General Information

Serial #

WL1863

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALCASING/ MICA WINDOW/ GLASS TUBES/ SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING/ PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

4.5 cm

Height

14.0 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

Electronic

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Willowdale

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY OF CANADIAN GEOPHYSICIST DR. DAVID ARNOLD KEYS (1890-1977). ACCORDING TO HIS SON, SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS USED BY DR. KEYS IN DEMONSTRATIONS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN INTENDED TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN SCIENCE, OTHER PIECES DATE FROM HIS TIME AT GERMAN PHYSICIST WILHELM ROENTGEN'S LAB IN MUNICH, MCGILL UNIVERSITY & AECL. DR. KEYS WORKED WITH ROENTGEN IN MUNICH IN 1911 BEFORE EARNING A PHD AT CAMBRIDGE; HE WAS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT MCGILL 1921-1947; HE WAS VP FOR ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT AT NRC'S CHALK RIVER LABS 1947-1955; AND WAS AN AECL CONSULTANT UNTIL THE 1970'S.

Function

INSTRUMENT THAT DETECTS & MEASURES INTENSITY OF RADIATION BY COUNTING NUMBER OF GENERATED BY CHARGED PARTICLES THAT PASS BETWEEN ANODE & CATHODE IN GAS-FILLED TUBE.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON CASING READS "ELECTRONIC/ ASSOCIATES/ LIMITED/ WILLOWDALE, ONT./ CANADA"/ LABELS ON CASING READ "TYPE 8M-1/ No. WL1863/ Vw 1225/ WINDOW THICKNESS/ 3.2 mg/cm2" & "MADE/ IN/ CANADA"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 12/04/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

BRUSHED METAL CASING/ COLORLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ COPPER COLOURED WIRE WITH RED COVERING/ WHITE & GOLD LABELS

Decoration

RED & WHITE LOGO ON CASING READING "EA