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Improved oxygen control gives better product appearance and longer shelf life
- 1965
Advertisement for various Beckman oxygen analyzers used in the food packaging industry.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such…
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Helipot Zippo lighter
- 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 Zippo Manufacturing Company, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Cigar lighters
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Helipot pen
- 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 Ball-point pens, Parker Pen Company, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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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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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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pH essential to quality
- 1961
This advertisement for Beckman Instruments' pH equipment shows how central pH instruments were to the Beckman brand in 1961. By this time, the line of pH products included meters, electrodes, and accessories.
Arnold…
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Accurate, readable, repeatable blood pH
- 1962
Advertisement for the Beckman Blood pH System, including the Model 76 Expanded Scale pH Meter, Thermomatic Constant Temperature Block, and Micro Blood pH Assembly.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at…
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You can count on 4-layer diodes
- 1960
Advertisement for the Shockley 4-layer diode, including a diagram.
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of…
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The Shockley 4-layer bistable transistor diode
- 1960
Advertisement for the Shockley 4-layer diode and its demonstration at the 1960 Western Electronic Show and Convention (WesCon).
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The man on the moon wears a western hat
- 1961
This advertisement appeals to potential Beckman Instruments employees by building on the popularity of NASA's early manned spaceflight programs. In 1961 -- the year of this advertisement -- NASA conducted its first…
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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…
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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…
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What's in your smog?
- 1962
The advertisement mentions several Beckman Instruments products that could be used in corporations' fight against pollution, including IR spectrophotometers and gas chromatographs.
Beckman Instruments, Inc. was an…