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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRECISE FRACTATION ASSEMBLY
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0111.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TODD SCIENTIFIC CO.
- MODEL
- A
- LOCATION
- Springfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME, INSTRUMENT CASINGS, PARTS/ GLASS TUBES & THERMOMETER TUBES/ SYNTHETIC TUBING, PARTS, POWER CORDS/ ASBESTOS BOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.6 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 183.6 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
- TODD
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Springfield
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PIECE OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT USED IN ANALYTICAL SECTION OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY DIV. OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. - Function
-
DISTILLING APPARATUS USED IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY TO SEPARATE LIQUIDS BY HEATING, & THEN COOLING TO CONDENSE VAPOUR. THIS TYPE WAS USED WHEN COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOLVENTS NEEDED TO BE FURTHER PURIFIED & LARGE QUANTITIES WERE NEEDED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 RED LETTERING ON GOLD LABEL ON FRAME READS "ANALYTICAL SECTION/ Applied Chemistry Division/ N.R.C."; PLATES ON UNITS READ "PRECISE FRACTATION ASSEMBLY/ MODEL A U.S. Patents Pending/ TODD SCIENTIFIC CO./ SPRINGFIELD. PA."; "AUTOMATIC STILL HEAD TIMER/ U.S. PAT. PEND./ FOR 110 VOLTS, 60 CYCLE/ TODD SCIENTIFIC COMPANY/ SPRINGFIELD, PA."; "UPPER/ HEATER/ CONTROL/ GENERAL RADIO COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. U.S.A./ VARIAC/V10"; SAME EXCEPT "LOWER/ HEATER/ CONTROL"; SAME EXCEPT "POT/ HEATER/ CONTROL"/.2 PLATE READS "AUTOMATIC/ STILL HEAD/ TOSS SCIENTIFIC CO./ CEDARS, PENNA"
- Missing
- .1STILL HEAD TUBE IS BROKEN OFF UNIT, OTHER BROKEN GLASS PARTS
- Finish
- .1 TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED FRAME, INSTRUMENT CASINGS, PARTS; FLAT BLACK PAINTED & METALLIC PARTS; GREY BOARD/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/.2 COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/.3 BROWN & BUFF RUBBER/.4 COLOULRESS SYNTHETIC/.5 BROWN WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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TODD SCIENTIFIC CO., Still, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2000.0111, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0111.001/
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