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  Helipot tankard

  • 1960s

  One of several specialty items produced for the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments, Inc. in the 1960s. Bears the words "have faith" and "keep smiling" around an illustration of a man with an apple on his head and…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Tankards, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Helipot golf balls

  • 1960s

  One of several specialty items produced for the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments, Inc. in the 1960s. Bears the words "have faith" and "keep smiling" around an illustration of a man with an apple on his head and…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Golf balls, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  The Analog Computer that pumped blood

  • 1963

  This advertisement for the EASE Analog Computer promotes a use case where the computer was able to simulate the circulatory system (not to actually control blood flow in a living subject).

  Beckman Instruments' analog…

  • Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Computer industry--United States--History, Cardiovascular system, Computers--History, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  This Analog Computer gets all your answers -- faster, more accurately, and automatically!

  • 1963

  Advertisement for EASE 2100 Analog Computer.

  Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as early as 1953. The company produced analog computers -- also called automation, data…

  • Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Electronic analog computers, Electronic data processing, Computers, Computer industry--United States--History, Computers--History, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  The oil drum that breathes

  • 1963

  Beckman Instruments's involvement in NASA's early manned spaceflight projects was mentioned in many of their 1960s advertisements, including this one for the IR-15A Spectrophotometer. In this advertisement, the…

  • Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Project Apollo (U.S.), Respiration--Measurement, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, AiResearch Manufacturing Company of Arizona, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Oxygen--Analysis
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  Starting to gather smog data?

  • 1964

  This advertisement for Beckman Instruments targets people who are monitoring their companies' emissions, encouraging them to get a better understanding of their "problems." It positions air pollution as something to be…

  • Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Air quality management, Smog, Air--Pollution, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Air--Pollution--Measurement
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  Join the battle against air pollution!

  • 1960s

  This advertisement from Beckman Instruments highlights the many instruments and systems that could be used to monitor and control air pollution. This includes a "mobile monitor" which was an RV fitted out with various…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Air--Pollution, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Air--Pollution--Measurement
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  Photographs

  Mouse with a Helipot Model 7246 multi-turn potentiometer

  • 1964-Dec

  This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products, in this case a potentiometer.

  Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a…

  • Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
  • Subject Mice, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Marketing, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.