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Applied Physics Corporation
In 1946, Henry Howard Cary (1908-1991), George Downs, and William C. Miller formed the Applied Physics Corporation in Pasadena, California. The firm specialized in the design and manufacture of spectrophotometers, which were named after Cary, who held the patents.
In 1947, the firm delivered the first commercial ultraviolet-visible, recording spectrophotometer--the Cary Model 11 UV-Vis recording spectrophotometer--to Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh. The Cary 14 introduced in 1954, was the first commercially available double beam recording spectrophotometer.
By 1955, if not earlier, the Applied Physics Corporation was using the brand name Cary Instruments. The early logo consisted of the word "Cary" on chart paper with an index; the word "Instruments" was printed below.
In 1958-1959, the Applied Physics Corporation relocated to Monrovia, California.
In 1966, Varian Associates bought the Applied Physics Corporation and renamed it Cary Instruments. Cary Instruments was a subsidiary of Varian.