Tellurometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0285.005

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Measurement-distance
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Manufacturer

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Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TELLUROMETER EQ. USED FROM 1963 TO C.MID 1970S
Canada: USED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA ON SURVEYS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT CANADA C.1963-1970S. TELLUROMETER TRAVERSES BECAME STANDARD SURVEYING METHOD FOR MAPPING CANADIAN ARCTIC: WITHOUT IT, MAPPING OF NORTH WOULD BE DECADES BEHIND CURRENT STATUS (C. 1990)
Function: Unknown
Technical: MRA-3 REPRESENTED SEVERAL IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN TELLUROMETER'S DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY. AT 35LBS IT WEIGHED LESS THAN HALF OF THE MRA-1. IT FEATURED BUILT-IN POWER PACK & BATTERY UNITS, A SELF-CONTAINED INSTRUMENT PANEL & ANTENNA, AND FULLY TRANSISTORIZED WORKS.
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