Scaler, radiation

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OBJECT TYPE: RADIATION
DATE: 1940–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0051.001

MANUFACTURER: Baird Atomic Inc.
MODEL: G.M. ABACUS SCALER/123
LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal housing

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 48.3 cm
Width: 29.5 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Baird
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Transferred from NRC.
Function: To count radiation-induced pulses from a detector, amplifier, electric window or other radiation detector.
Technical: Uses dekatron tubes. A decade counter is one that counts in decimal digits, rather than binary. A decimal counter may have each digit binary encoded.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'B' over 'A'on front panel,left side/ a wiring diagram is pasted on the frame work
Missing: From CA of 01/21/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete; one loose part found inside
Finish: Front side panel painted grey-blue/ has 4 toggle switches, one knob, an uncovered voltmeter & the heads of 5 tubes protruding out/ 4 tubes and a transformer protrude out of the back side of the housing/ used, appears good
Decoration: N/A

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