Fluorometer, Farrand Model A
Fluorometer, Farrand Model A
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- Description
- Clair Loring Farrand (1895-1981), an inventor best known for his work with the cone loudspeaker, began his career as a Marconi radio operator. He established the Farrand Optical Company in 1941, bought a factory in the Bronx, and made optics for the U.S. Army and Navy during World War II. The firm moved to Mount Vernon, New York, in the mid-1960s.
- Farrand began manufacturing fluorometers in the 1950s. The inscription on this example reads “Fluorometer / MODEL A SER 202 / FARRAND OPTICAL / NEW YORK / PAT. PEND.”
- Ref: Ad for Farrand Photoelectric Fluorometer in Science ns 129 (May 8, 1959): 1293.
- Farrand ad in Analytical Chemistry 34 (Feb. 1962): 183A.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fluorimeter
- date made
- around 1960
- maker
- Farrand Optical Company
- place made
- United States: New York
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Measurements
- instruments: 22.3 cm x 28 cm x 39 cm; 8 3/4 in x 11 in x 15 3/8 in
- each opening: 70 mm x 10 mm; 2 3/4 in x 3/8 in
- holder overall: 95 mm x 50 mm; 3 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in
- overall in box: 8 7/8 in x 15 3/8 in x 10 13/16 in; 22.5425 cm x 39.0525 cm x 27.46375 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0535.03
- catalog number
- 1981.0535.03
- accession number
- 1981.0535
- Credit Line
- Transfer from NIH
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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