Beckman Historical Collection

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…

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…

Scientific literature of the mid-90s favorably reviewed the Coulter MAXM hematology autoanalyzer's performance for medical offices and laboratories.

Wallace and Joseph Coulter founded the Coulter Corporation to market…

The office pictured was in Arnold Beckman's home; he was 93 when the photograph was taken. The two color photographs were taken during his 90th birthday celebration.

Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first…

Laura Coulter-Jones, standing behind a podium beneath a Coulter banner, addresses the audience at an unknown event.

Her uncle and father, Wallace and Joseph Coulter, founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter…

Joseph Coulter III, standing behind a podium beneath a Coulter banner, addresses the audience at an unknown event.

His uncle and father, Wallace and Joseph Coulter, founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter…

Beckman Instruments released the Oligo 1000M in 1995.

Beckman's Paragon line of electrophoresis systems debuted in 1981. The CZE 2000 was released in 1993.

The Synchron systems run a wide range of clinical chemistry tests including drug and biological fluid analyses. The CX7 debuted in 1991.

Beckman introduced the P/ACE 5000 series of capillary electrophoresis systems in 1993.

Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding…

Beckman introduced the LS-6000 series in 1989.

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…

Beckman's Biomek workstations debuted in the mid-1980s and additional models were released over the next two decades. The Biomek 2000 was released in 1994.

The reagents served as controls for immunoassays on systems that included the Beckman Synchron.

Beckman introduced the LS-6000 series in 1989.

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…

Beckman introduced the LS-6000 series in 1989.

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…

The Synchron systems run a wide range of clinical chemistry tests including drug and biological fluid analyses.

The Synchron systems run a wide range of clinical chemistry tests including drug and biological fluid analyses. The EL-ISE debuted in 1989. This image shows cropping marks for editing the photograph for publication…

Beckman Array Systems were used for a wide range of chemical assays, including protein and serology analyses.

This image includes the system's power supply, cooler, and tank.

Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding affinity.

Beckman introduced the P/ACE 2100 series of capillary electrophoresis systems in 1991.

Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding…

Beckman introduced the P/ACE 5000 series of capillary electrophoresis systems in 1993.

Electrophoresis uses an electric field to separate particles in a medium (like a gel) based on their size, charge, or a binding…

The truck was used in the promotion of Beckman's System Gold HPLC product line. The Russian text reads "Service-informational service, Kiev, Repin st 2."

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…

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…

Beckman Array Systems were used for a wide range of chemical assays, including protein and serology analyses.