Rangefinder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0901.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TELEX
- MODEL
- SPECIAL
- LOCATION
- Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM HOUSING/ BLASS LENS & MIRROR/ PLASTIC VINYL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 2.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TELEX
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
OPTICAL DEVICE FOR MEASURING DISTANCES. TO MEASURE THE ANGLE OF THE HYPOTENUSE IN A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE: ONE SIDE IS KNOWN, BASE OF RANGE-FINDER. OTHER IS UNKNOWN, DISTANCE OF CAMERA FROM OBJECT. MEASURE THE ANGLE WHILE THE THIRD SIDE (HYPOTENUSE) MAKES WITH THE OBJECT, THE DISTANCE WILL BE KNOWN. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FRONT: BLACK ON SILVER WITIN A RECTANGLE, `TELEX', BELOW THIS `SPECIAL'/ BACK: `GERMANY', CENTER OF FOCUS DIAL `m'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK FRONT & BACK WITH SILVER TRIM/ VINYL BLACK, WRAPPED AROUND TOP, BOTTOM & SIDES/ PRINT IN BLACK & SILVER
- Decoration
- NONE
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TELEX, Rangefinder, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1981.0901, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0901.001/
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