General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL CASING, PARTS/ NON-FERROUS METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

117.5 cm

Width

55.0 cm

Height

34.3 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

CENCO

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1940'S TO 1980'S

Canada

SCIENTIST WHO USED THIS APPARATUS REPRESENTED CANADA ABROAD AS WELL AS DOING FINE WORK. DR. DMITRIEFF-KOKLINE WAS U. DU LAVAL PHYSICIST INVOLVED IN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES WITH CARDE IN VAL CARTIER IN 1960'S AS WELL AS U. DU QUEBEC'S CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L'ENERGIE. IN 1974 HE TOOK SPECTROGRAPH TO SENEGAL TO USE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS. HE RETIRED FROM VAL CARTIER IN 1975.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO CREATE SPECTRUM OF RADIATION BY DISPERSION & RECORD IT PHOTOGRAPHICALLY FOR DETAILED STUDY. THIS EXAMPLE MAKES FIRST-ORDER SPECTROGRAMS BETWEEN LIMITS OF 2350 & 7000 ANGSTROMS. ANY 4000 ANGSTROM PORTION OF INDICATED SPECTRUM MAY BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH SINGLE EXPOSURE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECTROGRAPH OF 1940'S. PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING OF SPECTRA WAS STEP IN DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN MANUAL TRANSPOSITION & ELECTRONIC DETECTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON TOP READING "CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./ LABORATORY APPARATUS SUPPLIES CHEMICALS/ TRADE MARK/ CENCO/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ CHICAGO U.S.A./ NEW YORK - BOSTON - TORONTO - LOS ANGELES"

Missing

ACCORDING TO DONOR (AS INFORMED BY DR, KOLKLINE), SPECTROGRAPH IS COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR PROJECTION LIGHT BULB. From CA of 02/15/2002 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown

Finish

BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON BODY & LEGS/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED, METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK INTERIOR LINING

Decoration

N/A