UV light source
Datecirca 1972
Inventory Number2004-1-0386
ClassificationUltraviolet Light Source
Subject
Maker
Ultra-Violet Products
1932-present
Supplier
Fisher Scientific Company
founded 1902
Owner
Lawrence Bogorad
1921 - 2003
User
Biological Laboratories, Harvard University
founded 1932
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions5 × 19.5 × 7 cm (1 15/16 × 7 11/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionA rectangular case, hand held, wand-shaped and made of tan plastic. The case is divided into unequal thirds. The top third is a label, featuring white and red text on a black background: MINERALIGHT / UVS___ / CAUTION: DO NOT LOOK / AT ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AS RAYS / WILL SUNBURN UNPROTECTED EYES / 115 VOLTS 60 CYCLES 0.17 AMPS / ULTRA-VIOLET PRODUCTS INC. / SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA. (One presumes the model number partially occluded is UVS 12.) The middle third, the largest, is a black window; from here, the UV light is meant to emanate. The bottom third, the smallest, has written in red marker on its tan plastic: 68-073. From there, an electric chord comes out. The chord is black and shiny and is not grounded.
Signedon label : ULTRA-VIOLET PRODUCTS INC.
on black nameplate: Distributed and Serviced by FISHER SCIENTIFIC
Inscribedon label, in white: 115 Volts, 60 cycles, .17 amps
on a piece of tape: Needs bulbs?
written on instrument, with red marker: 60-073
FunctionResearchers often use UV light to detect things that are otherwise outside of the visible spectrum. This object allowed the user to irradiate samples with short wave radiation.
ProvenanceFrom the office of Prof. Lawrence Bogorad, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Bio Labs 5100 by Sara Schechner, Spring 2004.
English
Date: 1775-1800
Accessories: case contains the following nine instruments: one ivory and brass sector; one ivory and brass parallel rule; one brass protractor; two pairs of dividers, one with pen holder, pencil holder, and inking wheel (for drawing dotted line) attachments; and pen.
Object number: 5458
Tavella Sales Company
Date: copyright 1934
Accessories: black leather case with snap closure, instruction manual (in file)
Object number: 2003-1-0244
Tavella Sales Company
Date: dated 1944
Accessories: brown fabrikoid case; postmarked order form and advertisement for Mascot slide rule
Object number: DW0968
Tavella Sales Company
Date: copyright 1934
Accessories: instruction booklet (in filet); semicircular black fabrikoid case
Object number: 1990-4-0001
