General Information

Serial #

I.R. 3143

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE GLASS LENSES & SYNTHETIC SPINDLES & FILM TAKE-UP REEL.

Dimensions

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

Length

60.0 cm

Width

57.0 cm

Height

99.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Williamson

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

BEFORE C.1986

Canada

TYPICAL "HOOD" - TYPE DOWNWARD PROJECTOR MODEL OF MICROFILM READER USED IN CANADIAN LIBRARIES & BUSINESSES

Function

TO MAGNIFY IMAGES & TEXT RECORDED ON MICROFILM

Technical

OF LATER CONSTRUCTION, THIS "PROJECTOR" IS OF THE SAME DESIGN AS THE FIRST "RECORDING LIBRARY PROJECTOR"INTRODUCED IN 1938. MANUALLY OPERATED, THIS TYPE OF MACHINE IS STILL USED IN SMALLER, LESS FUNDED LIBRARIES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON UNIT FRONT READS: 'RECORDAK/ TRADE MARK/ INDUSTRIAL READER/ For use only with Safety Film/ Made in England KODAK LIMITED LONDON/ British Patent No.654204 Recordak is a trade mark of KODAK LIMITED LONDON'/ 2ND PLATE, BELOW: 'Equipment made in England to/ KODAK LIMITED specifications by the/ WILLIAMSON MANUFACTURING CO. LTD./ LONDON'/ DECAL, BELOW: 'KODAK CANADA LTD./ CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT/ SERVICES DIVISION/ [LOGO]/ KODAK CANADA LTEE/ DIV. ENTRETIEN/ REPARATION/ QUOTE/ INDIQUEZ/ 105-3057/ U.I.D.#/ #I.D.U.'/ PLATE ON UNIT BACK NEAR BASE READS: 'VOLTS 100-250 A.C./ WATTS 250 TYPE 1/ ALL REFERENCES TO THIS MACHINE SHOULD BE MADE TO/*

Missing

NONE

Finish

MOTTLED GREY ENAMEL FINISH ON ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES. BLACK PAINTED FINISH ON TRIM & INTERIOR OF CASING. WHITE PAINTED LINER IN BASE OF CASING.

Decoration

NONE