Balance casing

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0224.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: REACTOR PHYSICS
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing with synthetic plates and viewing window.

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 40.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
Canada: Unknown
Function: Outer covering with attached power cord and transformer which protects the inner workings of the balance and provides the means to transmit power to it.
Technical: VERY PRECISE MEASURING DEVICES HAD TO BE DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF MICROUNITS WHEN DOING NUCLEAR RESEARCH - THIS IS ONE SUCH DEVICE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plates on front: 'REACTOR PHYSICS/ QUARTZ SPIRAL BALANCE/ SENSITIVITY 1/46,000 OF RANGE/ MAX. WT.100 M.G.' 'WARNING/ DO NOT WIND/ BEYOND/ 0 OR 230' 'ON' 'OFF'
Missing: KNOB ON SIDE
Finish: Finished in a speckled yellow-blue spray-on paint. Black plates with white printing.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Balance casing, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0224, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0224.003/

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