Meter, radiation

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1952
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0411.001

MANUFACTURER: Nuclear Instrument & Chemical Corp.
MODEL: 1615-B
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 431
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CASING/ NON-FERROUS METAL FRONT PANEL, GEIGER TUBE CASING & HOLDER, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS. PARTS/ GLASS METER WINDOW, LIGHTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.0 cm
Width: 30.0 cm
Height: 31.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Nuclear
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1952+
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.
Function: DEVICE FOR MONITORING RADIATION LEVELS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT PANEL READS "nuclear/ instrument & chemical/ corporation" & "MODEL 1615-B/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ PLATE ON BACK READS "NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT & CHEMICAL CORPORATION/ CHICAGO 10, ILLINOIS/ MOD. 1615-B SER. 431"/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT & BACK/ BLACK LETTERING ON METER FACE READS "COUNTS/MIN./ KILOVOLTS D.C./ MODEL 741 F.S. = 1 MA/ nuclear instrument & chemical corp./ BLUE "Certificate of Quality" FROM "NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT AND CHEMICAL CORP./ CHICAGO 10, ILL." ON BACK
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/31/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: GREY HAMMER-TONE PAINTED FINISH/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ RED & GREEN LIGHTS/ WHITE METER FACE WITH COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW
Decoration: RED & WHITE MFR.'S LOGO CONSISTING OF "N" IN CIRCLE ON FRONT PANEL & CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY ON BACK/ RED & WHITE LOGO CONSISTING OF "N" WITH CROSSED BLACK CIRCLES & LETTERING READING "NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION" IN BLACK

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Nuclear Instrument & Chemical Corp., Meter, radiation, circa 1952, Artifact no. 1995.0411, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0411.001/

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