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Beckman Pocket Dosimeters: Operating & Maintenance Instructions

  • Bulletin 206

  • Circa 1949

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The Pocket Dosimeter was designed to be a portable radiation monitoring system, carried by people to protect themselves against gamma and x-ray exposure.

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  • 8.5 in. W x 11 in. L
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  • (upper left) "Bulletin 206"
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  • Danaher Corporation
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Series XIV. Instructions and Manuals
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  • Box 104, Folder 145

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Beckman Instruments, Inc. “Beckman Pocket Dosimeters: Operating & Maintenance Instructions,” circa 1949. Beckman Historical Collection, Box 104, Folder 145. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/j098zb09z.

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