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OBJECT TYPE: MECHANICAL
DATE: 1940–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0190.001

MANUFACTURER: Librascope Inc.
MODEL: 879258-1
LOCATION: Glendale, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2970
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC (PHENOLIC) CASING/ STAINLESS STEEL SHAFTS/ RUBBER FELT

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Height: 9.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Analog computing devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Librascope
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Glendale

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C.1940-1945
Canada: PROBABLY USED BY DR. PETER ORBAN OF NRC, WHICH WAS ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH FACILITIES IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.
Function: USED TO CALCULATE, BY MECHANICAL MEANS, FORMULAS FOR CURVED PATHS. IT WAS PART OF THE MECHANICAL INTEGRATOR SECTION OF A BOMB SIGHT OR TRAJECTORY CALCULATOR.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A SPECIALIZED ANALOG COMPUTING COMPONENT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & GREY DECAL ON SIDE READS 'INTEGRATOR/ MANUFACTURED BY/ LIBRASCOPE/TRADEMARK/ INCORPORATED/ SERIAL NO./ 2970/ PART NUMBER 879258-1/ GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA/ PATENT PENDING MADE IN U.S.A.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK CASING & FEET/ METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Librascope Inc., Integrator, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 1993.0190, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0190.001/

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