General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

4

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

94.0 cm

Width

83.0 cm

Height

162.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Beckman Whitley

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

San Carlos

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1970 +

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 WITHLABS & NEW EQUIPMENT.

Function

A stand for immobilizing a camera at various set heights.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HIGH SPEED CAMERA. FOR THIS EXAMPLE, HIGH SPEED OF 10,000 FRAMES PER SECOND WAS NEEDED TO SEE DETAILS OF IMPACT OF BULLETS ON STEEL TARGET. SIMILAR CAMERAS WERE PROVIDED TO NASA FOR GEMINI MISSIONS, FOR USAF U-2 SPY PLANES & TO U.S. METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READS "HIGH SPEED CAMERA/ STAND/ MODEL 335/ SERIAL 124/ MADE IN SAN CARLOS, CALIF. BY/ Beckman & Whitley [SCRIPT] INC."; WHITE PAINTED "R154"

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREY CRINKLE FINISHED BASE & MOUNT; METALLIC POST; GREY HAND GRIP ON CRANK

Decoration

RAISED PARALLEL LINES ON CASE TOP