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Unidentified woman using a Beckman Amino Acid Analyzer
Box 78- Undated
A woman in lab coat and laced sneakers uses an amino acid analyzer. The photo captures an unusual angle, high above the woman's left shoulder.
Although unidentified, this is likely the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino…
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Beckman Model 120C Amino Acid Analyzer
Box 78- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography. The 120C was marketed as a "classic" instrument, referred to often in…
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A technician's hands operating a Beckman Automatic Amino Acid Analyzer
Box 78- Undated
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer allowed users to quickly perform amino acid chromatography. This later instrument was likely part of the same line and was designed to read the…
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Beckman Model 116 Amino Acid Analyzer
Box 78- 1960s
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer allowed users to quickly perform amino acid chromatography. The Model 116 was a more modular instrument, marketed to customers with lighter…
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Close-up of dials on a Spinco Model 121 Amino Acid Analyzer
Box 78- 1969 – 1978
First marketed in 1960, the Beckman/Spinco Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer used the Spackman-Stein-Moore technique of amino acid chromatography. The Model 121, which debuted in the late 1960s, does the same process, but…
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Beckman Model Φ10 pH Meter
Box 78- Undated
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…
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Beckman Model Φ40 pH Meter
Box 78- Undated
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…
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Beckman Model 153 Microtitrator
Box 78- Undated
A microtitrator is an instrument designed to titrate very small volumes of liquid.
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UniCel DxC 800 Synchron Clinical System
Box 78- Decade starting 2000
The UniCel DxC 600 and DxC 800 Chemistry Analyzers were introduced in 2005.
This system runs a variety of metabolic panels on blood samples, including BUN (blood urea nitrogen), sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon…
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Beckman Blood Cell Counter BBC-100
Box 78- Undated
Based on the Coulter principle, the Beckman Blood Cell Counter quantifies and sizes particles suspended in a fluid, like blood cells. The instrument works by drawing liquid containing the particles through a channel,…
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UniCel DxC 600 Synchron Clinical System
Box 78- Decade starting 2000
The UniCel DxC 600 and DxC 800 Chemistry Analyzers were introduced in 2005.
This system runs a variety of metabolic panels on blood samples, including BUN (blood urea nitrogen), sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon…
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Beckman PO-1 and PT-1
Box 78- Undated
- Photographer Hess Photographic
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman RR-2 Respiratory Recorder
Box 78- Undated
This instrument records both oxygen and carbon dioxide levels during respiration.
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Beckman 946A Lead Terminator
Box 78- Undated
This instrument was designed to be incorporated into electroencephalograph units and included an impedance meter. An electroencephalogram test detects electrical impulses in the brain via electrodes attached to the…
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Beckman OM-11 Oxygen Analyzer
Box 78- Undated
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
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Beckman Particle Counter
Box 78- Undated
Based on the Coulter principle, the Beckman Particle Counter quantifies and sizes particles suspended in a fluid, like blood cells, bacteria, and a wide variety of other substances. The instrument works by drawing…
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Beckman LB-2 CO2 Medical Gas Analyzer
Box 78- Undated
This instrument is a non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer.
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Beckman Model Φ72 pH Meter
Box 78- Undated
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…
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Beckman Model Φ71 pH Meter
Box 78- Undated
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…
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Beckman Model Φ40 & Φ45 pH Meters
Box 78- Undated
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…
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Beckman Model Φ11 pH Meter
Box 78- Undated
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…
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Beckman Model Φ21 pH Meter
Box 78- Undated
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…