TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable TI - Beckman Model Φ71 pH Meter ID - 0v838067q AV - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 80 VL - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 80 AN - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 80 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/0v838067q AB - Shown with bottles of buffers and saturated KCl. 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 rapid development not only of Beckman Instruments, Inc. but also of the electronic scientific instrument industry. KW - Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - ER -