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Operator adjusting a dial on Beckman Auto Exhaust Total Hydrocarbon Analyzer
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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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Operation method for Beckman "DU" Spectrophotometer
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The watermark on the paper indicates that these directions may have been written by the Columbus Water and Chemical Testing Laboratory.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the…
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Operation and maintenance of the Beckman model G pH meter
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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 “acidimeter” with its…
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Operating and Maintenance Instructions Model 166 Oxidant Recorder
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Instruction manual for an instrument designed to record levels of oxidants in the atmosphere. Measuring oxidants is one way to quantify air pollution. Photochemical oxidants are air pollutants which form when air…
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Nurse monitoring two infants in incubators
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The nurse and infants in this photograph are unidentified.
- Subject Newborn infants, Nursing, Incubators (Pediatrics)
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Model 520 Process Gas Chromatograph with door open
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Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Miscellaneous photos of Arnold and Mabel Beckman
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This selection of photographs depicts Arnold and Mabel Beckman at their home and attending various events. Some are dated, and all appear to fall into the period between the 1940s and 1985, when the couple was presented…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A., Slobin, Barry, Edwards Studio
- Subject Wedding anniversaries, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits
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Metric Conversion Computer
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Control Company introduced the first metric conversion calculator in 1978.
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Men posing with a Beckman Auto Exhaust Analyzer
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Four unidentified men flank a Beckman HC/CO tester. This instrument detects pollutants in the exhaust from vehicles with combustion engines.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and…
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Man with a clipboard using a Beckman digital pH meter
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An over-the-shoulder shot of an unidentified man using a Beckman pH meter with a digital readout and recording the data on a clipboard.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…
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Man with Beckman spectrophotometer
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It is possible that J. H. Maddocks is the man in the photograph, as opposed to the photographer.
- Photographer Maddocks, J. H.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Man with Beckman Type RM Biomedical Dynograph Recorder
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Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
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Man with Beckman Model R-711 Dynograph Recorder
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Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
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Man using a Total Hydrocarbon Analyzer beside a car
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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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Man using a Schlieren Optics device for a Spinco Preparative Centrifuge
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A Schlieren optics device like the one in this photograph is used to monitor sedimentation by measuring refraction as light passes through a solution.
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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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Man using a Beckman Ignition System tester
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This diagnostic instrument was also known as an Engine Scope Tester.
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Man using Beckman Model L2-75B Preparative Ultracentrifuge
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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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Man loading a Beckman Model L4 Ultracentrifuge
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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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Man kneeling beside an open manhole cover, using a Beckman Model 715 Process Oxygen Monitor
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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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Man holding a rotor with Beckman Optima TLX-120 Ultracentrifuge
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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…