Wavemeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRECISION
- DATE
- 1936–1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0395.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Radio Co.
- MODEL
- 724A
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1565
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING/ METAL PLATE TOP PANEL/ STEEL/ BAKELITE/ WOOD CARRYING CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.2 cm
- Width
- 27.2 cm
- Height
- 21.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Service-test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Radio
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- DECLARED SURPLUS EQUIPMENT- 1978
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MEASURE THE WAVELENGTH OF A RADIO-FREQUENCY WAVE USED WHEN A FAIRLY CLOSE KNOWLEDGE OF THE RF MEASUREMENT IS REQUIRED BUT MORE PRECISE METHODS ARE NEITHER NECESSARY NOR CONVENIENT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MARKINGS PRINTED IN WHITE ON BLACK TOP PANEL
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD CASING- STAINED MID-BROWN & VARNISHED/ TOP PANEL SIMULATED LEATHER FINISH, IN BLACK/ HARDWARE- NICKEL PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Radio Co., Wavemeter, circa 1936–1944, Artifact no. 1980.0395, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0395.001/
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