Meter, beta-gamma survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1920–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0771.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Victoreen Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- Proteximeter
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 132
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- microscope
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predominantly metal casing and components; glass optics. Casing has wrinkle-textured finish on most areas, save bright silver metal eyepiece tube, charger button and electrometer track; eyepiece rim is black moulded synthetic [bakelite ?]; light button is red synthetic.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.3 cm
- Width
- 7.3 cm
- Height
- 19.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Radiology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Victoreen
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1920s-1935, and possibly later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
To measure small x-ray and Gamma ray intensities. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "PROTEXIMETER/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ THE VICTOREEN INSTRUMENT CO./ CLEVELAND OHIO" printed on plate fixed to instrument front. "132" stamped into electrometer track. UHN catalogue no. "2000.1.9" printed by hand in white ink on casing back.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Predominantly metal casing and components; glass optics. Casing has wrinkle-textured finish on most areas, save bright silver metal eyepiece tube, charger button and electrometer track; eyepiece rim is black moulded synthetic [bakelite ?]; light button is red synthetic.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Victoreen Instrument Co., Meter, beta-gamma survey, circa 1920–1935, Artifact no. 2002.0771, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0771.001/
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