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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0226.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 1.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO MAKE OR BREAK A CIRCUIT, POSSIBLY SERVING AS AN ON-OFF SWITCH IN A PIECE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, PERHAPS A PUNCHED CARD READER (RCB). - Technical
-
A SWITCH ACTUATED BY MAGNETISM - A MAGNETIC DISK & SENSOR WOULD BE PLACED OPPOSITE EACH OTHER. WHEN THE MAGNETIC PULL BETWEEN THE TWO WAS INTERUPTED BY THE PASSAGE OF SOME OBJECT BETWEEN THEM, A CIRCUIT WOULD BE MADE OR BROKEN (RCB). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- RED & BROWN SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1990.0226, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0226.001/
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