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Beckman System 1 Glucose/BUN Analyzer
- 1974 – 1989
This instrument, introduced in 1974, can run both blood glucose and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) analyses.
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical…
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Beckman Φ line of pH meters
- 1980s
The models in this image are the Φ10, Φ11, and Φ12.
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…
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Beckman Appraise Clinical Densitometer
- 1980s
This instrument measured density by scanning electrophoresis media. The Appraise debuted in 1984.
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Beckman Φ10 pH Meter
- 1980s
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 Phi 71 pH Meter
- 1980s
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 System AA Computing Integrator for Amino Acid Analysis and System AA Channel Module
- 1980s
Beckman's AA Amino Acid Analysis systems debuted in 1985.
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Beckman Model L7-65 Ultracentrifuge
- 1980s
Beckman's L7-65 ultracentrifuge was released in 1987.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
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Beckman Optima XL-90 Ultracentrifuge
- 1989 – 1998
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 Appraise Densitometer with gel view box
- 1980s
This component (on the left) was part of the Appraise Densitometer System, an instrument which measures density by scanning electrophoresis media. The Appraise debuted in 1984.
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Beckman Model LS-6000-TA Liquid Scintillator
- 1989 – 1998
Beckman introduced the LS-6000 series in 1989.
Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator, which will emit photons in the presence…
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Spinco AccuSpin FR Centrifuge
- 1980s
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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Spinco AccuSpin Centrifuge
- 1980s
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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Spinco System AA Computing Integrator for Amino Acid Analysis
- 1980s
Beckman's AA Amino Acid Analysis systems debuted in 1985.
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Woman posing with Spinco Microfuge 11 and Microfuge 12
- 1980s
Beckman introduced the Microfuge 11 and 12 centrifuges in 1981.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or…
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Spinco Microfuge E Centrifuge
- 1980s
The Microfuge E tabletop centrifuge was released in 1986.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
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Coulter Counter Model S-Plus IV Cell Counter
- 1980s
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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Beckman L8's: the Ultracentrifuges of the 80's
- 1980s
Advertisement for the L8 Ultracentrifuge, which became one of the workhorse centrifuge models of the 1980s and 1990s.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry…
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Congolese postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine
- After 1970 – before 1991
Stamp depicts Alexander Fleming and penicillin.
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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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Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- After 1979 – before 2000
Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…
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Molecular Model Set for General Chemistry
- 1980s
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are used to visualize the structure of chemical substances.
- Manufacturer Allyn and Bacon
- Subject Molecules--Models
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HGS General Chemistry Molecular Model Set
- 1985 – 1989
Transparent plastic container with five interior compartments for multicolored plastic pieces. Instruction manual included.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are used to…
- Manufacturer Benjamin / Maruzen
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Man using the SpinPro Ultracentrifugation Expert System
- 1980s
Designed to run on the IBM Personal Computer XT, the software of the Expert System (according to an article in the April 1986 issue of American Chemical Society) uses "Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to design…
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James C. Sternberg
- 1980s
Dr. James C. Sternberg (1927-2001) was the Vice President of Advanced Research at Beckman Instruments and responsible for the development of the Glucose Analyzer in the 1970. In 1968 he published a landmark paper on a…