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OBJECT TYPE: metal
DATE: 1937
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0287.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Survey Museum/NRC
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 71.7 cm
Width: 49.0 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THE SURVEY MUSEUM STARTED IN 1937 & HAD TO BE DISMANTLED& STORED IN 1939 TO MAKE ROOM FOR "WAR WORK" AT NRC
Canada: THE SURVEY MUSEUM WAS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO ASSEMBLE A COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF BOTH HISTORIC & SCIENTIFIC INTEREST TO CANADIANS. [REF. 1]
Function: PROVIDES A LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NRC ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE ON SURVEY RESEARCH IN 1937 WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE SURVEY MUSEUM [HOUSED AT NRC]. IT ALSO LISTS TWO COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF SURVEYING & THE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOC.
Technical: MUSEUM HAD ARTIFACTS SUCH AS: AERIAL CAMERAS; DEVILLE'S ORIGINAL YARDSTICK; INSTRUMENTS USED TO OPEN "THE WEST" FROM THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; & VARIOUS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SURVEYING IN CANADA
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON PLAQUE INCLUDES: "THE SURVEY MUSEUM/ ORGANIZED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE/ ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE ON SURVEY RESEARCH/ 1937/ CHAIRMAN: PRESIDENT, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL./ MEMBERS:/.../ A.M. NARRAWAY JOINT SECRETARIES: DR.L.E.HOWLETT/ DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND RESOURCES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS:/ THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF SURVEYING * THE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY"
Missing: N/A
Finish: SHINY GREY FINISH WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, 1937, Artifact no. 1993.0287, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0287.001/

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