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 HYFED Phosphorus Air Contaminant Detector ID - vq27zn49p DA - 1967/// YR - 1967 AV - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 58, Folder 5 VL - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 58, Folder 5 AN - Beckman Historical Collection, Box 58, Folder 5 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/vq27zn49p AB - This instrument was developed by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) in 1967 for the United States Navy. It was designed to detect chemical warfare agents aboard a ship via air samples introduced to a hydrogen gas burner. As of 1976, four of these had been manufactured and delivered to the Navy's Applied Science Laboratory for further testing. KW - Phosphorus KW - Ionization of gases KW - United States. Navy KW - Beckman Instruments, Inc. KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments LA - ER -