Phototheodolite
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 35 mm film
- DATE
- 1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0928.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gordon Enterprises
- MODEL
- 126-GE-S
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- GE 58-152
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal casing & parts/ glass optical parts & level tubes/ synthetic lamps & parts/ rubber eyepiece
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 72.0 cm
- Width
- 39.0 cm
- Height
- 44.5 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
- Gordon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- circa 1958+
- Canada
-
An instrument used by the Canadian Armed Forces, specifically the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was acquired by CSTM from the Canadian Forces Base in Ottawa via CADC. - Function
-
An optical tracking instrument used in terrestrial photogrammetry and consisting of a theodolite mounted on a camera that takes a series of photographs from several different points. - Technical
-
In 2006 Alan Gordon Enterprises celebrated 55 years of service & is located at 5625 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA. The firm manufactures, distributes & services motion picture & video equipment as well as photogrammetric & stereo plotting instruments. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- plate on casing reads "ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ PHOTOTHEODOLITE/ TYPE 126 GE-S/ R.C.A.F. SPEC. PHOTO 100-1/ R.C.A.F. REF. NO. 14A/917/ SERIAL NO. GE 58-152 MFD. JAN. 1958/ gordon enterprises/ Serving the World"/ white lettering on optical component reads "16mm APERTURE/ B-1A CAMERA"/ black lettering for control functions/ label on motor reads "EASTERN AIR DEVICES INC./ DOVOR, N.H., U.S.A./ SYNCHRO HYSTERESIS MOTOR/ 1.5 H.P. 1 PH. 60 CY./ 115 V. 10 A./ 1800 R.P.M. 4 MFD. CAP./ CONT. DUTY/ 261 LH73INCJ"/ black handwritten "6720-21-115-0376" on casing/ red handwritten "152" & "32 [degrees]/ 10 fps./ V110 SEC."
- Missing
- unknown
- Finish
- casing painted glossy blue-grey/ textured grey optical component casing/ gold handles/ multicoloured lamps & synthetic/ metallic motor casing, parts/ black spirit level casings
- Decoration
- N/A
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Gordon Enterprises, Phototheodolite, 1958, Artifact no. 1986.0928, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0928.001/
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