General Information

Serial #

684

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ GLASS WINDOW/ RUBBER? FEET/ LEATHER STRAP

Dimensions

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

Length

34.5 cm

Width

17.5 cm

Height

23.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Geophysics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MB

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

New Haven

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

.1 PATENT APPLIED FOR/.2 MFD. UNDER LICENSE FROM UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP./ PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT DIV.

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.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED WITH ACCELEROMETER TO MEASURE VIBRATION BY MEANS OF TWO MICROPHONE PICKUPS FOR VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS, USED IN GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE READING "MB/ VIBRATION TEST/ EQUIPMENT/ MODEL MIA SERIAL 684/ THE MB MFG. CO. INC./ NEW HAVEN, CONN./ PAT. APPLIED FOR"; WHITE LETTERING ON INTERIOR CASING TOP FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING "VIBRATION METER/ MODEL M1/ THE MB MFG. CO. INC./ NEW HAVEN, CONN"; BLACK LETTEIRNG ON METER READS "WESTON ELECT. INST. CORP. NEWARK, N.N. U.S.A./ WESTON/ MODEL 801"; WHITE LABEL READING "Property of/ Propriete du/ NRCC/CRNC/ 087938"/.2 PLATE READING "MB/ VIBRATION PICKUP/ TYPE 124 SER. NO. 2027/ VERT./ MFD. UNDER LICENSE FROM UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP./ PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT DIV./ THE MB MFG. CO. INC./ NEW HAVEN, CONN./ MADE IN U.S.A."; INCISED "2027" ON SIDE.

Missing

UNKNOWN From CA of 01/31/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

.1 BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON CASING EXTERIOR; BLACK SIMULATED ALLIGATOR SKIN FINISH ON INTERIOR CASING TOP; BLACK CONTROLS, METER CASING, FEET; METALLIC PARTS; COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS;WHITE DIAL FACE & SYNTHETIC PANEL FOR CONTROLS; BLACK STRAP/.2 BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON CASING EXTERIOR; BLACK POWER CORD; PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A