Spectrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INFRARED/DIFFRACTION GRATING
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0397.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PERKIN-ELMER CORP.
- MODEL
- 112-0
- LOCATION
- Norwalk, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 114
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE, CHASSIS, COVER, PARTS (ALUMINUM, STEEL, BRASS)/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS MIRRORS/ ASBESTOS? INSULATING BLANKET/ CORK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 58.0 cm
- Width
- 45.5 cm
- Height
- 48.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Light & electromagnetic radiation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PERKIN ELMER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Norwalk
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1960'S & 1970'S
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED IN EARLY EXPERIMENT BYJOHN POLANYI & GRADUATE STUDENT J.K. CASHION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. THESE EXPERIMENTS WERE THE FORERUNNERS OF THOSE THAT LED TO THE AWARD OF THE 1986 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO CANADIAN SCIENTIST JOHN POLANYI. - Function
-
A DEVICE WHICH DISPERSES INFRARED LIGHT INTO A SPECTRUM, IN THIS CASE USED IN CHEMILUMINESCENCE EXPERIMENTS TO COLLECT INFRARED EMISSION PRODUCED IN A REACTION CELL (910395) & RECORD THE SPECTRUM. - Technical
-
A STANDARD INSTRUMENT USED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LABORATORY, READILY AVAILABLE AT LITTLE COST, A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE EARLY STAGES OF POLANYI'S RESEARCH. THIS ONE HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXPERIMENT. SUCH INSTRUMENTS WERE USED IN MANY PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY LABS IN THE 1950'S-1970'S. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INTERIOR DECAL READING 'PERKIN [LOGO] ELMER/ SER. 117/ PART 099-0097'/ DECAL ON COVER EXTERIOR READING 'SPECTROMETER/ MODEL 112-0/ SERIAL NO. 114/ THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION/ NORWALK, CONECTICUT U.S.A.'/ ONTARIO HYDRO APPROVAL STICKER ON COVER/ WHITE SCALE MARKINGS FOR MIRROR ADJUSTMENT/ BLACK SCALE MARKINGS ON MIRROR ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS
- Missing
- SCREWS/ MIRRORS/ INFRARED DETECTOR
- Finish
- GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR CHASSIS, MIRROR MOUNTS/ BRASS COLOURED DEWAR MOUNT/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE BLANKET
- Decoration
- N/A
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PERKIN-ELMER CORP., Spectrometer, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1991.0397, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0397.001/
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