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Atoms for Peace
- 1950s
Atoms for Peace is a 17-minute film describing how atomic energy is used in the oil, automotive, power, medical, and agricultural industries. This version is taken from a DVD copy and not from the original film.
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Autoclave at the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory
- 1950s – circa
General view of an autoclave, used for the fabrication of plastics, at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. In the foreground, Laboratory Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr.…
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Beckman AB-8-1 Nine Bin Sorter
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Component Taping Device
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Commercial Photographic Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman D2 Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
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Beckman DIP Resistor Networks
- 1950 – 1969
Resistor networks combine several resistors into a single component. Dual in-line package (DIP) networks are rectangular in shape, with two parallel rows of pins for through-hole mounting to a circuit board.
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Beckman Facilities, Berkeley Scientific Corporation
- 1950s
Berkeley Scientific Corporation was founded in 1945 and acquired by Beckman in 1952. The company manufactured high-speed electronic counters and radioactivity instruments, and the Berkeley name was retained for the…
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Workshops, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Facilities, Newport Beach, California
- 1950s
Arnold Beckman sits on the tractor. The mayor of Newport Beach, Dora Hill, stands to the right of the shovel-holder. Donald Duncan, the head of the Helipot Division, is pictured holding the shovel and standing to the…
- Photographer Beckner Photo Service
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Shovels, Tractors, Construction equipment, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Helipot Model 3301 Cermet Precision Potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Ceramic metals, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Helipot Model 77P Helitrim trimming potentiometer with bee
- 1950 – 1969
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products, in this case a trimmer potentiometer.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Bees, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Helitrim Model 63 trimming potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Helitrim Models 58P and 58S on military map of Germany
- 1950 – 1969
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O.…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Germany--Bavaria, Potentiometer, Military maps, Germany--Hesse, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments Helipot Division, Newport Beach plant
- 1950s
A series of photographs depicting the future site of the Helipot Division's Newport Beach plant and the building's appearance in the mid-1950s.
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Beckman Model 144 UV Photometer
- 1950 – 1979
Photometers measure the intensity of light or optical properties (like illuminance and fluorescence) of surfaces and solutions.
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Beckman Model 210 Dial with hand
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Passive components, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 375 Switch
- 1950 – 1969
- Manufacturer Herb Radin and Associates
- Subject Electric switchgear, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 376 Switch
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Herb Radin and Associates
- Subject Electric switchgear, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 471 Rectilinear Cermet Potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 481 Rectilinear Cermet Potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 61PA Helitrim trimming potentiometer with popcorn
- 1950 – 1969
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products, here by way of popcorn and unpopped kernels.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Popcorn, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 62P Potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Passive components, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 62P Potentiometer
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Passive components, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model 6351 and 6353 wirewound potentiometers
- 1950 – 1969
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was unsatisfied with dials on the market, so he designed his own helical potentiometers, or helipots, for use…
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Potentiometers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.