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5 items
Arnold Beckman receiving a Newcomen Society award
- 1975-Nov
The Newcomen Society encourages the study of the history of engineering and technology. One photograph is attributed to Alan Dean Walker. Identified individuals include Harold Brown, Charles Penrose, William F.…
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Two significant reasons for choosing the Beckman Model 590 Infrared Exhaust Analyzer
- 1974
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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27 items
Manual for Beckman Models 24/25 Spectrophotometers
- 1974
This manual covers the use and maintenance of the Model 24 (visible light) and the Model 25 (ultraviolet-visible) spectrophotometers made by Beckman Instruments.
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Beckman oil-in-water monitor
- Circa 1974
This instrument was made in 1974 by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations for the United States Navy's Civil Engineering Laboratory, as part of a design study for an oil-in-water monitor. This study…
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Beckman is everywhere in the hospital.
- 1974
Advertisement for the many Beckman Instruments products that are used in hospital and health services, including glucose analyzers, liquid scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, and oxygen analyzers (among many…
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Beckman Shuttle Helmet Carbon Dioxide Monitor
- Circa 1974
This prototype was designed by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) for NASA in 1974 for measuring the carbon dioxide inside space suit helmets. It was intended for use in manned spaceflight…
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Beckman OM-12 Oxygen Analyzer
- Circa 1974
This specific model of oxygen meter was first available in 1974.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman OM-12 Oxygen Analyzer
- Circa 1974
This specific model of oxygen meter was first available in 1974.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as…
- Photographer Maddocks, J. H.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman GASP Carbon Monoxide Analyzer
- Circa 1974
One of several carbon monoxide monitors made by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) for NASA's Global Air Sampling Program (GASP) in 1974. These instruments were designed to be used on commercial…
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Arnold Beckman, with two unidentified men, receiving an award from the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association
- Part of Arnold Beckman at award dinners
- 1974
Arnold Beckman, with two unidentified men, receiving the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association 1974 award.
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12 items
Beckman Facilities, Irvine, California
- Undated
- 1974-Jul-12
Between the 1970s and its closure in 1996, the Beckman Biotechnology Facility in Irvine facility was the site of research on hepatitis, monoclonal antibodies, and HIV screening.
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Instructions, Beckman Model E Analytical Ultracentrifuge
- E-IM-3A
- 1974-May
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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Woman using a Beckman LS-100C Liquid Scintillation System
- Circa 1973
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 of radioactive materials. The counter measures…
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Move a step ahead in time with the new pHASAR I
- 1973
This advertisement for the Beckman Instruments' pHASAR I pH meter is staged on the set of the 1973 science fiction television show, Search.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…
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Beckman Model LS-100 Liquid Scintillation Counter
- Circa 1973
Note the plate on the door, modified by hand to read LS-100; the original DPM-100 remains visible. The original photograph depicts the mid-1960s instrument, probably modified in the early 1970s to represent the LS…
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Beckman Model 915-B Organic Carbon Analyzer display
- 1968 – 1973
Two unidentified men examining a Beckman Instruments display at a trade show.
The Model 915 converted samples to carbon dioxide and used a non-dispersive infrared analyzer to determine the total carbon and inorganic…
- Photographer Foto Arts, inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Trade shows, Carbon--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 590 Exhaust Analyzer (HC/CO analyzer)
- 1973
This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late 1940s and early…
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Beckman LS-100C Liquid Scintillation System
- Circa 1973
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 of radioactive materials. The counter measures…
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10 items
Beckman Facilities, Carlsbad, California
- After 1973
Two black and white images depict the Reagent Tower (Brewery) and were shot in December, 1973. The color photographs and the black and white shot of the parking lot are undated.
Beginning in 1973, the Carlsbad plant…
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Accutrace Electroencephalograph
- Circa 1973
The Beckman Accutrace was introduced in 1973. Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.
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Arnold Beckman visit to East Germany
- 1973
The photographs document meetings and tours in Germany. A number of the larger photographs bear the stamp of ADN Zentralbild. The inscription on the 7 in. x 5 in. photographs states that it was taken in Berlin. The…
- Photographer ADN Zentralbild
- Subject Factories, Beckman, Arnold O., Executives, Art museums, Meetings
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Beckman pHASAR-1 Digital pH Meter
- Beckman Instruction 015-082296
- 1973-Jan
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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Let's clean up our nest
- 1972
A yellow cartoon bird wearing a Beckman hard hat angrily exhorts the reader "Let's clean up our nest!" This poster was part of a workplace safety campaign at Beckman Instruments plants.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Industrial safety, Safety posters, Posters, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Birds in art