Stacked in a pyramid, these reagents include rheumatoid factor, immunoglobulin, albumin, prealbumin, and others.

Controls injections and sample size for instruments that run analytic tests on liquid samples.

The exact purpose of this work station is unknown.

This vertical pump was used to control reagent supply and volume with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced in the late 1970s.

Used with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced by Beckman Instruments in the late 1970s.

Two unidentified employees of Beckman Instruments test a Combustion Efficiency System in an assembly and testing work space. Other Beckman employees and and instruments are visible in the background. The Combustion…

Cuvettes are straight-sided containers for holding liquid samples used in optical analysis instruments like spectrophotometers.

The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."

The fact sheet describes the sample genetic material in the vial in the foreground: an "engineered gene for mature Human Interleukin 2."

The Astra line of analyzers used multiple channels to perform continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."

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,…

Although the instrument in the photograph has been labeled DEA 422, it appears to be a member of the DSA series of Discrete Sample Analyzers.

This device may have been used as an attachment to a gas chromatograph.

This system's connection to Beckman Instruments is not clear. It may be that one of all of the components were manufactured by Beckman.

The Ignition System Tester was also known as an Engine Scope Tester.

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…

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…

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…