Mixer, crystal
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EXPERIMENTAL
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0502.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Astronomy Div.
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- CWS-UC-21 4/U
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.7 cm
- Width
- 13.9 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Canadian development; used with an interferometer rotating head. - Function
-
Designed for use in radar sets as a continuation of crystal mixer program initiated in 1940. - Technical
-
Means of comparing incoming waves to a standard; crystal diode inside marked '1N21C Microwave', a silicon rectifier (note the symbol found on the label). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 11/20/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Astronomy Div., Mixer, crystal, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1976.0502, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0502.001/
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