Display unit, world time
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0967.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GEOCHRON ENTERPRISES INC.
- MODEL
- KILBURG GEOCHRON
- LOCATION
- Redwood City, California, 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
- GLASS, METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS/ BROWN MELAMINE FINISH CABINET; PLEXIGLASS COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 106.8 cm
- Width
- 60.8 cm
- Height
- 102.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GEOCHRON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Redwood City
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1979+
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO DISPLAY CHANGING PATTERN OF LIGHT & DARK ON THE EARTH AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES & THE 24 ONE-HOUR TIME ZONES WHICH HUMANS USE TO MARK TIME - Technical
-
PROVIDES VISUAL DISPLAY & BASIC INFORMATION ON WORLD TIME ZONES FOR THENON-EXPERT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER: '[MAP LOGO]/ KILBURG/ GEOCHRON [COPYRIGHT SYMBOL]/ MANUFACTURED BY/ GEOCHRON ENT. INC./ PATENTED/ 899 ARGUELLO ST., REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063'. MAP INCLUDES NUMEROUS NOTES & MARKINGS
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 08/09/1995 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- DANISH WALNUT FINISH CABINET
- Decoration
- N/A
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GEOCHRON ENTERPRISES INC., Display unit, world time, before 1979, Artifact no. 1979.0967, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0967.001/
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