by Erich Weidenhammer In 1891, the University of Toronto equipped a psychology laboratory, the earliest in the British Empire. The Zimmerman colour variator, a precision…
by Ari Gross Recently, the University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection had the pleasure of running a workshop on unidentified scientific instruments. This workshop was…
by Teresa Branch-Smith On June 5th 2012 a rare astronomical event occurred: a transit of Venus. This passing of Venus in front of the sun…
by Erich Weidenhammer Provenance and Meaning Part 1 of this examination of the Chambers’ Micromanipulator, describes the technology and its various applications. This second part looks at the…
by Erich Weidenhammer [Update 20/03/2013] Part 2: “The Afterlife of a Scientific Instrument” Part 1: Descripton, Operation, Development At some point in the past several decades, the…
by Ari Gross As you may have noticed, the website of the University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection has recently gone a major change After…
General UTSIC Collections Policy Acquiring Instruments from U of T Science Departments Private Donations Deaccessioning Instruments General UTSIC Collections Policy The primary goal of the…
UTSIC graciously welcomes donations, whether they be financial or of relevant historic scientific instruments. For more information on how to donate instruments to UTSIC, please…
This portable booklet allowed for the quick determination of a patient’s hemoglobin levels. The colour of a drop of the patient’s blood on blotting paper…
This medical device supplied ‘Galvanic’ (direct) current from a dry-cell battery. It was a low-end product for use in the home. The purchaser received 90-page…