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- OBJECT TYPE
- MICRO/QUARTZ/JOLLY
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0224.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- REACTOR PHYSICS
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.5 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 44.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF MINUTE SUBSTANCES; MAXIMUM WEIGHT.100 MILOGRAM. - Technical
-
VERY PRECISE MEASURING DEVICES HAD TO BE DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF MICROUNITS WHEN DOING NUCLEAR RESEARCH - THIS IS ONE SUCH DEVICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATES ON FRON: 'REACTOR PHYSICS/ QUARTZ SPIRAL BALANCE/ SENSITIVITY 1/46,000 OF RANGE/ MAX. WT.100 M.G.' 'WARNING/ DO NOT WIND/ BEYOND/ 0 OR 230' 'ON' 'OFF'
- Missing
- KNOB ON SIDE
- Finish
- FINISHED IN A SPECKLED YELLOW-BLUE SPRAY ON PAINT/ BLACK PLATES WITH WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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