Wavemeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 300-4000 M
- DATE
- 1940–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0781.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- RAF 3
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 1592
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN STORAGE BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ WOODEN METER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE; SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.2 cm
- Width
- 15.3 cm
- Height
- 17.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE WAVELENGTH OF A RADIO FREQUENCY WAVE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STORAGE BOX: STAMPED ON LID: 'RAF'/ METER: PLATE ON TOP: 'WAVEMETERS NO. 3/ R.A.F./ REFERENCE NO. 2562/ SERIAL NO. 1592'/ FRONT PANEL: '1000 TO 4000/ METRES/ 300 TO 1200/ METERS/ LAMP BUZZER OFF/ [GRADUATIONS FROM '000' TO '2000' & '300' TO '600' ON FRONT DIAL]/ STAMPED IN TOP: 'AID/ 1HL'
- Missing
- BATTERY
- Finish
- STORAGE BOX - PAINTED DARK BROWN/ METER - CASE STAINED & VARNISHED; FRONT PANEL & KNOBS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wavemeter, circa 1940–1950, Artifact no. 1982.0781, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0781.001/
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