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OBJECT TYPE: support
DATE: 1945–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0120.002

MANUFACTURER: Jarrell-Ash Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 125.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 5.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Astronomy
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Jarrell Ash
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Boston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CA. 1945-1950 +
Canada: INSTRUMENT USED IN HIS SPECTROSCOPY LAB BY DISTINGUISHED BRITISH-CANADIAN PHYSICIST DR. R.W. NICHOLLS, ACQUIRED AFTER HIS MOVE FROM UNIV. OF LONDON TO UNIV. OF WESTERN ONTARIO IN 1948, & THEN MOVED TO YORK UNIVERSITY WHEN HE TRANSFERRED THERE TO HEAD NEW PHYSICS DEPT. IN 1965.
Function: Unknown
Technical: EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIALLY MADE RESEARCH GRADE SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT OF 1940'S. THISSPECIMEN WAS FIRST USED AT COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE IN SHIRLEY'S BAY, OTTAWA BY BILL PETRIE; IT THEN WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO PHYSICS DEPT. CA. 1960 & ON TO YORK IN 1965 WITH DR. NICHOLLS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERING READING "JARRELL-ASH COMPANY BOSTON, MASS"; BLACK MARKINGS ON WHITE SCALE.
Missing: N/A
Finish: GREY WITH WHITE PAINTED METAL SCALE DOWN ONE SIDE
Decoration: N/A

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Jarrell-Ash Co., Rail, circa 1945–1950, Artifact no. 2000.0120, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0120.002/

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