Meter, sound level
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1572.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Radio Co.
- MODEL
- 1551-A
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 490
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC ENDS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC POWER CORD/ GLASS? METER WINDOW
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.5 cm
- Width
- 19.2 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Radio
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1960'S+
- Canada
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EQUIPMENT USED IN ENGINEERING DEPT. OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939,NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS. - Function
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INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SOUND LEVELS FROM 24 TO 14O DB BY READING, IN TERMS OF STANDARD REFERENCE LEVEL, SOUND LEVEL AT ITS MICROPHONE. IT WAS INTENDED FOR USE IN DETERMINING NOISE LEVELS OF ENGINES & MACHINERY, INVESTIGATING ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURES & MATERIALS, & IN LABORATORY. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTICAL TEST EQUIPMENT OF 1960'S, PART OF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "SOUND-LEVEL METER/ TYPE NO. 1551-A SERIAL NO. 490 [.2 SERIAL NO. 1937]/ GENERAL RADIO CO./ CAMBRIDGE MASS., U.S.A."/ BLACK LETTERING ON METER READS "GENERAL RADIO CO./ MFD. BY WESTON/ MODEL 301 G.R. 488-301A"/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/.1 LABEL ON COVER INTERIOR READS "TYPE 1560-P/ SERIAL 2077/ SENS -59.7/ IMPEDANCE 475 pF/ CALIBRATION TRACEABLE TO NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS/ GENERAL RADIO COMPANY/ CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS USA"; LABEL IDENTICAL ON.2 EXCEPT "TYPE 1560-P3/ SERIAL 3221/ SENS 460 pF"/.2 LABEL READING "CALIBRATED/ DATE APRIL 1971"
- Missing
- .2 MISSING MICROPHONE PART
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED CASING EXTERIOR WITH BLACK END PIECES/ BLACK IMITATION LEATHER INTERIOR PANEL/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED LID INTERIOR/ BLACK CONTROLS, DIAL CASING, FEET, POWER CORD/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- MOULDED "GR" LOGO ON SYNTHETIC CASING ENDS/.1 LABEL READING "NATIONAL FILM BOARD CANADA OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM"
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