Radar, traffic

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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTORIZED/PORTABLE
DATE: 1968–1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0187.001

MANUFACTURER: Bayly Engineering Ltd.
MODEL: SPEED MASTER PR-2
LOCATION: Ajax, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.2 METAL & SYNTHETIC CASINGS & PTS, GLASS & RUBBER FITTINGS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 26.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 26.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radar
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bayly
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ajax

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED IN THE LATE 1960'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S
Canada: BUILT & USED IN CANADA (& POSSIBLY DEVELOPED IN CANADA?)
Function: USED BY POLICE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF A MOVING VEHICLE FROM A DISTANCE AWAY
Technical: GOOD EXAMPLE OF EARLY PORTABLE POLICE RADAR THAT SUCCEEDED THE 'RUBBER HOSE' TYPE OF SPEED MEASURING EQUIPMENT
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON METER FACE 'BAYLEY ENGINEERING LIMITED/ HUNT STREET, AJAX, ONTARIO', & 'BACH-SIMPSON LTD./ LONDON CANADA./ MODEL 1421/ PART12713.'
Missing: TUNING FORK ACCESSORY MISSING
Finish: UNIT CASING & HANDLE PAINTED GREEN, BLACK KNOB, GREY TOP
Decoration: N/A

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Bayly Engineering Ltd., Radar, traffic, between 1968–1977, Artifact no. 1985.0187, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0187.001/

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