Scaler, radiation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RADIATION
- DATE
- 1940–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0051.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Baird Atomic Inc.
- MODEL
- G.M. ABACUS SCALER/123
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal housing
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.3 cm
- Width
- 29.5 cm
- Height
- 9.5 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
- Baird
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Transferred from NRC. - Function
-
To count radiation-induced pulses from a detector, amplifier, electric window or other radiation detector. - Technical
-
Uses dekatron tubes. A decade counter is one that counts in decimal digits, rather than binary. A decimal counter may have each digit binary encoded. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'B' over 'A'on front panel,left side/ a wiring diagram is pasted on the frame work
- Missing
- From CA of 01/21/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete; one loose part found inside
- Finish
- Front side panel painted grey-blue/ has 4 toggle switches, one knob, an uncovered voltmeter & the heads of 5 tubes protruding out/ 4 tubes and a transformer protrude out of the back side of the housing/ used, appears good
- Decoration
- N/A
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Baird Atomic Inc., Scaler, radiation, 1940–1970, Artifact no. 1973.0051, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0051.001/
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