Sensor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PHOTO
- DATE
- 1966
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0809.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SMOOTH STEEL CYLINDER, SENSOR SURROUNDED BY CONCENTRIC RINGS OF CLOTH TAPE, PLASTIC CAP, GLASS TIP.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
DESIGNED AND BUILT AS PART OF JIM SWAIL'S PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AIDS FOR THE BLIND. - Function
-
LIGHT DETECTOR INDICATES BY SOUND IF LIGHTS ARE ON, DIRECTION OF WINDOWS, LIGHT FLASHING FOR TELEPHONE, OR PRESENCE OF PRINT ON A PAGE. - Technical
-
ONE OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF SPECIALIZED LABORATORY EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BLIND SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS. SWAIL WAS FIRST EMPLOYED BY NRC IN 1947, AND BUILT THESE FOR HIS USE THEN. MCSHEFFREY DESCRIBED IT TO ME IN 1985 AS A "VOLTMETER" - "A REAL MUSEUM PIECE" DATING FROM C.1960, THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF A WHOLE SET OF METERING INSTRUMENTS THAT SWAIL BUILT BEFORE 1964 WHEN THEY STARTED TO MODIFY EXISTING INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS THE SIMPSON METERS. BUT FROM THE LITERATURE THIS CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE ORIGINAL 1948 "RADIO MULTIMETER" (SEE PHOTO, ONLY HANDLE HAS BEEN ADDED LATER) AND THIS MAY IN FACT BE THAT ORIGINAL ONE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "MADE --?--" PRINTED ON INNER PART.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CAP IS BLACK, CYLINDER IS SILVER-COLOURED.
- Decoration
- SIX.5 CM. DIAMETER HOLES DRILLED AROUND CYLINDER CLOSE TO CAP.
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National Research Council Canada, Sensor, circa 1966, Artifact no. 1985.0809, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0809.001/
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