Receiver, television
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- OBJECT TYPE
- B&W/TABLE/10 IN./DISK
- DATE
- 1932
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1044.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Television Ltd.
- MODEL
- OUIMET
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE; GLASS, SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS; GLASS SCREEN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.1 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 61.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 35.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Canadian Television
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- EARLY 1930'S
- Canada
-
THE 1ST TV STATION IN CANADA WAS VE9EC IN MONTREAL. IT WENT ON THE AIR OCT. 9, 1931 AND BROADCAST LIVE TWICE A WEEK. A YOUNG ENGINEER, J. ALPHONSE OUIMET, BUILT THIS SET (.1) AFTER JOINING THE STATION, CANADIAN TELEVISION LTD., AS AN ENGINEER & DESIGNER, IN 1932 [REF.1]. HE LATER BECAME PRESIDENT OF C.B.C. - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE TV BROADCASTS AND CONVERT THEM INTO VISUAL IMAGES. THE PICTURES WERE RED AND VERY DIM (REF.1). - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF SET WAS DESIGNED BY THE BRITISH INVENTOR, JOHN LOGIE BAIRD. IT HAS A DISC, BASED ON THE NIPKOW DISC, WHICH ROTATES AT EXACTLY THE SAME SPEED AS THE CAMERA DISC. BETWEEN THE DISC AND THE SCREEN IS A SMALL MIRROR AT 45 DEGREES WHICH REFLECTS THE LIGHT ON THE SCREEN [REF.1]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO APPARENT MARKINGS
- Missing
- NO BACK
- Finish
- WOOD CASE STAINED & VARNISHED; DARK BROWN KNOBS
- Decoration
- VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL BLACK BARS BESIDE & BELOW SCREEN/ BLACK TRIM AROUND SCREEN
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Canadian Television Ltd., Receiver, television, circa 1932, Artifact no. 1969.1044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.1044.001/
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