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Beckman EEG Modules
- 1965
Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain. These were developed for NASA, for monitoring astronauts' brain activity.
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Beckman Cardiovascular Reflex Conditioner Pneumatic System
- 1965
This cardiovascular reflex conditioning system was designed by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) in 1964 for NASA's Projects Gemini and Apollo. This system was part of astronauts' flight suits and would…
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Portrait of Alan R. Kahn
- 1964
Alan Kahn was Beckman's Medical Director. He is pictured holding an electrode designed for use during surgery and research projects. It monitored electrical signals from the brain, heart, and muscle tissue.
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Parotid gland secretion study
- Circa 1964
This study was developed for NASA by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) in 1964. The SEG developed the prototype hardware required to store and analyze saliva from astronauts as part of monitoring their…
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Laboratory and Biostat Photosynthetic Gas Exchange System
- 1964
This system was created in 1964 by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group for the United States Air Force's School of Aerospace Medicine. This prototype photosynthetic gas exchanger could support two adult, human…
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Beckman Physiological Monitor System
- 1964
The system, designed for use in NASA's environment chambers, monitored oxygen, carbon dioxide, suit pressure, EEG, and heart rate.
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Beckman Physiological Monitor System
- 1964
The system, designed for use in NASA's environment chambers, monitored oxygen, carbon dioxide, suit pressure, EEG, and heart rate.
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Beckman Biosatellite O2 system
- 1964
This oxygen monitoring equipment was made by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group (SEG) for NASA's Biosatellite Program under a subcontract to Hamilton Standard Division of United Aircraft Corporation. This…
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Beckman Spinco Division Model E Centrifuge
- Undated
- 1950s
- 1963-Oct
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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What makes a rose a rose or an eye an eye?
- 1961
Color print advertisement for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Image depicts a rose on the left, a blue eye on the right, and a multi-colored chemical model in the center of the page. The accompanying…
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Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 5th International Biochemical Congress, Moscow
- 1961
Stamp depicts chemical glassware, electron microscope, molecule, and microscopic view of cell.
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Lionel-Porter Biocraft Biology Lab
- 1961
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company, Lionel Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Biology, Porter Chemical Company, Lionel Corporation
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Beckman Spaceborne Cabin Analyzer
- Circa 1961
This gas chromatograph prototype was made by Beckman Instruments' Space Engineering Group for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It would continuously monitor and provide readouts for up to eight…
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Unidentified man using a Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer
- Circa 1960
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography.
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Skil-Craft Biology Lab No. 802P
- 1960
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Skil-Craft Corporation
- Subject Chemistry sets, Biology, Skil-Craft Corporation
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Bottle for Enovid 10 mg Oral Contraceptive
- After 1960
White plastic medicine bottle with safety cap. Bottle contains tablets and original inner seal is intact. White, dark red, and yellow label adhered to bottle reads "Enovid".
The ubiquitous bottle has a long history.…
- Manufacturer G.D. Searle & Co.
- Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Contraception, G.D. Searle & Co., Mestranol, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Birth control, Oral contraceptives
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Beckman D-2 Oxygen Meter in use in a hospital nursery
- Circa 1960
Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…
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Baby's first breath had better be a good one...
- 1960
This advertisement hits all the Beckman Instruments highlights, like oxygen analyzers, air pollution control, and pH meters. These instruments and their related industries and developments will make the lives of…
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Robert Bruce Merrifield notebook
- 1959-May-26 – 1960-Jan-25
Notebook #321 kept by Robert Bruce Merrifield from May 26, 1959 through January 25, 1960 in which he sets out his general conception of solid phase peptide synthesis. This work earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in…
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Zenith Royal Hearing Aid
- 1950s
Gold colored plastic box with a black circular grate and gold steel clips on the front; on the left top corner is a black plastic tone dial and on the right top corner is the volume dial; on the right side is a black…
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Manual breast pump with black bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.