Crate
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0818.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predominantly wood crate with metal and fibre elements
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.7 cm
- Width
- 28.3 cm
- Height
- 65.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1952-1958 by University of Toronto/ 1958-? by Crystallographic Group in Ottawa
- Canada
-
Memory device from first operational electronic computer in Canada & possibly 2nd to be sold anywhere in world (after Univac to U.S. census bureau). It was used for calculations for St. Lawrence Seaway, design of Avro Aero, and other scientific & engineering projects. - Function
-
Crate built to house and stabilise a cathode ray tube. - Technical
-
Williams tube was invented by F.C. Williams of Manchester University, England, in 1947. A modified CRT (hence inexpensive), it was both first random-access memory device & most reliable of era. It was superseded in 1954 by magnetic core. Ferranti's Manchester Mark ! was first fully electronic stored-program computer in operation. Ferut was 1st Mark I sold. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Stenciled on proper left, proper right and the proper back: "GLASS/ VERY FRAGILE"/ Stenciled on the proper front: "VCR-B"/ "EAMES [(WEMBLEY)] LTD./ BCM/S[illegible]D/ CRATES"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Light brown wood crate with grey metal corners, black stenciled markings and red written markings.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Crate, circa 1951, Artifact no. 1986.0818, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0818.002/
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