Two tins as examples of potential diffraction cameras

Made:: 1930-1970

Two tins as examples of potential diffraction cameras, from a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1993-421/9

type:: cameras

credit:: Gift of University College London, in memory of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale

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Tin embossed 'Made by Fry'

Tin embossed Made by Fry on lid, one of two examples of potential diffraction cameras, from a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

N.B. As it lacks a hole to create photos it is unlikely to have used as a camera.

Object Number:: 1993-421/9/1

type:: potential diffraction camera

Tin Can Prototype X-Ray diffraction camera

Tin printed with 'National Household Skimmed Milk', one of two examples of potential diffraction cameras, made by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, University College London, 1939-1956.