Radiometer

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OBJECT TYPE: CROOKES/DEMONSTRATION
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0097.001

MANUFACTURER: Windsor Electronics Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS BULB & TUBE/ METAL VANES & SUPPORT/ PAPER SEALED ON UNDERSIDE

Dimensions

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Length: N/A
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: 12.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Windsor
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Glen Ellyn

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY OF CANADIAN GEOPHYSICIST DR. DAVID ARNOLD KEYS (1890-1977). ACCORDING TO HIS SON, SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS USED BY DR. KEYS IN DEMONSTRATIONS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN INTENDED TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN SCIENCE, OTHER PIECES DATE FROM HIS TIME AT GERMAN PHYSICIST WILHELM ROENTGEN'S LAB IN MUNICH, MCGILL UNIVERSITY & AECL. DR. KEYS WORKED WITH ROENTGEN IN MUNICH IN 1911 BEFORE EARNING A PHD AT CAMBRIDGE; HE WAS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT MCGILL 1921-1947; HE WAS VP FOR ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT AT NRC'S CHALK RIVER LABS 1947-1955; AND WAS AN AECL CONSULTANT UNTIL THE 1970'S.
Function: DEMONSTRATION DEVICE WHICH EXPLAINS OPERATION OF RADIOMETER USED TO DETECT RADIATION.
Technical: CROOKES RADIOMETER USUALLY CONSISTS OF 4 VANES THAT ARE WHITE ON ONE SIDE & BLACK ON OTHER, MOUNTED INSIDE EVACUATED BULB; THIS DEMONSTRATION PIECE HAS UNSEALED PAPER BASE & IS NOT EVACUATED. SIR WILLIAM CROOKES (1832-1919) WAS ENGLISH CHEMIST & PHYSICIST WHO DISCOVERED THALLIUM & URANIUM X1, INVENTED RADIOMETER & CATHODE-RAY TUBE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "WINDSOR/ ELECTRONICS, INC./ GLEN ELLYN, ILL."
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE - PAPER UNDER BASE IS BECOMING DETACHED ON ONE SIDE From CA of 12/06/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BLACK, WHITE OR PLATED METAL/ GREEN PAPER
Decoration: N/A

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Windsor Electronics Inc., Radiometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1999.0097, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0097.001/

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