UV light source
Date: circa 1972
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0386
Classification: Ultraviolet 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:
Dimensions:
5 × 19.5 × 7 cm (1 15/16 × 7 11/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Description:
A 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
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
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.