These men and this instrument are from the Special Products Division of Beckman Instruments.

A group of men only identified as an "international group" standing with a Beckman Instruments pH meter.

The Beckman Accutrace was introduced in 1973. Electroencephalographs are used to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.

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,…

Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Sr. (1918-2013) was a Stanford- and Caltech-educated aeronautical engineer who assumed the presidency of Beckman Instruments in 1965. During his tenure, Ballhaus oversaw the company's shift away…

Arnold O. Beckman (right) and an unidentified man looking at what are likely blueprints or architectural drawings in front of construction equipment.

Arnold Beckman is on the left.

Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…

The instrument is labeled "Beckman Data and Control System[s]." The other men in the photograph are unidentified.

The photograph shows Ed Cherniss at a podium, with Erickson, Lewis, and Dozier seated at a table, with a second table evident in the foreground. Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence identifies the venue as…

Helipot microcircuits were used in the instruments designed by Beckman's Systems Division. The U.S. quarter provides scale.

From the Beckman Historical Collection, this unidentified photograph may have been taken at a company event at Beckman Instruments, Inc.

Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…

The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…

The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis instruments that Beckman Instruments produced in the 1970s. Its size, speed, and price…

This award was given by the California Museum of Science and Industry. Dr. Beckman is on the right; the other two men in this photograph are unidentified.

Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first…

Notes accompanying the archival collection describe the award given in this photograph as an "F" award, but that is very likely an error. The President's E (Exports) Award was established in 1961 as a way for the United…

Arnold O. Beckman is at the center of the photo, facing the camera. The other people in this image are unidentified.

Dr. Beckman (1900-2004) received a Ph.D. in photochemistry from CalTech in 1928 and taught chemistry…

This portrait was taken on the occasion of his receiving the Orange County Man of the Year Award in 1966.

Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus…

The actors in this image are unidentified.

The Swarm was released in 1978 and stars Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, and Slim Pickens (among many others). The film's plot involves a swarm of African…

The actors in this image are unidentified.

The Swarm was released in 1978 and stars Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, and Slim Pickens (among many others). The film's plot involves a swarm of African…

Actors Michael Caine (left) and Henry Fonda on the set of The Swarm, with a Beckman Glucose Analyzer in background.

The Swarm was released in 1978 and stars Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, and Slim…