Spectrophotometer, Perkin-Elmer model 202
date: label: date made
content: 1960-1980
label: date made
content: 1961-1980
name: label: maker
content: PerkinElmer, Inc.
label: maker
content: PerkinElmer, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969) and Charles Elmer (1872-1954), one an investment banker and the other a court reporter, organized the Perkin-Elmer Optical Company in 1937, incorporated the firm in 1939, built a factory in Glenbrook, Connecticut, and produced optical instruments for military purposes during World War II. In collaboration with chemists at the nearby Stamford Research Laboratory of American Cyanamid, who were working on the federally-funded program to develop synthetic rubber, some Perkin-Elmer optical engineers developed an infrared spectrophotometer. A commercial version, the Model 12A, was unveiled in 1945. The Model 202 spectrophotometer, introduced in 1961, was a compact and low-cost instrument suitable for UV-VIS observations.
label: Description
content: Ref: <i>The Perkin-Elmer Instrument News for Science and Industry</i> (March 1961)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Camp Springs Christian School
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0630.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0630.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0630
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spectrophotometer, Perkin-Elmer Model 202
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: cord: 75 in; 190.5 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48.9 cm x 43.5 cm x 80.6 cm; 19 1/4 in x 17 1/8 in x 31 23/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 3/4 in x 31 7/8 in x 18 in; 47.625 cm x 80.9625 cm x 45.72 cm