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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/COLOUR SCALE
- DATE
- 1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0658.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TINTOMETER LTD.
- MODEL
- LOVIBOND TINTOMETER
- LOCATION
- Salisbury, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 WOOD CASING; SYNTHETIC EXTERIOR & INTERIOR PANELS, CONTROLS; GLASS FILTERS, LAMP; METAL SWITCH, PARTS, HARDWARE/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING WITH GLASS MIRRORS & METAL HARDWARE/.3 BRASS? CHUCK & IRON MAGNETS/.4 IRON MAGNET/.5 PORCALAIN TRAY,.6 GLASS VESSEL/.7-.8 CARBONATE OF MAGNESIA BLOCKS IN CARDBOARD BOXES/.9 PLASTIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.4 cm
- Width
- 34.7 cm
- Height
- 15.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Test-measurement equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TINTOMETER
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Salisbury
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1930'S +
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT USED BY HEALTH CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT ANALYSES COLOUR OF SUBSTANCES BY MEASURING GIVEN COLOUR IN TERMS OF SCALE OF COLOURS CONSISTING OF RED, YELLOW & BLUE. THIS TYPE ANALYSES TRANSPARENT OR OPAQUE COLOURS OF LIQUIDS & SOLIDS INCLUDING POWDERED MATERIAL (REF. 1). - Technical
-
THIS COLOURIMETER USES SUBTRACTIVE APPROACH IN WHICH USER STARTS WITH WHITELIGHT & ABSORBS LIGHT WITH SELECTIVE SLIDES OR FILTERS OF KNOWN ABSORPTIVE POWER UNTIL DESIRED COLOUR IS OBTAINED. IT WAS INTENDED FOR INDUSTRIAL RATHER THEN LABORATORY USE (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MOULDED LETTERING ON EXTERIOR TOP PANEL READS "WHITE LIGHT CABINET/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ THE TINTOMETER LTD./ THE COLOUR LABORATORY/ SALISBURY ENGLAND"/ MOULDED LETTERING IN INTERIOR READS "THE LOVIBOND TINTOMETER/ THE BRITISH DRUGHOUSES PATTERN/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ PAT. No. 299194 REG. No. 797135"; BLACK STAMPED "MAR 29 1949" ON INTERIOR/.6 BLACK LETTERING READING "1.0 cm"/.7-.8 BLACK LETTERING ON BOXES READS "The Tintometer Ltd./ The Colour Laboratory/ SALISBURY/ CARBONATE/ OF/ MAGNESIA/ Standard White"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 CASING PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK; BLACK SYNTHETIC; METALLIC SWITCH/ PLATED HINGE/.2 BLACK SYNTHETIC; BRASS COLOURED METAL; MIRROR GLASS/.3 BRASS COLOURED WITH GREY MAGNETS/.4 GREY/.5 WHITE/.6 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT/.7-.8 WHITE IN WHITE BOXES/.9 BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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TINTOMETER LTD., Colourimeter, 1949, Artifact no. 1996.0658, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0658.001/
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