Tellurometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MASTER UNIT
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0885.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TELLUROMETER CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- CA 1000
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1504
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETICS & METALS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-direction
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TELLUROMETER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED C. 1970S-1986. TELLUROMETER SYSTEM DEV'D IN 1957.
- Canada
-
TELLUROMETER'S ABILITY TO MEASURE DISTANCES UP TO C.30KM, IN OPEN AREAS OR THROUGH FOLIAGE & LIGHTLY WOODED AREAS, MADE IT IDEAL FOR USE IN SURVEYS IN CANADA - Function
-
TO MEASURE DISTANCE, BY MEANS OF RADIO WAVES OR MICROWAVES. - Technical
-
ELECTRONIC MICROWAVE DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MEASURING DISTANCES FROM APPROX. 150FT (50M) TO >100,000 FT. (30KM). IT IS LIGHTWEIGHT, PORTABLE & SIMPLE TO OPERATE, EMPLOYING AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY TRACKING. SUCH A SYSTEM IS UNAFFECTED BY AMBIENT LIGHT, AND RELATIVELY UNAFFECTED BY RAIN, FOG, ETC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .3 TELLUROMETER UNIT CONTROL PANEL MARKED: 'TELLUROMETER/ CA 1000'; 'SERIAL No1504' & '[LOGO] PLESSEY'. ALL CONTROLS LABELLED/ DECAL MARKED 'TELLUROMETER' & DEPICTING A RED LIGHTNING BOLT SUPERIMPOSED ON A GLOBE APPLIED TO CASING TOP/ STICKER ON UNIT TOP READS: 'WARNING/ RADIATION/ HAZARD/ Exposure, at close range, to the direct/ beam from this instrument can cause/ permanent damage to the eyes.'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER: '6675-21-876-3766/ J.C. LAVERGNE/ R.V. 040461'/ LABEL ON UNIT BASE READS: 'TELLUROMETER [+LOGO]/PLESSEY/ [LOGO]/ GROUP/ TELLUROMETER/ CANADA LIMITED/ OTTAWA, CANADA'/ '999-111-168P' ETCHED IN BASE/ '429' PRINTED ON PAPER TAG ON .2 & .4
- Missing
- REQUIRES TRIPOD & BATTERY PACK OR TRAY, TO OPERATE
- Finish
- TELLUROMETER CASE EXTERIOR IS SMOOTH, FLAT MEDIUM-BLUE PLASTIC; GREY FOAM LININGS/.1 GREY PAINTED ANTENNA CONE;.2 OFF-WHITE PAINTED ANTENNA CONE/.3 YELLOW PLASTIC CASING; BLACK FRONT PANEL
- Decoration
- NONE
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TELLUROMETER CANADA LTD., Tellurometer, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1986.0885, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0885.001/
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