Black and white advertisement from the International Nickel Company, Inc. highlighting the use of nickel to produce corrosion-resisting stainless steel for a variety of applications. The advertisement features an…

Black and white print magazine advertisement for E.R. Squibb & Sons featuring an image of a micrograph of penicillin, the exterior of the corporation's penicillin manufacturing building, and the factory interior.

Beckman's Biogamma II was introduced in 1975. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a technique for measuring the antigen concentration. Known quantities of radioactive (labeled or “hot”) antigens and antibodies are mixed, then…

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…

Beckman's Electrolyte 2 Analyzer debuted in 1980.

Beckman's Creatinine Analyzer 2 debuted in 1979. Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle metabolism, can be measured to determine renal function.

Beckman first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.

The instrument simultaneously measured chloride and carbon dioxide. It was used in clinical settings to analyze serum, spinal fluid, and sweat.

Beckman's Electrolyte 2 Analyzer debuted in 1980.

The Beckman Accutrace was introduced in 1973. Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.

Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.

Pictured in this image: a Beckman RAC (Respiratory Analysis Cart); Oxygen Monitor; OMII Oxygen Analyzer; LB-2 Medical Gas Analyzer; RR-2 Respiratory Recorder; and several models of LB-2 Medical Gas Analyzers that each…

Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.

Spirometers determine lung capacity and health by measuring how quickly and how much air is inhaled and then exhaled.

This image shows the graphical print-out of the instrument's readings. A respiratory recorder records both oxygen and carbon dioxide levels during respiration.

Spirometers determine lung capacity and health by measuring how quickly respiration happens and how much air is both inhaled and exhaled.

Spirometers determine lung capacity and health by measuring how quickly respiration happens and how much air is both inhaled and exhaled.

BUN stands for Blood Urea Nitrogen.

Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle metabolism, can be measured to determine renal function.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very…

Beckman introduced the KLiNa Flame System, a flame photometer with attached diluter and printer, in 1971. The company first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.

Flame photometers determine the presence and…

This instrument, introduced in 1974, can run both blood glucose and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) analyses.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical…

The Beckman Accutrace was introduced in 1973. Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.

The unit in the photograph includes a Beckman OM-11 oxygen meter, LB-2 gas analyzer, and R411 dynograph recorder.

This instrument was designed to be incorporated into electroencephalograph units and included an impedance meter. An electroencephalogram test detects electrical impulses in the brain via electrodes attached to the…

Beckman Instruments began producing dynographs in 1961.

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,…