TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: In Copyright, D TI - Since when did infrared spectrophotometery become a popular campus subject? ID - f4752g745 AU - Hixson and Jorgensen AU - Beckman Instruments, Inc. DA - 1967/// YR - 1967 AV - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 49, Folder 25 VL - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 49, Folder 25 AN - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 49, Folder 25 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/f4752g745 AB - Advertisement for the Microspec Infrared Spectrophotometer, made by Beckman Instruments. 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 - Education KW - Spectrophotometry KW - Universities and colleges KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. LA - English ER -