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OBJECT TYPE
PRECISION AC
DATE
1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1995.1585.001
MANUFACTURER
HEWLETT-PACKARD
MODEL
463A
LOCATION
United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
738-00283
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length
48.3 cm
Width
33.4 cm
Height
13.4 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
GENERALLY, DEVICE THAT MAGNIFIES STRENGTH OF RELATIVELY WEAK INPUT SIGNAL WITHOUT ALTERING CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT SIGNAL. THIS EXAMPLE IS PRECISION AMPLIFIER USED IN AC CALIBRATION PROCEDURES.
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 READS "463A PRECISION AMPLIFIER/ HEWLETT-PACKARD"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "U.S. PATENT PENDING/ 738-00283/ 115/230 VOLTS 50-1000 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ BLACK & RED LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS, BLACK ON BACK
Missing
POWER CORD From CA of 11/16/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - feet appear to be missing; no power cord
Finish
TEXTUREDBLUE-GREY PAINTED CASING/ GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT & BACK/ BRUSHED METAL & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & RED CONTROLS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS
Decoration
BLUE, BLACK & WHITE "HP" LOGO PLATE ON FRONT/ SIMILAR LOGOS IN LABEL FORM ON SIDES

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HEWLETT-PACKARD, Amplifier, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1995.1585, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1585.001/

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