Cabinet, operator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PHOTOGRAMMETRIC PLOTTER
- DATE
- 1968–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1361.011
- MANUFACTURER
- Wild Heerbrugg
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Switzerland
More Information
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
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Wild Heerbrugg, Cabinet, operator, circa 1968–1970, Artifact no. 2004.1361, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1361.011/
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