Fathometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FESSENDEN SYSTEM
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0466.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SUBMARINE SIGNAL CO.
- MODEL
- FESSENDEN FATHOMETER
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 431202 Y
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ METAL COMPONENTS, MOSTLY BRASS/ BAKELITE/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.1 cm
- Width
- 34.2 cm
- Height
- 6.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 46.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SUBMARINE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1928-1966
- Canada
-
CANADIAN-BORN REGINALD FESSENDEN WAS AWARDED THE 1929 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MEDAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM & OTHER SAFETY AT SEA INVENTIONS - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT EMPLOYING SONIC ECHO RANGING TO DETERMINE & RECORD THE DEPTH OF THE SEA - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- YES; THIS IS THE CONTROL BOX ONLY
- Finish
- BLACK & WHITE PAINT (FOR ANALYSIS OF PAINT SEE CCI'S REPORT ONTREATMENT IN SUPP.INFO.)
- Decoration
- N/A
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SUBMARINE SIGNAL CO., Fathometer, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1980.0466, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1980.0466.001/
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