Roy Clarke Using a Microbalance

ID: SIA2011-0762 and 481C

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1960-1962

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9622, Box 1, Folder: Roy Clarke Oral History

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Summary

Roy Clarke, Department of Mineral Sciences, United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), sits at the microbalance in the chemical laboratory on the third floor of the NMNH's main building. According to Roy Clarke. the microbalance was nicely housed, but left the user wanting for leg room, due to a cabinet below which was used with chemical storage.

Subject

  • Clarke, Roy S., Jr
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
  • United States National Museum
  • Natural History Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

A microbalance is an instrument capable of making precise measurements of weight of objects of relatively small mass. It is the precision of the microbalance that distinguishes it from other weighing devices.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9622, Box 1, Folder: Roy Clarke Oral History

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1960-1962

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Equipment
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Laboratories
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Science rooms and equipment
  • Research--Equipment and supplies
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-0762 and 481C

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8.10h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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