Cell, photoelectric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SELENIUM PHOTOELECTRIC CELL
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0266.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE/ BAKELITE FRAME/ BRASS INSERT/ GLASS OVER THE SELENIUM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.1 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- 1.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
GENERATES ELECTRICITY/ GIVES A LOW CURRENT - Technical
-
POSSIBLY THE FIRST ELECTRONIC CELL USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN A DAIRY PLANT IN CANADA - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE & FRAME ARE BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cell, photoelectric, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1979.0266, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0266.001/
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