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Helipot Division – Miscellaneous products
- 1950s
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still National Technical Laboratories) to keep up with the demand for Beckman's reliable dial, also…
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Beckman Model 80 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1959
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,…
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Beckman Instruments facilities – Arnold O. Beckman, Incorporated
- Circa 1953
Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. was founded during World War II to handle the development of a secret project: an oxygen meter designed by Linus Pauling for the National Defense Research Committee. Pauling and the NDRC…
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Helipot plant groundbreaking in Newport Beach, California
- 1956-Mar-06
(From left to right) Donald Duncan, the head of the Helipot Division, is holding the shovel. Arnold O. Beckman, founder of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the tractor. Dora Hill, the mayor of Newport Beach is…
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Helipot Plant Dedication – Newport Beach, California
- 1957-Oct
Helipot was a division of Beckman Instruments, Inc., and manufactured potentiometers and other electronic components. Arnold O. Beckman (founder of Beckman Instruments) is at center. The other men in this photograph are…
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Beckman Gas Chromatograph
- Circa 1956
This is likely the GC-1, but the lack of model identification does not rule out the possibility of it being an unlabeled GC-2.
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of…
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Beckman Model DK-1 Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1954
The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was accomplished by chemist Wilbur I. Kaye, who began his work on science behind the DK at…
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Arnold O. Beckman, Robert T. Sheen, and W. G. Brombacher with a Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1955-Sep-15
Arnold O. Beckman (L), founder of Beckman Instruments, Inc., stands with Robert T. Sheen (middle) and W. G. Brombacker (R) beside a Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer at a meeting of the Instrumentation, Systems, and…
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Arnold O. Beckman with Bill Hayman, Harry Bauer, and Bill Freeze
- 1950
This photograph was taken at a trade show, where the Beckman Instruments' advertising campaign took the form of a political campaign, with the slogan "Put Beckman in Control." The slogan was a reference to Beckman…
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Beckman Model DK-2A Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1957
The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was accomplished by chemist Wilbur I. Kaye, who began his work on science behind the DK at…
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Beckman Sugar Colorimeter
- 1950
The result of joint research and development undertaken by Beckman Instruments and six sugar industry laboratories, this instrument was designed to quantitatively measure the whiteness of sugar.
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Beckman Model 140 Leak Detector
- 1954
- 1954
Used to detect gas leaks in other systems and instruments.
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Workshop in an unidentified Beckman Instruments plant
- 1950s
Women assembling unidentified instruments at Beckman Instruments or one of its divisions.
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Beckman Instruments Process Division staff
- Circa 1957
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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John F. Bishop presenting a gift blanket to Hungarian refugees, Otto and Maria Haunold
- 1957
John F. Bishop was a Beckman Instruments employee who worked on the Flow Colorimeter, among other projects. The couple in the photograph are identified as Otto and Maria Haunold.
The pair fled to the United States in…
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Beckman Model DK-2A Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1957
The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was accomplished by chemist Wilbur I. Kaye, who began his work on science behind the DK at…
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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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Helipot trimmers and resistors
- 1950 – 1969
Shown with a pen for scale. These were likely manufactured by the Helipot Division.
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Inscribed portrait of Robert A. Millikan (1868-1953)
- 1952
Dr. Robert Millikan was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his work the photoelectric effect and for measuring the elementary electronic charge. In 1923 he also became director of…
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of the United Kingdom at the Beckman Instruments plant in Glenrothes, Scotland
- 1959
The man shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth may be Arnold O. Beckman, founder of Beckman Instruments. The man to the right of the image is unidentified.
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Beckman Instruments going public on the New York Stock Exchange
- 1952
From left to right: Arnold O. Beckman (founder of Beckman Instruments), Michael Bregman, Keith Funston, and Fred Erhman.
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German food purity team visit to Beckman Instruments
- 1957-Nov-08
Arnold O. Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the right. The other people in this image are unidentified.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Food industry and trade--Safety measures, Globes, Food--Safety measures, Germany, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments sales force
- 1953-Feb
The Beckman Instruments sales force in 1953, during a time of rapid growth for the company. This was only three years after the company changed its name from Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. and one year after the acquisition…
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.