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- OBJECT TYPE
- load adjuster
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0775.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cox & Stevens Aircraft Corp.
- MODEL
- DC-3C
- LOCATION
- Mineola, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- base & slide: wood coated with vinylite; lucite indicator
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.5 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 1.4 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cox Stevens
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Mineola
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- invented just before WWII (1939-1945); likely used during WWII
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
used to perform weight & balance calculations for aircraft carrying various loads & whose centre of gravity had to be maintained within certain critical ranges - Technical
-
used especially on bombers because bomb, fuel & ammunition load combinations could change during flight - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering includes: [on front face] "E876/LOAD ADJUSTER/LOADING RANGE/DC-3C" [on back face] "E-876/GAR WOOD/NC 33676/DC-3C/COX & STEVENS AIRCRAFT CORP./MINEOLA, N.Y."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- wood grain edges; front face black detail, yellow & orange fields on white background; back face black detail on white background; clear slide with black line
- Decoration
- none
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Cox & Stevens Aircraft Corp., Slide rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0775, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0775.001/
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