Receiver replica, television
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1044.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE; SYNTHETIC KNOBS & SCREEN; METAL HARDWARE & FRONT KNOB PANEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.1 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 61.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- EARLY 1930'S
- Canada
-
THE 1ST TV STATION IN CANADA WAS VE9EC IN MONTREAL. IT WENT ON THE AIR OCT. 9, 1931 AND BROADCAST LIVE TWICE A WEEK. A YOUNG ENGINEER, J. ALPHONSE OUIMET, BUILT THIS SET (.1) AFTER JOINING THE STATION, CANADIAN TELEVISION LTD., AS AN ENGINEER & DESIGNER, IN 1932 [REF.1]. HE LATER BECAME PRESIDENT OF C.B.C. - Function
-
Replica of television receiver 1969.1044 without the inner working parts. - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF SET WAS DESIGNED BY THE BRITISH INVENTOR, JOHN LOGIE BAIRD. IT HAS A DISC, BASED ON THE NIPKOW DISC, WHICH ROTATES AT EXACTLY THE SAME SPEED AS THE CAMERA DISC. BETWEEN THE DISC AND THE SCREEN IS A SMALL MIRROR AT 45 DEGREES WHICH REFLECTS THE LIGHT ON THE SCREEN [REF.1]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- NO BACK OR INTERIOR WORKINGS
- Finish
- WOOD CASE STAINED & VARNISHED; DARK BROWN KNOBS
- Decoration
- VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL BLACK BARS BESIDE & BELOW SCREEN/ BLACK TRIM AROUND SCREEN
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Unknown Manufacturer, Receiver replica, television, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.1044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1044.002/
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