50 Chemical Laboratory Instruments That Changed The World
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Beckman Acidimeter
1934, National Technical Laboratories (now Beckman Coulter)

Beckman Model G pH meter
1935, National Technical Laboratories (now Beckman Coulter)

General Electric Recording Spectrophotometer
1938, General Electric Company

RCA Electron Microscope Model EMB
1940, RCA

Beckman Model DU Spectrophotometer
1941, National Technical Laboratories (now Beckman Coulter)

Beckman IR-1 Spectrophotometer
1942, National Technical Laboratories (now Beckman Coulter)

Coleman Jr. Spectrophotometer
1942, Coleman Instruments (now PerkinElmer)

Model 21-101 Mass Spectrometer
1942, Consolidated Engineering Company (now Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation)

21-Foot Wadsworth Grating Spectrograph
1942, Jarrell-Ash Co. (now Thermo Electron Corporation)

Beckman Oxygen Analyzer Models P and D2
1943, Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. (now Beckman Coulter)

P-E Model 12 IR Spectrophotometer
1944, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Model AB-1 IR Spectrophotometer
1946, Baird Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts (now Thermo Electron Corporation)

Cary Model 11 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
1947, Applied Physics Corporation (now Varian)

Mettler B5 Analytical Balance
1947, Mettler Instruments AG (now Mettler-Toledo)

Spinco Model E Analytical Ultracentrifuge
1947, Spinco (now Beckman Coulter)

P-E Model 52A Flame Photometer
1949, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Spinco Model L Ultracentrifuge
1950, Spinco (now Beckman Coulter)

P-E Model 21 IR Spectrophotometer
1951, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Spinco Model R Paper Electrophoresis System
1953, Spinco (now Beckman Coulter)

Astrup Apparatus Model E50101
1954, Radiometer A/S

Bausch & Lomb Spectronic 20 Spectrophotometer
1954, Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (now Thermo Electron Corporation)

Beckman Model DK-2A UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer
1954, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

Cary Model 14 UV-Vis Recording Spectrophotometer
1954, Applied Physics Corporation (now Varian)

P-E Model 38A Tiselius Electrophoresis Instrument
1954, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer
1955, Bendix Corporation (now Allied Corporation)

Model III Polarograph
1955, E. H. Sargent & Co.

P-E Model 154 Vapor Fractometer
1955, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Model A Coulter Counter
1956, Coulter Electronics (now Beckman Coulter)

AA 1 Autoanalyzer
1957, Technicon (now Bayer Diagnostics)

Cary Model 81 Raman Spectrometer
1957, Applied Physics Corporation (now Varian)

P-E Model 137 Infracord IR Spectrophotometer
1957, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Beckman Model 120 Amino Acid Analyzer
1958, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

Varian Model A-60 NMR Spectrometer
1961, Varian Associates (now Varian)

Beckman FT-IR 520 Spectrophotometer
1963, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

MS-9 Mass Spectrometer
1963, Associated Electrical Industries (now Kratos Analytical)

P-E Model 303 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
1963, Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer)

Model GPC 100 Liquid Chromatograph
1963, Waters Corporation

Cary Model 82 Raman Spectrometer
1964, Applied Physics Corporation (now Varian)

Technicon SMA 12/60
1966, Technicon (now Bayer Diagnostics)

ALC 100 HPLC
1967, Waters Corporation

Model 1015 GC-MS-DS
1967, Finnigan Corporation (now Thermo Electron Corporation)

Beckman Glucose Analyzer
1968, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

Model FTS-14 FTIR Spectrophotometer
1969, Digilab

Varian Model XL100 FT-NMR
1969, Varian Associates (now Varian)

Beckman Models 800 and 890 Protein Sequencers
1970, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

DuPont Automatic Clinical Analyzer
1970, DuPont

ENI-GEMSAEC Centrifugal Analyzer
1970, Electronucleonics

Beckman Peptide Synthesizer
1971, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

Mettler Model PT1200 Electronic Balance
1973, Mettler Instruments AG (now Mettler Toledo)

Technicon Hemalog D Differential Blood Cell Counter
1974, Technicon (now Bayer Diagnostics)

B-D FACS Flow Cytometer
1975, Becton-Dickenson and Company

Dionex Model 10 Ion Chromatograph
1975, Dionex Corporation

YSI Blood Glucose Analyzer Model 23A
1975, Yellow Springs Instrument Company

Abbott Quantum
1977, Abbott Laboratories

Hitachi Model 340 UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer
1977, Hitachi Corporation

Beckman ASTRA
1978, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

H-P Model 8450A Diode Array UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
1979, Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent Technologies)

Kodak E-400 Clinical Chemistry Analyzer
1979, Kodak

IBM PC
1981, IBM Corporation

Zymark Zymate 1
1981, Zymark Technologies (now Caliper Life Sciences)

Model 5MX FTIR Spectrophotometer
1982, Nicolet (now Thermo Electron Corporation)

ABI DNA Thermocycler
1987, Applied Biosystems Inc. (now Applied Biosystems Group, Applera Corporation)

ABI Model 370 DNA Sequencer
1989, Applied Biosystems Inc. (now Applied Biosystems Group, Applera Corporation)

Beckman PACE System 2000 Capillary Electrophoresis
1989, Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter)

Nicolet 900 FT-Raman Spectrometer
1992, Nicolet (now Thermo Electron Corporation)

Affymetrix GeneChip
1994, Affymetrix

Caliper LabChip
1996, Caliper Technologies (now Caliper Life Sciences)

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