Coil, magnetizing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HELMHOLTZ
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0824.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Geological Survey of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC RINGS WITH METAL POSTS; COPPER WIRING; SYNTHETIC COVERED CABLE WITH METAL CONNECTOR AT END; SYNTHETIC ADHESIVE TAPE & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mining and Metallurgy
- Category
- Mineral exploration
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Survey CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY EARLY 1970S +
- Canada
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INSTRUMENT USED IN CANADA, BY GOVERNMENT AGENCY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, DEPT. OF MINES & TECHNICALSURVEYS - Function
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HELMHOLTZ COIL IS DEVICE USED TO CREATE RELATIVELY UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD, CONSISTING OF TWO IDENTICAL CIRCULAR COILS ON COMMON AXIS, CONNECTED IN SERIES, & SEPARATED BY RADIUS OF ONE OF COILS. IT IS USED TO PRODUCE MAGNETIC FIELDS OF DESIRED LEVELS FOR CALIBRATING OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN FIELD, FOR INSTANCE FOR PROSPECTING FOR DEPOSITS OF IRON & NICKEL. - Technical
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CONSTRUCTION SUGGESTS THAT THIS DEVICE WAS PROBABLY MADE AT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. IT CONSISTS OF TWO FLAT CIRCULAR RINGS SEPARATED BY METAL POSTS; RINGS HAVE BEEN GROOVED & DRILLED TO ACCOMMODATE COPPER WIRE WHICH CREATES COILS USED TO GENERATE MAGNETIC FIELD. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READS "GSC"
- Missing
- .1 ONE METAL POST From CA of 11/15/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- DARK BROWN RINGS WITH GREY METAL POSTS, COPPER COLOURED EXPOSED WIRE, BLACK TAPE, BROWN & BLACK WIRE COVERING, METALLIC PARTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Geological Survey of Canada, Coil, magnetizing, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1966.0824, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0824.001/
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