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Beckman OM series oxygen analyzer
- Undated
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 Model 403M Methane Analyzer
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Smudged ink on the front of the photograph suggests it may have been stored alongside other Photo Visions photographs.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution…
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Methane--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Creatinine Analyzer 2
- Circa 1979
Beckman's Creatinine Analyzer 2 debuted in 1979. Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle metabolism, can be measured to determine renal function.
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Beckman KLiNa Flame System
- 1970s
Beckman introduced the KLiNa Flame System, a flame photometer with attached diluter and printer, in 1971. Flame photometers determine the presence and concentration of some metal ions in a substance by exposing the…
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Beckman Creatinine Analyzer 2
- Circa 1979
Beckman's Creatinine Analyzer 2 debuted in 1979. Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle metabolism, can be measured to determine renal function.
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Beckman Glucose Analyzer 2
- Circa 1979
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…
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Beckman Type RS Dynograph
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Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman 8-Track Recorder
- Undated
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman ACTA V spectrophotometer
- 1970s
The ACTA V was a UV-visible spectrophotometer, first released in 1970.
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Beckman Type N Dynograph Recorder
- Undated
Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Immunochemistry Analyzer
- After 1977
Beckman Instruments debuted an Immunochemistry Analyzer in 1977 and an Auto ICS (Immunochemistry System) in 1980.
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Immunochemistry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model CP Constant Flow Paper Electrophoresis Cell, Fraction Collector, and Constat power supply
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Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding affinity.
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Infotronics Model CRS-100 Integrator
- Undated
Houston, Texas-based Infotronics introduced the CRS-100 in 1967.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Integrators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman/Spinco Model 120B Amino Acid Analyzer
- Undated
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography.
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Beckman Model 24 spectrophotometer with vacuum control and printer
- 1970s
Beckman's Model 24 was a double-beam visible light spectrophotometer.
- Photographer Photomation
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Optical spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model DU spectrophotometer with vacuum control and printer
- Undated
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…
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Beckman Acculab 6 Spectrophotometer with open sample compartment
- 1973 – 1982
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
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Beckman Model 915 Total Organic Carbon Analyzer with drawer retracted
- Circa 1968
The Model 915 converted samples to carbon dioxide and used a non-dispersive infrared analyzer to determine the total carbon and inorganic carbon. Organic carbon was determined as the difference between those values.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Carbon--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 915 Total Organic Carbon Analyzer with drawer pulled out
- Circa 1968
The Model 915 converted samples to carbon dioxide and used a non-dispersive infrared analyzer to determine the total carbon and inorganic carbon. Organic carbon was determined as the difference between those values.
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Carbon--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Man using a Total Hydrocarbon Analyzer beside a car
- Undated
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 Model 900 pH Analyzer (Interior)
- Circa 1969
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…