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

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