X-ray camera c1930

Made:
1930-1970

X-ray camera c1930, with interchangeable flatplate and cylinders, used by Kathleen Lonsdale at the Royal Institution and UCL and Judith Milledge at UCL. A beam trap was added by the RI workshops; it is possible that the entire instrument was made at the RI as it bears no manufacturer’s name. From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1993-421/17
Materials:
steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), paper and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 347 mm x 407 mm x 270 mm, 9.66 kg
type:
camera
credit:
Gift of University College London, in memory of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale

Parts

X-ray camera c1930

X-ray camera c1930

Main body of X-ray camera c1930, with interchangeable flatplate and cylinders, used by Kathleen Lonsdale at the Royal Institution and UCL and Judith Milledge at UCL. A beam trap was added by the RI workshops; it is possible that the entire instrument was made at the RI as it bears no manufacturer’s name. From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Measurements:
overall: 347 mm x 407 mm x 270 mm, 9.66 kg
Materials:
steel (metal) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , paper and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-421/17/1
type:
camera
Film holder for X-ray camera c1930

Film holder for X-ray camera c1930

Film holder for X-ray camera c1930, black, metal sealed cylinder with lid, with bronze circular attachment to side. Used by Kathleen Lonsdale at the Royal Institution and UCL and Judith Milledge at UCL. From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Object Number:
1993-421/17/2
type:
film holder
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Measuring stand for X-ray camera c1930

Measuring stand for X-ray camera c1930

One of two wooden stands to line up crystal height, with scale 34-0-34, part of X-ray camera c1930, used by Kathleen Lonsdale at the Royal Institution and UCL and Judith Milledge at UCL. From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Object Number:
1993-421/17/3
type:
x-ray crystallography and measuring device
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Measuring stand for X-ray camera c1930

Measuring stand for X-ray camera c1930

One of two wooden stands to line up crystal height, part of X-ray camera c1930, used by Kathleen Lonsdale at the Royal Institution and UCL and Judith Milledge at UCL. From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Object Number:
1993-421/17/4
type:
x-ray crystallography
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Mount for X-ray camera c1930

Mount for X-ray camera c1930

Metal clamp, with three screws and u-shaped metal band, a mount associated with X-ray camera c1930, used by Kathleen Lonsdale at the Royal Institution and UCL and Judith Milledge at UCL. From a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Object Number:
1993-421/17/5
type:
mount
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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