Lamp, helium resonance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND BLOWN/QUARTZ & PYREX
- DATE
- 1954
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0803.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ENSELL, GEORGE
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- QUARTZ AND PYREX GLASS; METAL CONDUCTORS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.5 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Laboratory equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ENSELL
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS LAMP IS UNIQUE, AND WAS NEVER USED.
- Canada
-
HANDBLOWN BY MR. GEORGE ENSELL, FOR MANY YEARS THE CHIEF GLASSBLOWER AT NRC. ACCORDING TO DONOR IT WAS MODELLED AFTER LAMP MADE BY MR. ENSELL FOR DR. F.G. LOSSING & DR. I. TANAKA WHO WERE CONDUCTING FIRST STUDIES OF PHOTOIONIZATION USING A MASS SPECTROMETER, AT NRC (C.1954+). SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH INDICATES THIS LAMP IS UNIQUE IN DESIGN, AND ITS SPECIFIC USE AND PURPOSE UNKNOWN. - Function
-
USED AS A LIGHT SOURCE FOR HELIUM, THE KNOWN SPECRUM OF WHICH IS USED IN STUDIES TO OBSERVE & ESTABLISH THE ABSORPTION LINE SPECTRA OF KNOWN AND/OR UNKNOWN GASES. (AS PER RCB) - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF COMPLEX & HIGHLY SPECIALIZED LAMP HANDBLOWN IN QUARTZ & PYREX. PROBABLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INCORPORATING KIRCHOFF THEORIES (1950S-1960S). DESIGN & MATERIALS ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT RATES OF EXPANSION OF HELIUM & OTHER GASES INTRODUCED DURING TESTING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE ON GLASS RESONANCE LAMP.
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- LAMP GLASS IS CLEAR. TWO SILVER METAL WIRE CONDUCTORS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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ENSELL, GEORGE, Lamp, helium resonance, 1954, Artifact no. 1986.0803, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0803.001/
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