Screen, diffusion

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OBJECT TYPE: x-ray viewer
DATE: 1950–1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0607.002

MANUFACTURER: X-ray & Radium Industries Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass screen

Dimensions

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

Length: 45.0 cm
Width: 37.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Radiology
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: X ray
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This viewer appears new/little used. This type of viewer used c. 1950s+
Canada: Manufactured in Toronto by X-Ray and Radium Industries Ltd. This firm maintained stocks of therapeutic radium, as well as supplying radiology equipment, accessories & supplies. X-Ray & Radium Industries claimed to be capable of supplying "...all the medical radium and associated mineral requirement of the western hemisphere." [c. 1950s] The quality of therapeutic radium they sold was assessed on the company's own certificate of measurement or by the National Research Council of Canada, in Ottawa. [Ref. 2]
Function: To diffuse the light cast behind x-ray film for better viewing.
Technical: Simple viewer uses two 60-watt blue bulbs to illuminate x-ray film from behind. Films are secured by tensioned wooden rollers mounted on viewer front. Unit may suspended on wall or used on desk or table top.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Mostly opaque blue tinted glass
Decoration: N/A

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X-ray & Radium Industries Ltd., Screen, diffusion, circa 1950–1979, Artifact no. 2002.0607, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0607.002/

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