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- OBJECT TYPE
- support
- DATE
- 1945–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0120.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Jarrell-Ash Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 125.0 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Jarrell Ash
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CA. 1945-1950 +
- Canada
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INSTRUMENT USED IN HIS SPECTROSCOPY LAB BY DISTINGUISHED BRITISH-CANADIAN PHYSICIST DR. R.W. NICHOLLS, ACQUIRED AFTER HIS MOVE FROM UNIV. OF LONDON TO UNIV. OF WESTERN ONTARIO IN 1948, & THEN MOVED TO YORK UNIVERSITY WHEN HE TRANSFERRED THERE TO HEAD NEW PHYSICS DEPT. IN 1965. - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIALLY MADE RESEARCH GRADE SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT OF 1940'S. THISSPECIMEN WAS FIRST USED AT COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE IN SHIRLEY'S BAY, OTTAWA BY BILL PETRIE; IT THEN WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO PHYSICS DEPT. CA. 1960 & ON TO YORK IN 1965 WITH DR. NICHOLLS. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING READING "JARRELL-ASH COMPANY BOSTON, MASS"; BLACK MARKINGS ON WHITE SCALE.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREY WITH WHITE PAINTED METAL SCALE DOWN ONE SIDE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Jarrell-Ash Co., Rail, circa 1945–1950, Artifact no. 2000.0120, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0120.002/
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