Fuse, missile contact
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROXIMITY
- DATE
- 1954
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0658.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- VELVET GLOVE/ 11-546/A
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10A/4
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 44.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Military
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MID 1950'S
- Canada
-
PART OF CANADIAN 'VELVET GLOVE' AIR-TO-AIR GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPED AT THE ELECTRONIC LABORATORY OF DTRE - Function
-
FUSE DESIGNED TO TRIGGER THE MISSILE ON PROXIMITY TO THE TARGET WITH A BUILT IN DELAY OF MILLISECONDS - Technical
-
10A/4 IS A VARIANT OF THE COMPLETE FUSE, DESIGNED AT NRC, BUILT AT WESTINGHOUSE IN 1954. ANOTHER VARIANT WAS DESIGNATED 10B. FOUR LONG SLOTTED ANTENNAS ALONG SIDES WERE USED TO GIVE THE REQUIRED ANTENNA PATTERN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READING 'MADE BY/ CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE/ COMPANY LIMITED/ HAMILTON CANADA/ PT. NO.11-546 A/ WEIGHT 10-44 LBS/ SERIAL NO. 10A/4/ DATE MAY 1954'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ GREY PAINTED WOOD/ UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Fuse, missile contact, 1954, Artifact no. 1982.0658, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0658.001/
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