General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & POWER CORDS

Dimensions

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

Length

185.0 cm

Width

113.0 cm

Height

46.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bausch Lomb

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1955 +

Canada

INSTRUMENT USED IN HIS SPECTROSCOPY LAB BY DISTINGUISHED BRITISH-CANADIAN PHYSICIST DR. R.W. NICHOLLS, WHO MOVED FROM UNIV. OF LONDON TO UNIV. OF WESTERN ONTARIO IN 1948, & THEN BECAME HEAD OF NEW PHYSICS DEPT. OF YORK UNIVERSITY IN 1965. ON HIS MOVE TO YORK, HE WAS PROVIDED WITH LABS & NEW EQUIPMENT.

Function

MULTIPURPOSE SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY INSTRUMENT WHICH CAN BE USED AS SPECTROGRAPH, MONOCHROMATOR OR QUANTOMETER OR ANY COMBINATION OF THREE, IN ORDER TO RECORD SPECTRUM FOR ANALYSIS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIALLY MADE RESEARCH GRADE SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT,WHICH COULD BE CUSTOMIZED TO PERFORM SEVERAL FUNCTIONS. SCANNING DEVICE WAS OF TYPE DESIGNED FOR AND NORMALLY USED IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL LAB.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED PLATE WITH SILVER LETTERING READING "APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES" & "ARL"/ SILVER COLOURED METAL LETTERING READING "Quantograph"

Missing

LEGS, SEPARATE RECORDING CONSOLE

Finish

EXTERIOR PAINTED GLOSSY GREY/ PLATED, GOLD COLOURED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A