Wavemeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COAXIAL
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0580.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MICRO INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- TSF-5
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL ON WOOD BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 67.5 cm
- Width
- 17.6 cm
- Height
- 18.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MICRO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1943-44 & 1965
- Canada
-
USED AT NRC RADIO FIELD STATION, ALBION RD., AND AT GOTH HILL RADIO OBSERVATORY; ASSEMBLED AT NRC. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE WAVELENGTH IN THE 3 & 10 CM RANGE. - Technical
-
VITAL TO WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT IN RADAR DEVELOPMENT AND LATER RADIO ASTRONOMY. ONLY 3 OR 4 WERE BOUGHT ORIGINALLY; CABLE USED IS A BELL TELEPHONE DOUBLE SHIELDED ATTENUATION CABLE THAT HAD TO BE IMPORTED FROM THE U.S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MARKED 'SOLAR NOISE'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/22/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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MICRO INSTRUMENT CO., Wavemeter, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1978.0580, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0580.001/
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