General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM; NYLON RACK; IN WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

110.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

6.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Ealing

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1980'S

Canada

MADE AND USED IN CANADA.

Function

USED TO HOLD VARIOUS OPTICAL COMPONENTS ON MOVABLE CARRIERS IN ORDER TO PERFORM LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS & GIVE LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS. THE BENCH TOP IS CAREFULLY MACHINED TO HIGH TOLERANCES. THE CARRIERS HAVE A LOCK & PINION GEAR TO MESH WITH THE NYLON RACK ON THE BENCH TOP.

Technical

VERY COMMONLY USED OPTICAL BENCH FOR INSTRUCTIONAL & RESEARCH LABS. SOME OF PURPOSES USED: PHOTOMETRY; COLOUR DEMONSTRATIONS; MAKING HOLOGRAMS WITHLASERS; MEASUREMENTS WITH DIFFRACTION SLITS; PRECISIION MEASUREMENTS OF BENDING OF BEAMS UNDER LOAD; POLARIZATION EXPERIMENTS; & VARIOUS PROJECTION DEMONSTRATIONS (REF.2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SCALE ON ONE SIDE: '1' TO '100' IN DIVISIONS OF ONE/ ON PACKING CRATE: ADDRESS LABELS FOR NMST MUSEUM/ 'VISION' STENCILLED 3 TIMES

Missing

NONE. COMPONENTS PURCHASED SEPARATELY. From CA of 01/23/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete; reg gel found in envelope along with .010-11.

Finish

BOX PAINTED GREY; UNFINISHED ALUMINUM; SCALE IN BLACK; WHITE NYLON RACK.

Decoration

N/A