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Wiring timing generator at Beckman Instruments Final Assembly Department
- 1961
General view of several Beckman Instruments employees wiring a timing generator purchased by Convair Astronautics. The employees visible in the photograph are identified as follows (left to right): Pete Kappauf; Homer…
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Female employees at work in Beckman Instruments Final Assembly Department
- 1961
General view of several female Beckman Instruments employees wiring and connecting a cabinet purchased by Autonetics, a division of North American Aviation. The employees visible in the photograph are identified as…
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Construction of stepper harness at Beckman Instruments Final Assembly Department
- 1961
General view of several female employees assembling a stepper harness for use with a NASA system. The employees visible in the photograph are identified as follows (left to right): Evelyn Gulick; Agnes Ross; and Edith…
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Cooling fan inspection at Beckman Instruments Final Assembly Department
- 1961
General view of several Beckman Instruments employees inspecting a cooling fan before installation in a PICE system. The employees visible in the photograph are identified as follows (left to right): Hank Harczak; Dan…
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Inspection of receiver cabinet in Beckman Final Assembly Department
- 1961
General view of several Beckman Instruments employees inspecting a receiver cabinet purchased by the Thiokol Chemical Company. The employees visible in the photographs are identified as follows (left to right): Jim…
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Sorting wires at Beckman Instruments Final Assembly Department
- 1961
General view of several Beckman Instruments employees sorting wires for an Ames System Control Panel. The employees visible in the photograph are identified as follows (left to right): Joe Verifaillie; Chuck Bonner; and…
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2 itemsBeckman/SDS 2220/920 Integrated Computer System
- Circa 1964
The photograph showing the full view of the computer bears the Moss Photography stamp; the other is unattributed.
The integrated computing system, including a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems…
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Lee de Forest at Beckman Instruments in Munich, Germany
- 1955-May
In 1956, Arnold O. Beckman fêted Lee de Forest at the new Munich facility of Beckman Instruments.
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum tubes in the early twentieth century. His…
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10 itemsBeckman Instruments (Japan) Limited - 50th anniversary album
- 1985-Apr
The photo album documents 50th anniversary celebrations at the Japanese subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, established in Tokyo in 1977. A number of pictured individuals are identified. Unused pages of the album have…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Executives, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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133 itemsOperating and Maintenance Instructions, IR4 Infrared Spectrophotometer
- Bulletin 423-A
- 1956-Sep
The binder includes several proforma invoices, photographs, and Bulletin 423-A: Operating and Maintenance Instructions, IR4 Infrared Spectrophotometer.
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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Beckman Facilities, Germany
- After 1953
Beckman Instruments, GmbH, the first overseas subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, was established in Munich, Germany in 1953.
- Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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Woman using Beckman/SDS Integrated Computer System
- 1964
The commercial solid-state computer system included a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems 920 digital computer.
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Employee operating Beckman (Berkeley) Time Interval Meter at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1962
General view of an unidentified employee operating a Beckman (Berkeley Division) Time Interval Meter at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Time Interval Meters were commonly used for a range of…
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Thomas Stauble and Andrew Tubby conducting destructive range test at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employees Thomas Stauble (left, foreground) and Andrew Tubby (right, foreground) using assorted machinery to test the destructive range and effectiveness of detonators and initiators manufactured at the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives--Testing, Corporations, Explosives, Beckman Instruments, inc., Machinery, Stauble, Thomas, Tubby, Andrew
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Beckman Helipot Plant, South Pasadena, California
- Circa 1950
This is Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still National Technical Laboratories) to keep…
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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5 itemsNational Technical Laboratories, South Pasadena, California
- Undated
- 1943
- 1948
This building at 820 Mission Street was the first built exclusively for National Technical Laboratories in 1940.
One photograph bears a photographer's stamp for J. Allen Hawkins on the back, but the other images in…
- Photographer Hawkins, J. Allen
- Subject Factories, Employees, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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2 itemsBeckman Model R-101 Microzone Cell and Model R-110 Microzone Densitometer
- After 1967
Densitometers measure a material's density. This particular model was first produced in 1967.
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4 itemsBeckman Model 150 Ultramicro Analytical System
- 1960s
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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2 itemsBeckman Model 190 and 190B Microcalorimeters
- 1960 – 1979
Calorimeters measure the amount of heat involved in chemical reactions and some other processes.
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2 itemsBeckman System 1 Plus DNA Synthesizer
- Circa 1985
This combination of hardware and software allowed users to program a sequence, check reagent levels, and perform DNA synthesis using phosphoramidite chemistry. The control module in the color photograph included an IBM…
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2 itemsBeckman Zimm Viscometer
- 1960 – 1979
Viscometers measure viscosity, the resistance of fluids to flow or stress (this could also be thought of as a liquid's thickness).
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2 itemsBeckman System 990 Synthesizer and Model 990 Peptide Synthesizer
- After 1972
The 990 Synthesizer was introduced in 1972 and operated by punched paper tape, in which the punched holes specified which operation was to be performed. The System 990 Synthesizer was developed in 1984 and used a…
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