Infrared spectrometer with accessories, used by Harold Thompson

Made:
1934-1941 in Oxford
maker:
Harold Warris Thompson
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Infrared spectrometer with galvanometer, thermopile detector, mirror, scale and sample of silicon carbide. Assembled and used by Harold Thompson, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1977-244
type:
galvanometers
credit:
Harold Warris Thompson

Parts

Infrared spectrometer, used by Harold Thompson

Infrared spectrometer, used by Harold Thompson

Infrared spectrometer, assembled and used by Harold Thompson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1977-244/1
type:
spectrometer
Mirror, used by Harold Thompson

Mirror, used by Harold Thompson

Mirror on ring stand for reflecting radiation, part of an infrared spectrometer, by Harold Thompson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941

Materials:
glass and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1977-244/3
type:
mirror - optical component
Prism in desiccator, used by Harold Thompson

Prism in desiccator, used by Harold Thompson

Rock salt prism stored in a desiccator, part of an infrared spectrometer, by Harold Thompson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941

Materials:
halite (rock salt) and glass
Object Number:
1977-244/4
type:
rock salt prism and desiccator
Thermopile detector, used by Harold Thompson

Thermopile detector, used by Harold Thompson

Moll-type thermopile detector, containing antimony-bismuth junctions, part of an infrared spectrometer, by Harold Thompson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941

Object Number:
1977-244/5
type:
thermopile
Galvanometer, used by Harold Thompson

Galvanometer, used by Harold Thompson

Paschen-type galvanometer for measuring electromagnetic radiation, part of an infrared spectrometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Limited, prepared by Harold Thompson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1977-244/6
type:
galvanometer
Scale for galvanometer, used by Harold Thompson

Scale for galvanometer, used by Harold Thompson

Graduated scale for a galvanometer, part of an infrared spectrometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Limited, prepared by Harold Thompson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1934-1941

Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1977-244/7
type:
scale - rule