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[Trade catalogs from C.F. Palmer (London) Ltd.]

Catalog Data

Company Name:
C.F. Palmer (London) Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
Two circa 1950s catalogs for laboratory equipment made by C.F. Palmer Ltd. A 1953 hardbound catalog of "Research and Students' Apparatus for Phisiology, Pharmacology, Psychology, Phonetics, etc." Includes recording cylinders (kymographs, recording drums, electric drums, smoking, varnishing etc); time recording (time clocks, pendulum clocks metronomes, stopwatches, tippers, time markers or signals, tuning forks, vibrators, drop counters, outflow recorders); recording instruments (tambours, levers, manometers, volume recorders, myographs, light pulleys, weights, writing points); stands (uprights, clamps, rods, adjustable and other X blocks, universal joints, muscle clamps); respiration (pumps, metabolism apparatus, operating tables, animal holders, cannulae); circulation and perfusion (baths for isolated organs, oxygenators, coagulatometer); mechanical (electric motors, shafting, pulleys, brackets, standards, speed varying gears, tablets); electrical (induction coils, relays, rotary and other keys, electrodes); plus instruments for psychology and phonetics. Also a January 1957 updated pricelist also containing a selection of recent apparatus (ie. dual bath for isolated tissue, intraventicular cannula, electronic square wave stimulator and Perspex acrylic electrode for phrenic nerve.)
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
London, United Kingdom?
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this
Topic:
"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Air-compressors  Search this
Audio equipment industry  Search this
Biochemical engineering  Search this
Biotechnology  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Playgrounds  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this
Sound recording industry  Search this
Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_28220
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_28220