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Montgomery Ward store featuring laminated Plexiglas panels
- 1960s
Two photographs depicting the Montgomery Ward store located at the Apache Plaza Shopping Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of a series documenting the use of Plexiglas in the building industry. Per notations…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Chemical industry, Architecture, Montgomery Ward
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Model E2 Oxygen Analyzer Operating Instructions and Technical Information
- Bulletin 203-A
- 1960s
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Model 77P Helitrim potentiometer with Model 801 microcircuit
- 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 Roger Marshutz Photography
- Subject Microelectronics, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Model 76PR100 Helitrim 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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Model 58 Helitrim trimming 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 Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Miller's 50% DDT Wettable
- After 1937 – before 1969
Miller's brand pesticide can with black and yellow text on red, yellow, and green label. Butterfly and landscape graphics.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Microcircuit ladder network with pencil
- 1950 – 1969
Resistor ladders are electrical circuits made from repeating units of resistors. This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Ladder networks, Pencils, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Man with Beckman Research pH meter, H2 electrode, and Thermomatic
- 1960s
The edge of the paper used as a photo backdrop can be seen, taped to the bench on which the instruments sit.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus…
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Man using a Beckman Model L Continuous Flow Ultracentrifuge
- 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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Man posed with Styrofoam Paul Bunyan
- 1960s
General view of an unidentified man posed with a sculpture of Paul Bunyan carved out of Styrofoam. Invented in 1941 by researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab, "Styrofoam" properly refers to the Dow Chemical Company’s…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Foamed materials, Dow Chemical Company, Foam, Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character), Polystyrene
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Man adjusting a Beckman Model 320D Industrial Gas Chromatograph
- 1956 – 1969
Images show a man adjusting the front and underside of the instrument, in a work space containing other, unidentified instruments.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition…
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Low resistance glass electrode #78074V
- 1960s
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Electrodes, Glass, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Long reservoir reference electrode #78090V
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Electrodes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Linearity Test - 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 Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Ceramic metals, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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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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Isolation valve for Bendix Knudsen Cell Inlet System
- 1960s
Close-up view of the isolation valve apparatus for a Bendix Corporation Knudsen Cell Inlet System. Inlet systems are typically used to introduce samples into a mass spectrometer's ion source for analysis. The Knudsen…
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Ion tube for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Close-up view of the ion tube for a Bendix Corporation Mass Spectrometer. The ion tube is a component part of the mass spectrometer's ion source, which produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample material…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Three close-up views of the ion source for a Bendix Corporation Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample material…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Two views of the ion source for a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample material for…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Three views of the ion source and vacuum system for a Bendix Corporation Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Close-up view of the ion source for a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample material for…
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Ion source for Bendix Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Close-up view of the ion source for a Bendix Corporation Mass Spectrometer. One of four component parts of a mass spectrometer, the ion source produces a beam of particles characteristic of the sample material for…
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Interior views of Bendix MA-2 Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer
- 1960s
Two partial views of the interior of a Bendix MA-2 Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, with view of the hot filament sample system control and assorted pumps. The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS) was the flagship…
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Industrial Instruments Type DR51D Decade Resistance
- 1950 – 1969
In 1965, Beckman Instruments acquired Industrial Instruments, Inc. The Cedar Grove, New Jersey-based company manufactured solution conductivity analyzers and other industrial instruments.
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Incrementing voltage reference photograph
- 1950 – 1969
This image was likely used as a reference for the arrangement of Beckman/Helipot voltage regulator microcircuits on a circuit board.
- Photographer Hess Photographic
- Subject Microelectronics, Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.