photomultiplier tube
Date: circa 1970
Inventory Number: 2006-1-0055d
Classification: Photomultiplier Tube
Subject:
User: Oak Ridge Station (1931 - 2005)
User: George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard (1951 - 1982)
User: Harvard College Observatory (founded 1839)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
Overall - Storage: 12.2 x 44.4 x 38 cm (4 13/16 x 17 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.)
box: 15.8 x 5 x 5 cm (6 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Description:
One of six photomultiplier tubes stored in a custom wooden box with foam inserts. 20 connector pins. Quite similar to 2006-1-0055c.
Signedunsigned
InscribedTube etched "N - 3".
Historical AttributesBrought back to CHSI on August 18, 2005 by Sara Schechner and Michael Kelley from Oak Ridge Observatory (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), Harvard, Mass.
ProvenanceHarvard College Observatory, Oak Ridge Station; transferred to CHSI in 2005.