Calculator, air navigation

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OBJECT TYPE: Height-airspeed
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1166.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: MK.III H
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, BAKELITE, PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.0 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 3.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: POST WWII
Canada: Unknown
Function: COMPUTER HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO OBTAIN RAPID MECHANICAL COMPUTATION OF TRUE HEIGHT & AIRSPEED COMPARED TO THE OBSERVED AIR TEMPERATURE & GROUND PRESSURE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON BOTTOM OF FRONT SIDE READS: 'NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTOR MK.IIIH*/ REF. NO. 6B/ 250 [LARGE SPACE], L.N.P.'/ ON OPPOSITE SIDE, CENTERED AT BOTTOM READS: 'I.C.A.N./ CALIBRATION'
Missing: BLACK BAKELITE PENCIL HOLDER HAS BEEN CHIPPED ON CORNERS
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: COLOUR OF THE NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTER IS BLACK & WHAT WAS POSSIBLY WHITE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Calculator, air navigation, after 1940, Artifact no. 1992.1166, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1166.001/

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