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Beckman competitors' potentiometer components
- 1950 – 1969
Beckman Instruments documented company-built instruments and electronic components, but in some cases also documented the work of competitors. These models were viewed as competitive to the Helipot Model 91.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Passive components, Potentiometer
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Beckman competitors' potentiometer components
- 1950 – 1969
Beckman Instruments documented company-built instruments and electronic components, but in some cases also documented the work of competitors. These models were viewed as competitive to the Helipot Model 91.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Passive components, Potentiometer
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Beckman custom microcircuit voltage regulator with paper clip
- 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 voltage regulator.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Paper clips
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Beckman pH Control ends "red water days" in Macon
- 1950s
This advertisement describes a use case for Beckman pH meters in which Macon Water Works used the instruments to control the acidity of the water and inhibit corrosion of pipes.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH…
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Beckman reference electrode #92301
- 1950 – 1969
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Benching Control
- 1950 – 1969
The unit, an Accu-Bend Sequential Programmer, appears to have been manufactured by Coast-Costello.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Process control
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Berkeley Model 5602-20 Nuclear Scaler
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified woman, presumably a model, holding up component parts of a nuclear scaler produced by the Berkeley Division of Beckman Instruments. A scaler is an electronic instrument used to count…
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CTS Version of Helipot Model 91
- 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 Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Cermet elements for Beckman 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 Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Ceramic metals, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Circuit deck of a Beckman cermet switch
- 1950 – 1969
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Ceramic metals, Electric switchgear, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Clothespin holding a Model 79P Helitrim trimming potentiometer
- 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 Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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D2 Oxygen Analyzer for Safe Oxygen Therapy
- Product Data Sheet O2—8120
- 1950s
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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Draft of Instructions for Modified OM-1 Beckman Portable Oxygen Meter
- 1950s
This draft document includes extensive annotations; the stylistic and technical changes are reflected in a later version.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’…
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Duodial installation on Model A 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 Passive components, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Exploded Pot
- 1950 – 1969
The labeled illustration depicts the interior of a potentiometer.
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,…
- Photographer Photographic Services Section
- Subject Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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For very little coin, Beckman will put your old DU in mint condition.
- 1950s
In 1950, Beckman Instruments' had so many DU Spectrophotometers still in use that they offered to refurbish old models (for a fee, of course). This service could include replacing a power supply, repainting, and…
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Gas chromatography is new! The Beckman Gas Chromatograph is newer!
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Hand holding Helipot Model 826 Voltage Regulator
- 1950 – 1969
Voltage regulators maintain a constant voltage level in electrical devices.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Microelectronics, Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hand holding Helipot Voltage Regulators Models 807 and 808
- 1950 – 1969
Voltage regulators maintain a constant voltage level in electrical devices.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Microelectronics, Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hand holding a Beckman Series 822 voltage regulator
- 1950 – 1969
Voltage regulators maintain a constant voltage level in electrical devices.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hand holding a Helipot Model 809 Voltage Regulator
- 1950 – 1969
Voltage regulators maintain a constant voltage level in electrical devices.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Microelectronics, Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hand holding a Helipot Model 851 voltage regulator
- 1950 – 1969
Voltage regulators maintain a constant voltage level in electrical devices.
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Microelectronics, Voltage regulators, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Hand holding a Helipot Model 851 voltage regulator
- 1950 – 1969
Voltage regulators maintain a constant voltage level in electrical devices.