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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1192.001
- MANUFACTURER
- de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., Special Products & Applied Research Div.
- MODEL
- ALL-SKY DA-3
- LOCATION
- Malton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & COMPONENT PARTS; GLASS OPTICS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 125.0 cm
- Width
- 125.0 cm
- Height
- 150.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- deHavilland
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Malton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1957-58-?
- Canada
-
USED AT SPRINGHILL METEOR OBSERVATORY, WHICH WAS BUILT BY NRC IN 1956.VISUAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC & RADAR RECORDING OF METEORS WAS CONDUCTED THERE, THE MOST ACTIVE PERIOD BEING 1957-1958, THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR (REF. 1, P. 156-157) - Function
-
DESIGNED FOR PHOTOGRAPHING THE NIGHT SKY FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON; RECORDS ALL-SKY IMAGES ON 35MM B&W FILM, ONE FRAME EVERY MINUTE, DURING ALL HOURS OF DARKNESS. - Technical
-
CAMERA EMPLOYS "DIRECT" OPTICAL SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO "FOLDED" SYSTEM. (SEE F.R. PARK ARTICLES IN SUPP.INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE ON CAMERA READS: 'MADE IN CANADA/ CAMERA 35mm MK 7/ TYPE T232 SPAR PART No. 101 04999/ [DH LOGO]/ SERIAL NO. 7192/ MODIFICATION CODE/ [7]/ SPECIAL PRODUCTS & APPLIED RESEARCH DIVISION/ THE DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF CANADA LIMITED/ MALTON, ONTARIO'/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL ABOVE PLATE READS '3-AMP/ SLO-BLO/ FUSE'. LABEL TO RIGHT OF PLATE READS: 'THIS/ SWITCH/ MUST BE 'ON' '. PLATE ON FILM MAGAZINE READS: 'KODAK 105 FT SPOOLS/ FEET FILM REMAINING' OVER WINDOW WITH SCALE. PLATE BELOW READS: 'MADE IN CANADA/ MAGA- ZINE 35mm MK.6/ TYPE T232/ PSC PART NO. 103-01755/ SERIAL NO 6134/ [PSC LOGO]/ ‘PSC APPLIED RESEARCH LTD./ MODIFICATION CODE/ [BLANK] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10'.
- Missing
- TIMING CONTROL PANEL
- Finish
- CAMERA BASE & TRIM ARE BLACK/ FILM MAGAZINE HAS GREY PEBBLE-TEXTURED FINISH/ CAMERA BODY FINISHED WITH DRAB-GREEN PEBBLE-TEXTURED ENAMEL (BADLY DAMAGED ON ONE END, AND ALONG LOWER EDGES).
- Decoration
- N/A
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de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., Special Products & Applied Research Div., Camera, before 1957, Artifact no. 1987.1192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1192.001/
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