platinum loop for Elgbrant etching machine
Date: 1978-1986
Inventory Number: 1999-1-0041i
Classification: Biofreeze Automatic Etching Machine
Subject:
User: Daniel Branton (fl. 1962 to present)
User: Prof. Arnljot Elgsaeter (fl. 1971-present)
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Dimensions:
0.7 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm (1/4 x 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Description:
Glass pasteur pipette with a loop of a very thin and twisted platinum wire filament attached to its tip.
A mark says: "Made in Prof. Branton's lab."
A mark says: "Made in Prof. Branton's lab."
Signedunsigned
FunctionThe loop of wire was used to lift and move the replica from one solution to the next in the process of ridding the organic materials attached to the replica. The replica is thin enough (~10nm thick) so that it could be carried in the bubble formed in the loop by liquid tension.
Historical AttributesSee 1999-1-0041a.
elgsaeter, arnljot
elgsaeter, arnljot
Curatorial RemarksThe information on the Elgbrant was compiled by Mayako Michino. More details, including email correspondences with Prof. Branton, are found in the instrument's file in the CHSI library.
ProvenanceFrom Biolabs Room A-206, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University. Givent to CHSI by Prof. Daniel Branton.
