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Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1980-Dec-10
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture begins with an…
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman with unidentified people at a Beckman Instruments location in China
- 1981
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., China, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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August Kekulé - Catalyst of the Chemical Revolution
- 1981
Painting depicts German organic and theoretical chemist August Kekulé (1829-1896) in his classroom at the University of Ghent in the fall of 1864.
Left to right: assistant Hermann Wischelhaus, group leader Franz…
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Beckman Digital Multimeters
- Circa 1981
Multimeters are instruments capable of making multiple measurements, typically voltage, current, and resistance.
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Beckman Instruments Beijing Technical Center opening
- 1981
Identified individuals include Arnold Beckman, translator Zhan Hongqi, and China Scientific Instruments Corporation's Qian Qian.
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Beckman Microzone Plus Membranes
- Circa 1981
Made of cellulose acetate, these membranes were designed for use with Microzone Electrophoresis Systems.
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Beckman Model 42 Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1981
First produced in 1981, the Beckman Model 42 Clinical Spectrophotometer incorporated a UV/visible spectrophotometer, a microprocessor, and a printer into one unit.
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Beckman Model J-6M Centrifuge
- Circa 1981
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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Blow out your old flame
- 1981
This advertisement is laid out for folding into a mailer, with a Brea, California return address and space for a mailing label. Like many Beckman Instruments advertisements, it focuses on practical features like speed,…
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Institute for Scientific Information warehouse
- Circa 1981
A black and white photograph depicting a carrier truck backing into an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) warehouse. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
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Institute for Scientific Information warehouse
- Circa 1981
A black and white photograph depicting a view of an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) warehouse filled with cardboard boxes. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
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Institute for Scientific Information warehouse
- Circa 1981
A black and white photograph depicting a view of an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) warehouse filled with cardboard boxes. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
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Portrait of Richard A. Nesbit
- Circa 1981
Head of the Systems Division at Beckman Instruments in the 1960s. The Systems Division designed and manufactured computers and data handling systems. Nesbit went on to become vice president for research and development.
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Spinco Model J-6M/E Centrifuge
- Circa 1981
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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The Influence of R. B. Woodward on Physical Organic Chemistry
- 1981
Filmed at the Woodward Memorial Symposium held at the 1981 ACS Annual Meeting in New York City, this is a discussion between three chemists remembering R. B. Woodward: Christopher S. Foote, Jerome A. Berson, and David…
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The next industrial revolution
- 1981
This advertisement depicts Beckman Instruments as an active participant in building humanity's future through high-tech scientific instruments. Spectrophotometers, pH meters, nuclear counters, HPLC (high performance…
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Woman with Beckman Centrifuge Models J-6B and J-6M
- Circa 1981
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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Oral history interview with Donald J. Cram
- 1981-Jan-14
In this interview Donald Cram talks briefly about his family and growing up in Vermont, Florida and New York, and this is followed by a description of his experiences at Rollins College and his start in the world of…
- Interviewee Cram, Donald J.
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Cram, Donald J., Interviews, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Chemistry
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Oral history interview with Frank R. Mayo
- 1981-Jan-21
In this interview Dr. Frank Mayo first discusses his educational career as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Chicago. He then traces his professional career as a research chemist with Du Pont,…
- Interviewee Mayo, Frank R. (Rea), 1908-1987
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Kharasch, M. S. (Morris Selig), 1895-1957, General Electric Company. Research Laboratory, Stanford Research Institute, University of Chicago, United States Rubber Company, Chemists, Mayo, Frank R. (Rea), 1908-1987, Chemists--Biography, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Oral history interview with Andrew Streitwieser
- 1981-Jan-22
Andrew Streitwieser begins this interview by describing his family, early education, and undergraduate days at Columbia University. He then discusses his graduate education at Columbia, stressing the influence of…
- Interviewee Streitwieser, Andrew, 1927-
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Streitweiser, Andrew, 1927-, Molecular orbitals, Chemistry, Organic, Chemists, Chemistry--Research, Chemistry, Organic--Research
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Oral history interview with Donald S. Noyce
- 1981-Jan-22
Donald Noyces comments on his childhood in Iowa, his years at Grinnell College, his experience at Columbia University as a graduate student, and his position at the University of California at Berkeley. Noyce also…
- Interviewee Noyce, Donald S. (Donald Sterling), 1923-2004
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Noyce, Donald S. (Donald Sterling), 1923-2004, Chemists, Chemists--Biography
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Beckman Instruments plant: St. Louis, Missouri
- 1981-Feb
Parking lot and front entrance of the Beckman Instruments, Inc. plant in St. Louis, Missouri during the winter.
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Station wagons, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Snow
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Beckman Introduces Moisture/Relative Humidity Transmitters and Sensors
- 1981-May-01
The press release announces the addition of Series 83 Relative Humidity and Temperature Climate Sensors and Series 54 Moisture/Temperature Transmitters to its Hygroline product line.
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Beckman Rheumatoid Factor Assay System Provides Quantitative Measurement
- 1981-May-01
The press release announces an assay for precisely measuring, rather than estimating, rheumatoid factor.
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Beckman Has Sample Conditioning System for Combustion Flue Gases
- 1981-May-05
The Beckman 743 System conditioned combustion flue gases for oxygen analysis.