General Information

Serial #

544-02646

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, SCREEN, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

43.0 cm

Width

33.5 cm

Height

9.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HEWLETT PACKARD

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960'S+

Canada

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

INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE FREQUENCY; COUNT PERIODIC OR RANDOM PULSES; MEASURE PERIOD, PERIOD AVERAGE, TIME INTERVAL; DETERMINE RATIO & MULTIPLES OF RATIO; WITH TRANSDUCERS, MEASURE SPEED, FLOW RATE, OR OTHER PHYSICAL VARIABLES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTICAL TEST EQUIPMENT OF 1960'S, PART OF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING "5233L ELECTRONIC COUNTER/ HEWLETT hp [LOGO] PACKARD"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "U.S. PATENT PENDING/ SER. 544-02646/ 115/230 VOLTS 50-60 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ RED & BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT, BLACK ON BACK

Missing

POWER CORD From CA of 11/15/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing power cord

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE-GREY PAINTED CASING/ METALLIC GREY CASING FRONT/ BRUSHED METAL & METALLIC PARTS/ UNFINISHED CASING BACK/ BLACK & RED CONTROLS/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A