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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SCANNING
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.1210.001

MANUFACTURER: NRC, Spectroscopy Lab
MODEL: 35-FOOT AIR EAGLE
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METALS INCLUDING BRASS, IRON AND STEEL; PLASTICS, GLASS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 239.1 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Height: 44.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still cameras
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: FIRST SPECTROGRAPH DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANADA. USED BY DR. G. HERZBERG IN WORK FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT WITH WHICH SPECTRA MAY BE PHOTOGRAPHED.
Technical: SPECTROGRAPHS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER SIMILAR OPTICAL DISPERSING INSTRUMENTS, ARE SIMPLER IN CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WAVELENGTH SCANNING IS NOT REQUIRED AND ALL OPTICAL COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM REMAIN FIXED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Please see transcripts in Supp. Info. file/ crate 841210.6 bears following info., handwritten, in red ink: '1 PLATE HOLDER BEARING'.
Missing: MANY NUMEROUS, SMALL MISCELLANEOUS PARTS, FITTINGS, ETC. SIGNIFICANTLY ABSENT IS LIGHTGRATING - BELIEVED TO BE IN USE AT NRC.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Spectroscopy Lab, Spectrograph, after 1950, Artifact no. 1984.1210, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.1210.001/

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