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Why crystal gaze... you can start closing loops now with a Beckman 112 Data Processing System

  • 1960s

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Beckman Instruments' analog computers were developed by their Berkeley Division as early as 1953. The company produced analog computers -- also called automation, data reduction, or data handling systems -- for the petroleum, aerospace, and defense industries. Beckman Instruments eventually stopped producing these systems after their cost and the time required to customize them kept them from being widely adopted.

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  • 8.5 in. W x 11 in. L
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  • Danaher Corporation
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Sub-series 2. Advertisements
  • Series VIII. Clippings and Advertisements
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  • Box 49, Folder 14

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Beckman Instruments, Inc., and Charles Bowes Advertising. “Why Crystal Gaze... You Can Start Closing Loops Now with a Beckman 112 Data Processing System,” 1960–1969. Beckman Historical Collection, Box 49, Folder 14. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/x920fw90j.

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