Spectrometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1971
name: label: maker
content: SpectraMetrics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: William G. Elliott (1932-2014) was an engineer who, in 1966, founded SpectraMetrics. This firm developed and marketed the SpectraSpan, a spectrometer that used an echelle grating and argon plasma excitation. In 1971, the design received an IR (Industrial Research) award as one the 100 best new products that year. In 1972, after having sold SpectraMetrics, he founded Elliott Laboratories.
label: Description
content: Ref: William G. Elliott, “Echelle Spectrometer,” U.S. Patent 3,658,423 (1972), assigned to SpectraMetrics, Inc.
label: Description
content: William G. Elliott and Thomas J. Karlinski, “Plasma Jet Device and Method of Operating Same,” U.S. Patent 4,009,413 (1977), assigned to SpectraMetrics, Inc.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mark Elliott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0214.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0214.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0214
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spectrometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
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content: glass (part material)
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content: plastic (part material)
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content: fabric (part material)
label: Measurements
content: part:: 15 in x 42 in x 22 in; 38.1 cm x 106.68 cm x 55.88 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: 5 in x 36 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 92.71 cm x 44.45 cm