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Multi-turns? We've got 'em!
Box 49, Folder 16- 1959
Advertisement for multi-turn potentiometers made by the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman MINOS O2-CO2 Monitor diagram
Box 58, Folder 10- 1969
The MINOS oxygen and carbon dioxide monitors were first developed in 1968 and monitored atmospheric conditions in diving habitats, vehicles, and pressure chambers.
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Man using the SpinPro Ultracentrifugation Expert System
Box 59, Folder 136- 1980s
Designed to run on the IBM Personal Computer XT, the software of the Expert System (according to an article in the April 1986 issue of American Chemical Society) uses "Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to design…
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Beckman Spacecraft Cabin Analyzer
Box 58, Folder 2- 1967
The Spacecraft Cabin Analyzer (SCA) was used in NASA's Apollo program, measuring oxygen pressure in the cabin as well as astronauts' spacesuits.
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Beckman Spacecraft Cabin Analyzer with open lid
Box 58, Folder 2- 1967
The Spacecraft Cabin Analyzer (SCA) was used in NASA's Apollo program, measuring oxygen pressure in the cabin as well as astronauts' spacesuits.
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Beckman MINOS O2-CO2 Monitor
Box 58, Folder 10- Circa 1968
The MINOS oxygen and carbon dioxide monitors were first developed in 1968 and monitored atmospheric conditions in diving habitats, vehicles, and pressure chambers.
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Aircraft Oxygen Monitoring and Warning System
Box 58, Folder 17- Circa 1968
This description of Beckman's past and current Air Force contracts served as a cover sheet for a reprint discussing the Polarographic Oxygen Sensor. The miniaturized system was designed to be operated by the pilot, with…
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Beckman oxygen system for damage control suit
Box 58, Folder 14- Circa 1969
Designed under a 1968 contract for the U.S. Navy's Clothing and Textile Research Unit, Beckman's battery-operated oxygen sensing/warning device monitored the oxygen pressure in suits worn for fire fighting and damage…
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Beckman Hypoxia Warning System
Box 58, Folder 11- 1969
This warning device used an oxygen sensor to monitor the breathing system in F-4 aircraft. It was developed for General Electric under contract 810-2050.
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EPA Acetylene Monitor
Box 58, Folder 28- 1970s
Twenty-five EPA stations were outfitted with this monitor for the St. Louis Regional Air Pollution Study in the early 1970s.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of…
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Beckman Model 6800 Air Quality Chromatograph
Box 58, Folder 28- 1970s
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Helipot Division: Production
Box 59, Folder 19- Undated
The production room at the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments, Inc., where mostly women employees assemble potentiometers, dials, and other small devices.
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Beckman Model D Oxygen Analyzer
Box 59, Folder 29- 1950s
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 Model E2 Oxygen Analyzer with bottle
Box 59, Folder 31- Circa 1960
This oxygen analyzer is being used to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside a bottle. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth of…
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Beckman Model E2 Oxygen Analyzer
Box 59, Folder 31- Circa 1960
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 Model F3 Oxygen Analyzer
Box 59, Folder 32- 1959
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 BUN Analyzer and Glucose Analyzer
Box 58, Folder 82- 1970s
Photographer's proofs of a woman posing in a laboratory with a Beckman Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Analyzer and Glucose Analyzer.
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Beckman Model G2 Oxygen Analyzer
Box 59, Folder 33- 1959
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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Pauling Oxygen Analyzer
Box 59, Folder 45- 1940s
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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Interior of Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer
Box 59, Folder 34- 1940s
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…
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Man using a computer connected to a Beckman Optima XL-A Analytical Centrifuge
Box 59, Folder 64- 1990s
Beckman's XL-A Analytical Centrifuge debuted in 1991.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
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Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge sample chamber
Box 59, Folder 140- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Man examining readout on a Model E Centrifuge
Box 59, Folder 140- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Oxygen Monitor for Hyperbaric Chambers
Box 58, Folder 9- Circa 1969
The MINOS oxygen and carbon dioxide monitors were first developed in 1968 and monitored atmospheric conditions in diving habitats, vehicles, and pressure chambers.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Hyperbaric chambers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Optima XL-A Analytical Centrifuge
Box 59, Folder 64- 1990s
Beckman's XL-A Analytical Centrifuge debuted in 1991.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With…
