman…
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Description of Beckman Glucose Analyzer
- 1969-Jun-16
Description of the Beckman Glucose Analyzer written by Dr. James Sternberg. This draft was sent to another Beckman Instruments' employee for feedback, with the ultimate intention of using it in a magazine article and…
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Aeronautical Materials Laboratory test site trailer
- Circa 1966
Three chemists from the Naval Air Engineering Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) posed in front of the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory test site trailer bound for Florida. The chemists are identified as follows (from left):…
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Rubber Laboratory at the National Air Engineering Center
- 1965-Aug-04
General view of the Rubber Laboratory at the National Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. At left, Technician Armand Rindone operates an unidentified machine before a group of observers. The…
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Polymer Laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center
- 1968-Apr-19
Group photograph taken to mark the development of the NARPOL aircraft coating system at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory, Polymer Division. NARPOL is a partially fluorinated…
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Retirement ceremony in honor of Edward K. Rishel
- 1968-Apr-22
Retirement ceremony in honor of Edward K. Rishel, chemist at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeromaterials Laboratory. Rishel (center left) holds a certificate reading "Honorably Retired as a Civilian Employee of the…
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Retirement dinner in honor of George B. Cook
- 1965-Nov-18
Retirement dinner in honor of George B. Cook, the first chemist to join the Naval Air Engineering Center's aircraft factory in Philadelphia. Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr. (center) is seen presenting Mr. Cook…
- Creator Of Work United States. Navy, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.)
- Subject Employees, Retirement, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.)
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Research chemist in the Aeromaterials laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center
- Circa 1965
Research chemist Stanley Supkis using a distillation apparatus in the Aeromaterials laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center (Philadelphia, Pa.).
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Laboratory staff examines first batches of new polymers
- 1968-Apr-19
Laboratory staff in the High Polymer Division of the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeromaterials Laboratory examining the first batches of new NARPOL polymers used to coat aircraft metals. The individuals in the…
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Award presentation in honor of Sally J. Ketcham
- Circa 1965
Award ceremony in honor of Sally J. Ketcham, Metallurgist at the Naval Air Engineering Center located in Johnsville, Pennsylvania. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): J. Hartley…
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Patent award ceremony in honor of John Ohlson
- 1965
Patent award ceremony at the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory in honor of John Ohlson. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): Bob Lamson (chemist); John Ohlson (patent award…
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Polymer laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center
- Circa 1966
Group photograph of staff members at the Naval Air Engineering Center Polymer laboratory. At left, chemist Irving Custis is seen demonstrating a machine used in the production of polymers at the laboratory. The…
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Why crystal gaze... you can start closing loops now with a Beckman 112 Data Processing System
- 1960s
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were developed by their Berkeley Division as early as 1953. The company produced analog computers -- also called automation, data reduction, or data handling systems -- for the…
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Sargent Molecular Model Kit
- 1955 – 1965
White cardboard box with blue writing; contains black, blue, yellow, red, and green spheres as well as wooden and metal connectors.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are…
- Manufacturer E.H. Sargent and Company
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Letter from R. Buckminster Fuller to Theodore Benfey
- 1967-Jun-21
Regarding receipt of Benfey's book, "Chemical Prehistory of the Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Icosahedron, and Hexagon."
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Letter from John D. Bernal to Theodor Benfey
- 1967-Feb-13
Acknowledgement of letter from Benfey concerning references to assist Bernal with a forthcoming paper in the "Journal of Molecular Biology."
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Letter from Joel H. Hildebrand to Theodor Benfey
- 1965-May-11
Concerns possibility of publishing a manuscript of Hildebrand's, titled, "Order from Chaos."
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Letter from Melvin Calvin to Frank Stodola
- 1965-Apr-28
Concerns Stodola's request for a photograph of Calvin, as well as congratulating Stodola on winning the Pasteur Award for 1965.
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Letter from George Olah to Paul Bartlett
- 1966-Oct-12
Concerns two manuscripts submitted for publication by Olah.
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Helipot potentiometers with eggshells
- 1960s
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products. The text on the label identifies the products as Series 7260 multi-turn, wirewound potentiometers and the…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Eggshells, Beckman Instruments, Inc.