Spectroscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 3 PRISM/TABLE
- DATE
- 1900–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0182.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Browning, John
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS INSTRUMENT WITH GLASS OPTICS & QUARTZ PRISMS/ WOOD CASE WITH FELT PADDING & METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.8 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 50.0 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
- Browning
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT USED IN THE NRC LABORATORIES BY DR. W.F. MURPHY, A CHEMIST. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF LIQUIDS OR GASES BY TRANSMISSION OR REFLECTANCE USING IDENTIFIABLE SPECTRAL LINES. IT WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LIGHT SOURCE OR FLAME. - Technical
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A NICE EXAMPLE OF A PRISM SPECTROSCOPE USED FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, TYPICAL OF ALABORATORY QUALITY INSTRUMENT BY THE BEST MAKER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON VERNIER READS IN SCRIPT 'John Browning/ 63 Strand London' (LONDON IS IN PRINT)/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS/ LABEL AFFIXED TO CASE INTERIOR READS 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE/ FROM/ DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES/ OTTAWA, CANADA/ Spectrochemistry Section/ Mineral Sciences Divison/ Mines Branch/ 555 Booth Street/ Ottawa/ ENVOI DU/ MINISTERE DE L'ENERGIE, DES MINES, ET DES RESOURCES/ OTTAWA, CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ WOOD STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Browning, John, Spectroscope, between 1900–1910, Artifact no. 1994.0182, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0182.001/
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