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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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…
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 with Beckman Model R-711 Dynograph Recorder
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Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.
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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 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 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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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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Metric Conversion Computer
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Control Company introduced the first metric conversion calculator in 1978.
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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