Analyser, time

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OBJECT TYPE: SCINTILLATION
DATE: 1960–1961
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0169.001

MANUFACTURER: Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.
MODEL: VA-6001
LOCATION: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: A-72
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, WITH SOME SYNTHETIC AND GLASS COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.2 cm
Width: 39.0 cm
Height: 18.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Nuclear
Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
City: Winnipeg

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED C. 1961 +
Canada: NUCLEAR ENTERPRISES LTD. WAS FOUNDED LARGELY BY FORMER EMPLOYEES OF AECL, WHITESHELL, TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EQ. TO AECL AND TO UNIVERSITIES. THIS UNIT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH FOR USE IN IT'S NEW PHYSICS BUILDING (OPENED C. 1961). IT WAS USED INGAMMA-RAY ANNIHILATION EXPERIMENTS BY JIM STEVENS WORKING IN POLYMER PHYSICS IN THE 1960S.
Function: USED TO REGULATE START AND END TIMES, REGULATE FREQUENCY, AND FILTER OUT UNWANTED ELECTICAL PULSES.
Technical: UNIT CONTAINS 4 MODULES: NE9110 TIME ANALYSER, NE9700 LINEAR GATE, NE9202 AMPLIFIER AND ADDER AMPLIFIER WITH DUAL INVERTER. THE MODULAR UNITS ARE DESCRIBED AS THE "VERSATRAN SYSTEM", AND IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF EQ. CONSTRUCTION- IN A SENSE A PRECURSOR TO INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, BUT USING TRANSISTORS. IT ALLOWED SEVERAL UNITS OF SPECIFIC FUNCTION TO BE COMBINED WITHIN A SINGLE UNIT. THE ACTUAL FABRICATION WAS NOT ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL BY LATER STANDARDS, AS THE MODULAR UNITS COULD NOT BE INSERTED AND REMOVED WITHOUT SOME WIRING IN THE BACK BEING SOLDERED OR CUT. DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH 980168 PULSE ANALYSER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " MODEL VA-6001/ DELAYED COINCIDENCE/ SYSTEM/ TIME ANALYZER/ SECTION/ USE WITH MODEL VA-6000/ DUAL AMPLIFIER-ANALYSER/ manufactured by/ NUCLEAR/ ENTERPRISES LTD./ [logo]/ Winnipeg Canada/ Ser. No. A-72 " appears on extreme right side of unit. All component controls, etc. labelled, on front & back casing.
Missing: UNKNOWN From CA of 11/27/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: SILVER METAL CASING HAS BLUE ACCENTS/TRIM; BLACK DIALS & TEXT.
Decoration: N/A

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Nuclear Enterprises Ltd., Analyser, time, circa 1960–1961, Artifact no. 1998.0169, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0169.001/

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