General Information

Serial #

348

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL STAND/ NON-FERROUS METAL SPECTROMETER/ GLASS OPTICS & DIAL WINDOW/ METAL ADJUSTMENT SCREWS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

35.8 cm

Width

33.3 cm

Height

22.0 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

Bausch Lomb

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

INSTRUMENT USED BY HEALTH CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.

Function

GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT THAT PRODUCES SPECTRUM BY DISPERSION & IS CALIBRATED TO MEASURE TRANSMITTED ENERGY WITH RESPECT TO WAVELENGTHS OF RADIATION, REFRACTIVE INDICES OF PRISM MATERIALS, OR RADIANT INTENSITIES AT VARIOUS WAVELENGTHS. IN PRISM SPECTROMETER, PRISM IS USED TO SEPARATE INCIDENT LIGHT INTO COMPONENT WAVELENGTHS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LABORATORY SPECTROMETER MADE BY AMERICAN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT MFR. BAUSCH & LOMB FOR ROUTINE LABORATORY WORK. IT WAS SAME IN PRINCIPLE AS B&L'SLARGE LABORATORY SPECTROMETER BUT WAS SIMPLER IN CONSTRUCTION & OPTICAL SURFACES & MOVING PARTS WERE ENCLOSED FOR PROTECTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON CASING TOP READS "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER. N.Y. U.S.A./ 348/ SOLD BY/ ARTHUR H. THOMAS CO./ PHILADA/ U.S.A."/ BLACK SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS ON WHITE DIAL FACE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/19/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

PAINTED FLAT BLACK/ WHITE DIAL FACE/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A