General Information

Serial #

150

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE, CHASSIS, COVER, WORKING PARTS (ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM, IRON, BRASS)/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL KNOB CRANK HANDLE/ GLASS MIRRORS/ CORK PART

Dimensions

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

Length

49.5 cm

Width

34.5 cm

Height

23.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PERKIN ELMER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Norwalk

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960'S & 1970'S

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED IN EARLY EXPERIMENTS BY JOHN POLANYI & GRADUATE STUDENT J.K. CASHION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. THESE EXPERIMENTS WERE THE FORERUNNERS OF THOSE THAT LED TO THE AWARD OF THE 1986 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO CANADIAN SCIENTIST JOHN POLANYI.

Function

A DEVICE WHICH DISPERSES INFRARED LIGHT INTO A SPECTRUM, IN THIS CASE USED IN CHEMILUMINESCENCE EXPERIMENTS TO COLLECT INFRARED EMISSION PRODUCED IN A REACTION CELL (910395) & RECORD THE SPECTRUM.

Technical

A STANDARD INSTRUMENT USED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO'S LABORATORY, READILY AVAILABLE AT LITTLE COST, A VERYIMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE EARLY STAGES OF POLANYI'S RESEARCH. SUCH INSTRUMENTS WERE USED IN MANY PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY LABS OF THE 1950'S TO 1970'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED DECAL ON COVER READS 'FORE PRISM/ MODEL 160/ SERIAL NO. 150/ THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION/ NORWALK, CONNECTICUT U.S.A.'/ INTERIOR DECAL ON CHASSIS READS 'Perkin [LOGO] Elmer/ SER. 150/ PART 160-0048'/ PENCILLED ON MIRROR BACK '099-0069'

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR CHASSIS/ BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED MIRROR & SLIT MOUNTS/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A