Source Formers
Inventory Number2004-1-0420
Classification(not assigned)
User
Kenneth T. Bainbridge
1904 - 1996
DescriptionBrown cardboard box containg: 1 taped closed Scotch Cellophane Tape can labeled "Pressure Run Sources K Bainbridge", 1 envelope labeled "centering discs", 1 glass bottle with glass stopper labeled Pt 6.0 gm; 1 small white box labeled "Ag Cl from #26, 2nd run 12/11 om(?)/no activity"; 1 small brown box labeled "W and Ta Sheet Bainbridge; 1 cardboard package labeled "PLATINUM FOIL/1" x 5" x .0001..."; 1 platics disc, 1 long round metal apparatus with red paint at one end; 1 long steel rod; wood holder with 9 various sized rods.
Curatorial RemarksFor information concerning the life and work of Kenneth Bainbridge, see Bainbridge "People" file. See also Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996. Papers of Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge: an inventory, Harvard University Archives, available at <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua23003" target="_blank">website</a>. This collection documents Bainbridge's professional activities from 1904-1996 and contains biographical materials, correspondence, research and teaching materials, awards, photographs, and newspaper articles.
Hemmi
Date: 1971
Accessories: brown leather case with glap closure; brown leather loop for attachment to belt
Object number: 1989-1-0009
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1926
Accessories: wooden box with two hook-and-eye latches to fasten front opening; in instrument file: instruction book (photocopy); Geissler tube labeled "H2"; carboard tube containing German thermometer C in stainless steel holder that screws into instrument; glass bottle with cork stopper labeled "Monobromnaphthalin, Germany nD=1 658"; small round cardboard box labeled "For Pulfrich Refractometer" containing one tubulure
Object number: 1996-1-0229
Pickett & Eckel, Inc.
Date: after 1964
Accessories: brown leather case with belt clip
Object number: 1991-4-0004c
Walter Balcke
Date: 1952-1964
Accessories: mahogany box; cardboard instruction card
Object number: 1997-1-1601
John E. Fuller
Date: 1845
Accessories: cardboard envelope with fabric tie (from Harvard University Libraries); two additional Palmer's scales, see 5464 and 5466
Object number: 5465
Aaron Palmer
Date: 1843
Accessories: grey fabric cord, appears to be from Harvard Libraries envelope (see 5464)
Object number: 1993-1-0003
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0174
John E. Fuller
Date: 1847
Accessories: cardboard envelope with fabric tie (from Harvard University Libraries); two additional Palmer's scales, see 5464 and 5465
Object number: 5466
Hammond Typewriter Company
Date: circa 1923
Accessories: four Hammond type shuttles for different type faces, each with a wooden storage box; four laminated paper rectangles with symbol placement guide; instruction book, instruction sheets, advertisements, and correspondence (in object file)
Object number: 1996-1-0373
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0501