General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

11

Total Parts

65

AKA

accessory cabinet

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood, metal & synthetic (possibly arborite) materials.

Dimensions

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

Length

79.5 cm

Width

49.8 cm

Height

83.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Photogrammetry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wild

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This cabinet used c. 1970s- 1990s. This type of cabinet mfd. 1960s+

Canada

Used at NRCan's Mapping Services Branch in Ottawa, with Wild A8 Autograph.

Function

To safely store and contain, and make readily available, selected accessories used by photogrammetric plotter operator.

Technical

Standard cabinet supplied by Wild with each A8 Autograph plotter. When received by the purchaser, it contained gear sets, glass scales, plotting table level, lead holders and some tools for the Wild service technician's use. Compact and mounted on castors, it was designed to allow storage of drawing instruments (pens, leads, etc.) and small parts and additional accessory equipment, and provided a small workspace for individual plotter operators.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Sliding trays housing ratio gear set labelled "1:4/ 4:1", "1:3/ 3:1", "2:5/ 5:2" and "1:2/ 2:1", "2:3/ 3:2", "3:4/ 4:3", "1:1".

Missing

None.

Finish

Light brown wood cabinet has inlaid green synthetic (arborite ?) tabletop; mounted on 4 synthetic & metal castors: metal hinges, lock and other minor fittings.

Decoration

N/A