Wavemeter

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0386.001

MANUFACTURER: General Radio Co.
MODEL: 586-A
LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1907
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 WOOD CASING FOR WAVEMETER, WITH SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL; METAL DIAL; SYNTHETIC MICROAMMETER CASING WITH GLASSWINDOW; METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/.2-.4 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.6 cm
Width: 12.2 cm
Height: 14.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Radio
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. THIS METER WAS USED IN SPECTROSCOPY DIVISION OF PHYSICS DEPT. AT NRC. BY DR. G. HERZBERG.
Function: INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WAVE-LENGTHS OR FREQUENCIES OF RADIO WAVES.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON WAVEMETER DIAL READS "WAVEMETER/ TYPE 566-A SERIAL NO. 1907/ GENERAL RADIO CO./ CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A."; RED & BLACK LETTERING ON SCALES FOR 0.48-1.6 MHZ, 1.5-5.2 MHZ, 40-145 MHZ/ BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE MICROAMMETER READS "PAT. NO. 2,051,399 SIMPSON ELECTRIC CO. CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A./ DIRECT CURRENT/ MICROAMPERES/ MR25W050DCUA/ MODEL 126"/ LETTERING ON LOOP READS "GENERAL RADIO CO. TYPE 566-A WAVEMETER CAMBRIDGE MASS. U.S.A." AND"0.5-1.6 Mc"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/17/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: BLACK SYNTHETIC/ FLAT GREY DIAL/ METALLIC PARTS/ CLEAR COATING ON BROWN WOOD/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS & SYNTHETIC INDICATOR
Decoration: LABEL ON.1 READS "IF BORROWED, PLEASE RETURN TO/ SPECTROSCOPY/ DIVISION OF PHYSIC/ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL"

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General Radio Co., Wavemeter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0386, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0386.001/

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