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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/BUILT IN PRISM SYSTEM
- DATE
- 1930–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0314.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeiss, Carl
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Jena, German Democratic Republic
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 41953
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION. CW CAST IRON LEVELLING FEET.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 90.0 cm
- Width
- 55.0 cm
- Height
- 36.2 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
- Zeiss
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Jena
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS INSTRUMENT PROBABLY USED, WITH MODIFICATIONS, C.1930 TO MID 1980S.
- Canada
-
USED IN THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORIES, WHOSE HIGH STANDARDS AND GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH HELPED TO ESTABLISH NRC'S INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION IN THIS FIELD. - Function
-
USED TO RECORD SPECTRA ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM. - Technical
-
SMALL, TABLE-TOP SIZE SPECTOGRAPH INCORPORATING A BUILT-IN PRISM SYSTEM. THE GRATINGASSEMBLY (930315) IS HOUSED WITHIN THE CIRCULAR CHAMBER, WHICH WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY BUILT AT NRC, AND ADDED TO THE INSTRUMENT IN THE 1950S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " CARL ZEISS/ JENA " appears on four sliding supports which secure instrument to rails, and on arm and film assembly components. Decal on inside of one support reads in part " THE/ PRECISION [TABLE ?]/ INSTRUMENT [CO.] LTD./ THORNTON HEATH/ [SUR]REY ENG."/ Serial nos. "41953" and "42649" (film plate) incised on components./ One lens (internal, accessed via grating chamber) reads "Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Nr. 41953". "REAR" incised crudely on grating platform. Micrometers, scales, etc. bear incised markings.
- Missing
- MISSING LIGHT SOURCE (S) USED WITH THIS INSTRUMENT. SOME MINOR FITTINGS (IE KNOB TO SECURE POSITION OF SLIDING TUBE BEHIND FILM PLATE) MISSING.
- Finish
- BRUSHED ALUMINUM TRIANGULAR-SHAPED BASE FITTED WITH PHENOLIC KNOBS FOR THREADED LEVELLING FEET (3). TRIANGULAR IRON RAILS FORM V, ON WHICH INSTRUMENT CAN BE MOVED. SPECTROGRAPH PROPER IS PREDIMINANTLY BLACK: PEBBLE TEXTURED FINISH ON GRATING CHAMBER AND CONNECTING TUBES. SMOOTH FINISHES APPLIED TO EACH ARM OF INSTRUMENT: FINISH ON SECTION BEHIND FILM HOUSING HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeiss, Carl, Spectrograph, between 1930–1950, Artifact no. 1993.0314, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0314.001/
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