X-ray powder diffraction camera
Datecirca 1930
Inventory Number1997-1-1724
ClassificationX-Ray Diffraction Camera
Subject
Donor
Clifford Frondel
1907 - 2002
Dimensions23.8 × 8.3 × 15.3 cm (9 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 6 in.)
AccessoriesReprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
DescriptionSemi-circular chamber opened along its diameter; the inside is divided by a metal plate. On the sides there are various knobs for mounting. The exterior of the perimeter is covered with greed felt. This is only a part of a larger device.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksOn tag: "used in Metallurgy Dept in 1930s"
Functionused in metallugry department in 1930's
ProvenanceProf. Clifford Frondel, Geology, Harvard University
Clifford Frondel
Date: 1950
Accessories: Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1721
Clifford Frondel
Date: 1930-1955
Accessories: loose part (knob) on shelf
Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1722
Clifford Frondel
Date: 1950
Accessories: electrical cord
Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1726
Clifford Frondel
Date: ca. 1925-1940
Accessories: metal piece with screw, and piece of rock, in two archival baggies.
Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1725
Harry Berman
Date: circa 1934
Accessories: Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1737
Harry Berman
Date: circa 1934
Accessories: Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1738
Date: 1950
Accessories: Reprint, A PRECISION X-RAY POWDER CAMERA by Clifford Frondel, American Mineralogist, 40:876-884 (1955), stored in instrument file, 1997-1-1721
Object number: 1997-1-1723
Brian J. Skinner
Date: circa 1956
Accessories: reprint of paper on instrument and use in file.
Object number: 1997-1-1716
Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University
Date: circa 1955
Object number: 2004-1-0319
Otto Von der Hyde
Date: circa 1955
Object number: 2004-1-0326
Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V.
Date: 1950-1959
Object number: 1997-1-1720