Insert, crystal
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0726.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- HOME BUILT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SILICON/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 2.5 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- WWII
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADIAN RADAR DEVELOPMENT. - Function
-
USED AS DETECTORS OR MIXERS IN RADAR WORK - Technical
-
EXAMPLES OF CRYSTALS USED TO DETECT RADAR SIGNALS - NO VACUUM TUBES WERE CAPABLE OF WORKING THESE HIGH FREQUENCIES IN THE EARLY DAYS OF RADAR (I.E., EARLY WWII) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL ON BOX: 'Crystal/ Inserts/ for/ Mixers'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BOX: '1190 1191 1192/ 1193 1194 1195'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BOTTOM ON BOX: '1192/ 1195 to/R.A. Chipman'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Insert, crystal, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 1986.0726, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0726.001/
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