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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1185.001

MANUFACTURER: Carling Simplex Measurements Reg'd
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ PAPER/ CELLULOID/ ALUMINUM/ BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.0 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Carling
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: INVENTED & MADE IN CANADA
Function: USED TO DETERMINE THE BREADTH OF AN OBJECT AFTER THE DISTANCE TO THE OBJECT IS DETERMINED
Technical: INEXPENSIVE AND SIMPLE DEVICE DEVELOPED TO ENABLE ANYONE TO ESTIMATE THE BREADTH OF AN OBJECT
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 PRINTED ON ONE ATTACHED SHEET: 'CARLING SIMPLEX RANGE & BREADTH FINDER/ [GRADUATED SEMI-CIRCLE FROM '0' TO '180'& FROM '90' TO '0' IN TWO DIRECTIONS]'/ ON ARROW: 'Carling Range Finder'/ PRINTED ON OTHER SHEET: 'CHART TO BEUSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CARLING/ SIMPLEX ALTIMETER TO DETERMINE HEIGHTS AND RANGES/ OF OBJECTS'/ SCRATCHED ON BOARD: 'Carling Range Finder'/.2 SCRATCHED ON: 'A.S.D. T-11 Carling Range Finder'/'ASD/T-11/For use/with/Carling/Range finder'
Missing: N/A
Finish: YELLOW CELLULOID SHEET/ VARNISHED WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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Carling Simplex Measurements Reg'd, Rangefinder, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1988.1185, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1185.001/

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