General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL AND SYNTHETIC;.2 TO.7 METAL & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

47.0 cm

Width

49.0 cm

Height

32.0 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

SUPPER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Newton Center

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS ONE BOUGHT BY NRC IN 1951 & USED BY THEM UNTIL THE UNIT TRANSFERRED TO U.OF.O. IN 1980S

Canada

SCIENTIFICINSTRUMENT USED FOR RESEARCH BY BOTH NRC AND THE U. OF O. AT THE OTTAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Function

USED TO RECORD ON FILM THE 'RECIPROCAL LATTICE' OF A CRYSTAL. IT IS POPULAR FOR STUDIES OF CRYSTALLINE PROTEINS. [REF 1]

Technical

THIS TYPE OF SPECTROGRAPH INVENTED BY BUERGER ABOUT 1940. IT USES A FLAT FILM HOLDER LINKED TO THE CRYSTAL OSCILLATION AXIS. A COMPLEX MOTION OF HOLDER & CRYSTAL RESULTS IN A PHOTOGRAPH THAT GIVES AN UNDISTORTED PICTURE OF THE 'RECIPROCAL LATTICE'. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MFG'S PLATE: 'CHARLES SUPPER CO./ NEWTON CTR. MASS'/ TAPE ON BASE: 'PR-2'/ PLATE ON MOTOR: 'VOLTS 115 AC 60 1 WATTS INPUT 8.5/ R.P.M. 60 TORQ. 6.6. IN OZ./ DUTY CONT CAPA-CITOR 1 MFD./ NO. 4038546 TYPE KYC-23 RB/ BODINE'/ ON MOTOR FRONT: 'BODINE'/.2 TO.7 NO MARKINGS

Missing

UNKNOWN From CA of 11/27/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - metal disk missing from one of the slide plates

Finish

STAND AND PARTS OF FRAME: TEXTURED BLACK; OTHER PARTS SHINY METAL/.2 TO.7 LACQUERED METAL

Decoration

N/A