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Operator adjusting the dial of a Beckman Airfuge ultracentrifuge
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman first released the Airfuge Ultracentrifuge in 1975.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco.…
- Photographer Illig, Russell
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Masked man with a rabbit and a Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
An unidentified man in a lab coat and mask gets toxicology readings of a rabbit using a TOXSYS Terminal. The cages in the background likely hold other animals intended for testing. This toxicology instrument uses…
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Man with breathing apparatus and electrodes of Beckman MMC Horizon System
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman Instruments introduced the Metabolic Measurement Cart (MMC) in 1975. The programmable system could automatically test oxygen, carbon dioxide, barometric pressure, expired air volume and temperature, and print…
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Laboratory animal weighing station with Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
A dead rat on a scale is being weighed to collect data used in chemical analyses of its tissues. The weighing station itself is manufactured by IBM.
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Laboratory animal weighing station with Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
A dead rat on a scale is being weighed to collect data used in chemical analyses of its tissues. The weighing station itself is manufactured by IBM.
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Laboratory animal weighing station and TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
Animal weighing station made by IBM, with a terminal that is likely running Beckman Instruments' TOXSYS analysis software.
- Subject IBM computers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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IBM weighing station
- 1978 – 1984
The monitor on top is likely running Beckman Instruments TOXSYS software for the chemical analysis of body tissues.
- Subject Keyboards (Electronics), IBM computers, Computers
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Beckman TOXSYS and other equipment
- 1978 – 1984
Medical books and a microscope sit on a desk beside a Beckman TOXSYS terminal. The TOXSYS software facilitates the chemical analysis of body tissues.
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Toxicology, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman TOXSYS Terminal
- 1978 – 1984
TOXSYS software facilitates the chemical analysis of body tissues.
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Beckman Metabolic Measurement Cart
- 1975 – 1984
This instrument was designed to measure oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. It contains an oxygen analyzer, an infrared carbon dioxide analyzer, a turbine volume transducer, a mixing chamber, and a…
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Beckman Metabolic Measurement Cart
- 1975 – 1984
This instrument was designed to measure oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. It contains an oxygen analyzer, an infrared carbon dioxide analyzer, a turbine volume transducer, a mixing chamber, and a…
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Beckman MMC Horizon Systems Metabolic Measurement Cart
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman Instruments introduced the Metabolic Measurement Cart (MMC) in 1975. The programmable system could automatically test oxygen, carbon dioxide, barometric pressure, expired air volume and temperature, and print…
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Beckman MMC Horizon System
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman Instruments introduced the Metabolic Measurement Cart (MMC) in 1975. The programmable system could automatically test oxygen, carbon dioxide, barometric pressure, expired air volume and temperature, and print…
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Beckman KLiNa Flame System and a Cl/CO2 Analyzer
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman introduced the KLiNa Flame System, a flame photometer with attached diluter and printer, in 1971. The company first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.
Flame photometers determine the presence and…
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Beckman DU-7 Spectrophotometer in use
- Circa 1984
The DU 7 featured a microprocessor and a built in video graphic display.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories.…
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Beckman Cl/CO2 Analyzer
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.
The instrument simultaneously measured chloride and carbon dioxide. It was used in clinical settings to analyze serum, spinal fluid, and sweat.
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Beckman Cl/CO2 Analyzer
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.
The instrument simultaneously measured chloride and carbon dioxide. It was used in clinical settings to analyze serum, spinal fluid, and sweat.
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Beckman Biogamma II Counting System
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman's Biogamma II was introduced in 1975. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a technique for measuring the antigen concentration. Known quantities of radioactive (labeled or “hot”) antigens and antibodies are mixed, then…
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Beckman Airfuge centrifuge
- 1975 – 1984
This particular model of centrifuge was air-driven.
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 Airfuge Ultracentrifuge and Airfuge Tube Fractionater
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman first released the Airfuge Ultracentrifuge in 1975.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco.…
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Beckman Airfuge CLS Ultracentrifuge
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman first released the Airfuge Ultracentrifuge in 1975.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco.…
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Pauling Oxygen Meter
- Undated
- 1983
The color photographs depict an instrument owned by Jack Kertzman of Perma Pure Products. Kertzman apparently purchased the Model P oxygen meter from an Exxon surplus sale, used it for many years in his laboratory, and…
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Coulter Corporation 25th Anniversary
- 1983
The photographs show Wallace Coulter cutting a boat-shaped cake at a celebration of Coulter Corporation's anniversary.
Wallace and Joseph Coulter founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter Counters, instruments…
- Subject Anniversaries, Cameras, Cake, Executives
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Beckman System 1 Glucose/BUN Analyzer
- 1974 – 1983
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…