Timer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DUAL PURPOSE
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0803.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Picker X-ray Corp.
- MODEL
- 2936
- LOCATION
- White Plains, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 32599
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS; ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS CORD MAY BE RUBBER COVERED.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 14.5 cm
- Height
- 13.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Timing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Picker
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- White Plains
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- PRESUMABLY THIS TIMER WAS USED C. 1960S- MID 1970S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE INDICATION OF THE DURATION OF AN ACTIVITY, AS DETERMINED BY THE OPERATOR. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DUAL TIMER DESIGNED FOR US WITH A SCALER (SEE 970802) IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE APPLICATIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "PRE-SET TIME" and "ELAPSED TIME" scales labelled on timer front; controls labelled "SET RED ARROW FOR MINUTES" and "SET POINTER FOR SECONDS". "ON-OFF" switch is labelled. Mfr's decal on timer back reads "2936 DUAL TIMER/ PICKER X-RAY CORPORATION/ WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, U.S.A./ VOLTS/ 115/ CYCLES/ 60/ SERIAL NO./ 32599 ". "R-130" printed on yellow dymo-tape label on unittop.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- GREEN WRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH; BLACK AND SILVER METAL TRIM AND ACCENTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Picker X-ray Corp., Timer, before 1980, Artifact no. 1997.0803, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0803.001/
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