Stand, camera

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1957
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1192.002

MANUFACTURER: NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div.
MODEL: T232 MK.7 (.1)
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 7192 (.1)
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME & CASING; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS

Dimensions

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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: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

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: .2 Stand: ‘G1074' appears in raised print on small plate on one leg./ ‘LAC LA RONGE' printed by hand in grease pencil on one leg of stand. ‘5 WEST OF NORTH' printed by hand in grease pencil on corresponding strut extending from base./ ‘2 1', ‘2 2', ‘2 3', ‘2 4' stamped on both the centre sections of the base & one the attached struts extending out from the base./ Plate screwed to base reads: ‘RADIO AND ELECTRICAL LABORATORIES/ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ OTTAWA-CANADA/ TYPE DA-3 SERIAL 2/ ALL-SKY CAMERA'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: CAMERA SUPPORT PAINTED BLACK/ GREY METAL BASE
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div., Stand, camera, before 1957, Artifact no. 1987.1192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1192.002/

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