Amplifier
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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
More Information
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
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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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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
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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 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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