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Louis Rosso and Hal Pepper at ASSED sales meeting
- 1970
Louis T. Rosso joined Beckman Instruments in 1959, initially working in product marketing in the biomedical instrumentation division. He assumed the role of chief operating officer and president of SmithKline Beckman in…
- Photographer Laursen, Rene
- Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Unidentified men with unidentified apparatus
- Undated
These men and this instrument are from the Special Products Division of Beckman Instruments.
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Beckman Instruments, Inc.: International Group
- 1960
A group of men only identified as an "international group" standing with a Beckman Instruments pH meter.
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Potentiometer
- Undated
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Variable Capacitor
- Undated
Tall rectangular wooden base with black plastic instrument panel; instrument panel is attached to base via four metal screws, two on each side; two small black plastic knobs that adjust up and down as they are turned…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Variable capacitors, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Precision Condenser Type 722-N
- After 1944
Wooden box with no lid; black painted metal instrument panel on top; engraved writing on top left corner; two metal knobs projecting from panel on upper right side most likely for running electrical current;…
- Manufacturer General Radio Company
- Subject Capacitors, General Radio Company
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Portable Hydrogen Ion Potentiometer
- Circa 1960
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Variable Resistor
- Undated
Variable resistors are also known as potentiometers. Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Variable Resistor, Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Beckman Accutrace Electroencephalograph
- Circa 1973
The Beckman Accutrace was introduced in 1973. Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.
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Beckman Model GC-2A Gas Chromatograph
- 1964
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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William Ballhaus and unidentified man with award
- Undated
Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Sr. (1918-2013) was a Stanford- and Caltech-educated aeronautical engineer who assumed the presidency of Beckman Instruments in 1965. During his tenure, Ballhaus oversaw the company's shift away…
- Subject Ballhaus, William F., 1918-, Awards
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Arnold O. Beckman with unidentified man at construction site
- Undated
Arnold O. Beckman (right) and an unidentified man looking at what are likely blueprints or architectural drawings in front of construction equipment.
- Photographer Cox, Robert
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Construction equipment
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Arnold O. Beckman and unidentified men at a Beckman Instruments function
- Undated
Arnold Beckman is on the left.
- Photographer Dern Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1965
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Arnold O. Beckman at an unidentified groundbreaking ceremony
- Undated
The instrument is labeled "Beckman Data and Control System[s]." The other men in the photograph are unidentified.
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Jackhammers
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Ed Cherniss, R. Erickson, Joe Lewis, and R. Dozier
- Circa 1960 – 1963
The photograph shows Ed Cherniss at a podium, with Erickson, Lewis, and Dozier seated at a table, with a second table evident in the foreground. Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence identifies the venue as…
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Helipot microcircuit
- 1966
Helipot microcircuits were used in the instruments designed by Beckman's Systems Division. The U.S. quarter provides scale.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Microelectronics, Coins, American, Quarter-dollar, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Unidentified social function
- Undated
From the Beckman Historical Collection, this unidentified photograph may have been taken at a company event at Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Dinners and dining, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) holding a pH meter
- 1960s
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Beckman IR-12 Spectrophotometer
- 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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Beckman DU Spectrophotometer
- Undated
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…
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Beckman Glucose Analyzer
- Circa 1969
The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…
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Arnold O. Beckman receiving the California Industrialist of the Year Award
- 1971
This award was given by the California Museum of Science and Industry. Dr. Beckman is on the right; the other two men in this photograph are unidentified.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first…
- Photographer Crest Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., California Museum of Science and Industry, Awards
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William Ballhaus receiving the President's "E" Award from Lyndon Johnson
- 1964 – 1968
Notes accompanying the archival collection describe the award given in this photograph as an "F" award, but that is very likely an error. The President's E (Exports) Award was established in 1961 as a way for the United…
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Dedication of Beckman Auditorium at California Institute of Technology
- 1964
Arnold O. Beckman is at the center of the photo, facing the camera. The other people in this image are unidentified.
Dr. Beckman (1900-2004) received a Ph.D. in photochemistry from CalTech in 1928 and taught chemistry…
