Meter, beta-gamma survey

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OBJECT TYPE: GEIGER-MUELLER/MAINS
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0222.001

MANUFACTURER: Measurement Engineering Ltd.
MODEL: AEP 1903S
LOCATION: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 105
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL; SYNTHETIC; AND GLASS

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Measurement
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Arnprior

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE LATE 1940S AND EARLY 1950S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NRX AND NRU HIGH POWER RESEARCH REACTORS & THE ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2]. MANUFACTURED BY A CANADIAN FIRM FOR NRC.
Function: USED TO DETECT AND COUNT BETA AND GAMMA PARTICLES.
Technical: THIS IS BASED ON THE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPED BY NRC FOR THE ATOMICENERGY PROJECT WHICH WAS STARTED DURING WWII AND LASTED UNTIL AECL WAS FORMED IN 1952
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE: 'MANUFACTURED BY/ MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING LTD./ ARNPRIOR, ONTARIO. CANADA.'/ PRINTED ON BODY: 'ADJ. GEIGER/ VOLTS' 'GEIGER/ VOLTS' 'GEIGER/ PROBE' 'ADJ. METER/ SENSITIVITY' 'NAT. RESEARCH COUNCIL/ ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT/ GEIGER & SCINTILLATION/ PROBE MONITOR/ AEP. 1903S SER. NO. 105' 'EXTENSION/ METER' 'TIME/ CONSTANT/ 0.8/SEC/ METER/ZERO/ 8./SECS.' 'COUNTS PER/ MINUTE/ 200 600 2K 6K 20K' '115V./ 60 CYCLE'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL ON FRONT: 'Geiger Probe (mains/ connected)'/ ON FRONT DIAL FACE: 'Simpson/ COUNTS/ PER MINUTE/ 0 [TO] 200/ 0 [T] 600'/ DIAL FACE ON TOP METER: 'KILOVOLTS/.5 [TO] 1.5/ MODEL/505/ ELECTROSTATIC/ E.T.E.I. R.H.N. LTD/ NO 111305'
Missing: GEIGER PROBE From CA of 11/29/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing geiger probe, other cables
Finish: MATTE BLACK PAINT FINISH WITH WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Measurement Engineering Ltd., Meter, beta-gamma survey, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1998.0222, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0222.001/

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