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Beckman reagents
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Stacked in a pyramid, these reagents include rheumatoid factor, immunoglobulin, albumin, prealbumin, and others.
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Beckman Autosampler Controller
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Controls injections and sample size for instruments that run analytic tests on liquid samples.
- Photographer Hess Photographic
- Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman IBM work station
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The exact purpose of this work station is unknown.
- Subject IBM computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Peristaltic pump for Beckman ASTRA analyzer
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This vertical pump was used to control reagent supply and volume with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced in the late 1970s.
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ASTRA Analyzer pipettes
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Used with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced by Beckman Instruments in the late 1970s.
- Subject Pipettes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Two men testing a Beckman Model 1000 Combustion Efficiency System
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Two unidentified employees of Beckman Instruments test a Combustion Efficiency System in an assembly and testing work space. Other Beckman employees and and instruments are visible in the background. The Combustion…
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Beckman cuvettes
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Cuvettes are straight-sided containers for holding liquid samples used in optical analysis instruments like spectrophotometers.
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ASTRA Analyzer keyboard
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The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."
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Beckman technical data sheet and genetic material
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The fact sheet describes the sample genetic material in the vial in the foreground: an "engineered gene for mature Human Interleukin 2."
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Beckman Astra Link
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The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."
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Beckman Model 755A Oxygen Analyzer
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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,…
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Beckman DEA 422 Discrete Sample Analyzer
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Although the instrument in the photograph has been labeled DEA 422, it appears to be a member of the DSA series of Discrete Sample Analyzers.
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Beckman Micro Specular Reflectance
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This device may have been used as an attachment to a gas chromatograph.
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Unidentified man operating a Rinse Tank Control System
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This system's connection to Beckman Instruments is not clear. It may be that one of all of the components were manufactured by Beckman.
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Man using a Beckman Model IST 1560 Ignition System Tester
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The Ignition System Tester was also known as an Engine Scope Tester.
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Beckman Model 943 pH Controller
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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 NOx Efficiency Generator
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Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when company president Arnold O. Beckman became the scientific adviser to the Los…
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Beckman MMS-18 Scope Display
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- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Information display systems
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Beckman Combustion Efficiency System
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Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when company president Arnold O. Beckman became the scientific adviser to the Los…