Meter, radiation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0187.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Victoreen Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- 56C
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 26234
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE/ FERROUS METAL METER CASING/ BAKELITE KNOBS/ SYNTHETIC/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.2 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 17.5 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
- Victoreen
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING & REGISTERING IONIZING RADIATIONS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: '26234/ RADIATION METER/ MADE IN THE U.S.A./ THE VICTOREEN INSTRUMENT CO. CLEVELAND O.'/ PRINTED ON METER DIAL PLATE: 'HICKOCK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY, CLEVELAND OHIO/ BATTERY VOLTS/ MILLIROENTGENS/ PER MINUTE/ MODEL 56 C'
- Missing
- None Apparent
- Finish
- BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER CASE COVERING/ BLACK CRACKLE FINISH ON DIAL CASING/ BLACK BAKELITE
- Decoration
- PLATE WITH MFR'S NAME, SERIAL NO., CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK LETTERING & SCALE ON DIAL FACE
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Victoreen Instrument Co., Meter, radiation, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1983.0187, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0187.001/
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