General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BOX IS CARDBOARD, PLATES ARE GLASS, PACKAGING INCLUDES PLASTIC/ AS BOX IS UNOPENED OTHER POSSIBLE MATERIALS UNKNOWN

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.0 cm

Width

12.4 cm

Height

14.0 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

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

THIS TYPE PF PLATE USED IN THE 1970'S & 1980'S, BECOMING LESS COMMON FROM LATE '70'S ON

Canada

BOUGHT FOR USE AT A CANADIAN UNIV. (ST. MARY'S UNIV. IN HALIFAX)

Function

USED TO PHOTOGRAPH STAR CLUSTERS/ THESE PLATES ARE SENSITIVE TO THE RED REGION OF THE SPECTRUM, MAKING THEM SENSITIVE TO COOL (RED) STARS & TO EMISSIONS FROM HII (IONIZED HYDROGEN) REGIONS/ THEY WERE USED WITH BLUE SENSITIVE PLATES FOR STUDIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG STAR CLUSTERS

Technical

103A PLATES REPLACED BY IIA PLATES IN 1970'S & PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES WERE RAPIDLY REPLACED BY CCD CAMERAS FROM LATE 70'S/ BY 1990 VIRTUALLY NO STUDIES USING THESE TYPES OF PLATES BEING DONE/ SENSITIVITY WAS INCREASED BY HYPER-SENSITIZING EMULSIONS BY VARIOUS TECHNIQUES BUT EVEN BEST EFFICIENCY WAS FRACTION OF THAT OF CCD'S

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON TOP 'Handle With Care/ OPEN ONLY UNDER PROPER/ SAFELIGHT ILLUMINATION/ [IN VERY SMALL PRINT: 'KP 69373 Printed in U.S.A.']/ Kodak Glass/ Plates'/ ON END '36 PLATES 4 X 5in./ (10.2 x 12.7cm)/.040 in. glass' & 'Kodak spectroscopic plates/ TYPE 103a-D BACKED/ HD1H9 CAT 160 0626'/ ON SIDE 'Read This Notice: These plates will be replaced if defective in manufacture,/ labeling, or packaging. Except for such replacement, the sale or any/ subsequent handling of these plates is without warrenty or liability even/ though defect, damage or loss is caused by negligence or other fault./ MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ ROCHESTER, N.Y. 14650*

Missing

From CA of 12/11/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

DEEP YELLOW BOX, RED & BLACK MKGS

Decoration

N/A