Beckman thanks Evans for his hospitality during a trip to Denver, Colorado to sell the new pH meter and hopes that Evans will become a distributor for the instrument. Beckman's stops in Denver included Coors Porcelain Company and the Great Western Sugar Company.

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.