Thermopile

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OBJECT TYPE: SMALL SURFACE
DATE: 1933
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0370.001

MANUFACTURER: KIPP
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Delft, Netherlands

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL INSTRUEMNT & POST, WITH FERROUS METAL BASE/ GLASS OPTICS/ SYNTHETIC WIRE COVERING (PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL)

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.0 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Height: 17.6 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: KIPP
Country: Netherlands
State/Province: Unknown
City: Delft

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCHINSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. KIPP & ZONEN WAS TAKEN OVER BY CANADIAN FIRM SED SYSTEMS OF SASKATOON, SASK. (DATE UNKNOWN).
Function: DEVICE CONSISTING OF SERIES OF THERMOCOUPLES, USED TO CONVERT RADIANT ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY & TO DETECT & MEASURE RADIANT ENERGY. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED TO MEASURE AMOUNTS OF LIGHT IN GROWTH CABINET.
Technical: SERIES OF CONNECTED THERMOCOUPLES WHICH FORMS THERMOPILE PROVIDES GREATER SENSITIVITY THAN SINGLE THERMOCOUPLE. KIPP PRODUCED SEVERAL THERMOCOUPLES OF DR. MOLL'S TYPE, COMBINING GREAT SENSITIVITY & RAPID INDICATION. THIS APPEARS TO BE EXAMPLE OF KIPP'S SMALL SURFACE THERMOPILE, SIMPLER TYPE MADE TO MEET DEMAND FOR CHEAP APPARATUS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "KIPP/ DELFT HOLLAND" WITH PATENT NO.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 02/12/2002 by David Daley: No - appears to be complete
Finish: METALLIC & BLACK CRINKLE/ ORANGE & YELLOW SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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KIPP, Thermopile, 1933, Artifact no. 1995.0370, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0370.001/

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