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 IR-4 Spectrophotometer ID - 3484zh00p AV - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 83 VL - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 83 AN - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 83 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3484zh00p AB - 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 contract, Beckman Instruments developed a single-beam spectrophotometer based on Robert Battrain’s extant design, which in 1942 was sold as the IR-1. With the IR-4 in 1956, Beckman Instruments branched out into double-beam design and kicked off a golden age of IR spectrophotometer production that lasted until 1973. KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Spectrophotometer KW - Infrared spectroscopy KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - ER -