General Information

Serial #

569

Part Number

1

Total Parts

83

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALS/ SYNTHETICS, INCLUDING PLASTICS & BAKELITE/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

105.0 cm

Width

60.0 cm

Height

190.0 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

RCA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Camden

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

N.R.C., OTTAWA, JAN. 1945-C.1966/ CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA, C. 1966-1972

Canada

SAID TO BE THE FIRST ELECTRON SCANNING MICROSCOPE EVER USED IN CANADA. INSTALLED AND USED AT NRC IN EARLY 1940S.

Function

(GENERAL) A MICROSCOPE THAT USES BEAMS OF ELECTRONS INSTEAD OF BEAMS OF LIGHT & HAS MUCH HIGHER POWER THAN ANY ORDINARY MICROSCOPE. ITS ENLARGED IMAGES ARE NOT OBSERVABLE DIRECTLY BY THE EYE, BUT ARE PROJECTED UPON A FLUORESCENT SURFACE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE.

Technical

EMU MICROSCOPE WAS INTRODUCED TO MARKET IN 1944. SUCCESSOR TO TYPE 'B' MODEL. LARGELY DEVELOPED BY P.C. SMITH & R.G. PICARD

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

EXTENT OF MISSING PARTS, IF ANY, UNKNOWN. N.B. WHEN MICROSCOPE WAS RE-CATALOGUED (1984.02.03) .11 WAS NOT FOUND From CA of 01/25/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete; came with MANY parts

Finish

CABINET PAINTED LIGHT BLUE-GREY & DK BLUE-GREY WITH BLACK STRIP AROUND ITS BASE & COLUMN'S BASE/ CONTROL PANEL IS DARK BLUE-GREY WITH REDDISH-BROWN TOP & BLACK KNOBS & DIALS/ COVERS FOR MAIN COLUMN & DIFFUSION PUMP ARE DARK BLUE-GREY WITH A BLACK STRIP AROUND THEIR BASES/ BRUSHED METAL TRIM

Decoration

RED & SILVER RCA LOGO AFFIXED TO HOOD/ METAL MFR'S PLATE AFFIXED TO INSIDE CROSSPIECE OF CABINET/ PAPER LABELS WITH MFR'S PATENT INFO. & ASSEMBLING INSTRUCTIONS AFFIXED TO INSIDE OF BOTH CABINET DOORS