Spectrometer

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OBJECT TYPE: NUCLEAR QUADRAPOLE RESONANCE
DATE: 1957
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0517.001

MANUFACTURER: MOIR, R.Y.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: PROTOTYPE
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASINGS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL CONTROLS & PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS & VACUUM TUBES

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 26.0 cm
Height: 21.8 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: MOIR
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kingston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1957+
Canada: EQUIPMENT CONCEIVED, DESIGNED & BUILT BY CANADIAN CHEMIST DR. R.Y. MOIR (1931-1996), PROF. OF CHEMISTRY AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY. MOIR, & MSC & PHD STUDENTS HE SUPERVISED, PUBLISHED LARGE NUMBER OF PAPERS USING NQR EQUIPMENT. NQR SPECTROMETER WAS MAJOR ADVANCE IN SPECTROMETER TECHNOLOGY.
Function: INSTRUMENT USED IN LABORATORY TO STUDY STRUCTURE OF MOLECULES, PARTICULARLY VARIETY OF POLYCRYSTALLINE COMPOUNDS CONTAINING NONSPHERICAL ATOMIC NUCLEI. IT WAS CONCEIVED AS MEANS TO STUDY PROPERTIES OF CHLORINE ATOMS USING RADIO TYPE EQUIPMENT MODIFIED TO REQUIRED FREQUENCIES & SENSITIVITY.
Technical: MAGNETIC RESONANCE PHENOMENA WAS DISCOVERED IN 1946 BUT REQUIRED HIGH POWERED, & VERY EXPENSIVE, ELECTROMAGNETS TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS. "REFLEX DETECTOR", CONCEIVED IN 1957 BY DR. MOIR, WAS FIRST SUCH DEVICE & WAS HEART OF NQR SPECTROMETER. HE LATER BUILT LARGER MODEL ALSO USED AT QUEEN'S. NQR SPECTROMETER BECAME STANDARD & RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE TOOL FOR STUDYING STRUCTURE OF WIDE VARIETY OF MOLECULES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 WHITE PAPER LABELS WITH BLACK TYPEWRITEN FUNCTIONS FOR CONTROLS &READING "RADIO-FREQUENCY SPECTROMETER/ Frequency modulated super-/ regenerative detector with/ reflex generation"/.2 WHITE PAPER LABELS WITH BLACK TYPEWRITEN FUNCTIONS FOR CONTROLS & READING "HETERODYNE OSCILLATOR/ For measurement of/ capacity and dielec-tric constant./ RYM"/.3 WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING "Heathkit [SCRIPT] VARIABLE VOLTAGE REGULATED POWER SUPPLY", "THE HEATH COMPANY BENTON HARBOR, MICH" & "MODEL PS-2"/.4 WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING "Heathkit [SCRIPT] BATTERY ELIMINATOR", (SEE DECORATION) *
Missing: OSCILLOSCOPE
Finish: .1 GREY MOTTLED CABINET WITH FLAT BLACK PAINTED FRONT PANEL, BLACK & LATED CONTROLS, WHITE METER FACE WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOW/.2 BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED CASING, BLACK & GOLD SYNTHETIC, METALLIC PARTS/.3 LIGHT GREY WRINKLE FINISHED CASING WITH GLOSSY DARK GREY FRONT PANEL, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS, METALLIC PARTS/.4
Decoration: .4 MARKINGS CONT'D: "MODEL BE-5", & "HEATH COMPANY. A SUBSIDIARY OF DAYSTROM, INC. BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN"

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MOIR, R.Y., Spectrometer, 1957, Artifact no. 1997.0517, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0517.001/

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