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film holder (?) for precession-type x-ray diffraction camera
Date: 1941-1944
Inventory Number: 1996-1-0185a
Classification: X-Ray Diffraction Camera
Subject:
Maker: Martin J. Buerger (1903 - 1986)
Maker: Charles Supper Company (1941-present)
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Dimensions:
9.8 x 14 x 12.7 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 in.)
Description:
Aluminum plate with supporting arm and with square hole cut out. Thick black paper covers hole.
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Primary SourcesMartin J. Buerger, The Precession Method in X-ray Crystallography (New York, Wiley and Sons, 1964). This camera is explained in detail in Chapter 4, "The Mark II precession instrument", pp. 30-34. The chapter features multiple detailed photographs and diagrams of the instrument.
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.
Given by Professor Clifford Frondel.
Given by Professor Clifford Frondel.
