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Instructions for the Beckman Photoelectric Quartz Spectrophotometer
- Instructions No. 91
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This undated draft is handwritten and hand-drawn on yellow paper.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by…
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Instructions for the Beckman Oxygen Electrode Evaluation Kit, X-300-100 (final)
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This glass electrode was first used in Beckman pH meters and later other instruments.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an…
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Instructions for Modified OM-1 Beckman Portable Oxygen Meter
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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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Instructions - Infrared Spectrophotometer
- Bulletin 110B
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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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Injection Setup
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High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Infotronics Model CRS-100 Integrator
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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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Industrial Instruments Model RS5-3 Electrodeless Induction Salinometer
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This instrument measures the salinity and temperature of liquids.
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How to Measure Soil pH
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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 instrument kicked off…
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History of Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Personal Recollections of Arnold O. Beckman
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The account focuses on the early days of Beckman's entrepreneurial endeavors, from Robert Millikan referring I. H. Lyons to Beckman for assistance with National Postal Meter Company inks through the renting of a new…
- Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Racism, Beckman, Arnold O., Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Millikan, Robert, 1868-1953, Antisemitism, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Smith, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1891-, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Beckman Instruments, Inc., E.H. Sargent and Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Willard, Hobart H. (Hobart Hurd), 1881-1974
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High Performance Columns from Beckman
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High performance liquid chromatography analyzes the components of a sample by pumping a solution through a column containing an adsorbent material, which separates and interacts distinctly with the components. The flow…
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Helipot Model 818 Sink Dissipators
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- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Heat sinks (Electronics), Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Helipot Division: Production
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The production room at the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments, Inc., where mostly women employees assemble potentiometers, dials, and other small devices.
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Helipot Division – Half effect
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An unidentified man holds what is likely a hall effect sensor ("half effect" may be a misspelling in the original label on the photograph).
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman…
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Hand-drawn diagram for batteries used with a Beckman Model G pH Meter
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Instructions and a visual diagram for hooking up 3 #5540 batteries to power a Beckman Model G pH Meter. These three smaller batteries could replace a single, large 22.5 volt battery. This diagram was written on Bob…
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Graph showing separation of glutamine and asparagine on Beckman amino acid analyzer
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First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer allowed users to quickly perform amino acid chromatography. The instrument that produced this graph was likely an unidentified contemporary of the…
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George Kincaid and Robert Manning with a Beckman DK-2 Recording Spectrophotometer
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Kincaid and Manning are likely Beckman Instruments employees, although any connection to the DK Spectrophotometer is unknown.
The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the…
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Evaluation of the Beckman Model G-2 pH meter
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Undated notes by an unknown author, although his person was very likely a Beckman Instruments employee.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus…
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Electrocomp Energy Savings Computer
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Beckman Instruments and Electric Heating Association produced this portable computer for use by electric heating salesmen.
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EASE, The New 1100 Series, A Discussion of Design Theory and Operating Techniques
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Though the instruction manual is undated, details such as the November 1956 drawing dates provide clues about creation and publication dates.
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley…
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Drawing of proposed factory building for Helipot Corporation
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The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still National Technical Laboratories) to keep up with the demand for Beckman's reliable dial, also…
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Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11/05
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The photograph shows a DECpack, DECcassette, and DECwriter in what appears to be a Beckman Instruments office. The PDP-11/05 was released in 1972, a low-cost entry in a line of 16-bit minicomputers that were sold from…
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Customer lists of the first 100 DU spectrophotometers sold
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Two lists are included: one identifies companies, the second includes instrument serial numbers and shipping dates. Both documents are copies, and (per a note by Pat Ashton) the detailed list does not mention…
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Coulter family portrait
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Joseph Coulter, Jr., Laura Coulter-Jones, Wallace Coulter, and Joseph Coulter III pose for a family portrait.
Wallace and Joseph Coulter founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter Counters, instruments for blood…
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Coulter Technology Center, Miami, Florida
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Color print photographs and transparencies depicting the Coulter Technology Center facilities in Miami, Florida. Photographs were produced by the Tewes Design Group.
- Photographer Tewes, Steve
- Subject Buildings, Aerial photographs