General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING/ METAL & GLASS COMPONENTS/ WOOD FIBREBOARD COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.0 cm

Width

30.5 cm

Height

24.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HULCHER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Virginia

City

Hampton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Period

AFTER 1970

Canada

MORP NETWORK ESTABLISHED IN LATE 1960S BY ASTRONOMY DIV. OF DOMINION OBSERVATORY, EMR. NETWORK FULLY OPERATIONAL BY 1971.THE CANADIAN METEORITE OBSERVATION & RECOVERY PROJECT WAS ONLY THE THIRD SUCH GROUP FORMED FOLLOWING THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION'S 1961 APPEAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHOTO STATIONS.

Function

CAMERA DESIGNED TO PHOTOGRAPH METEORITE FALLS AS PART OF METEORITE OBSERVATION & RECOVERY PROJECT (MORP). MORP NETWORK CONSISTED OF 12 SMALL OBSERVATORIES, EACH FITTED WITH 5 CAMERAS, A METEOR DETECTOR & EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE FIELD HEADQUARTERS IS ON THE U. OF SASK. CAMPUS IN SASKATOON. (HALLIDAY P.15-17)

Technical

METEORITE NETWORKS ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF METEORITES FOR WHICH ASTRONOMICAL DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED. 2 MORP STATIONS IN ALBERTA PHOTOGRAPHED A METEOR WHICH LANDED NEAR INNISFREE, AB 05.02.77. THE METEOR PHOTOS PROVIDE A RELIABLE ORBIT FOR THE METEOR BEFORE IMPACT, ONLY THE 3RD METEORITE ORBIT SO WELL-DEFINED

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON CAMERA BACK READS: 'HULCHER 70/ MODEL 107/ SERIAL NO. L-1/ CHARLES A. HULCHER CO., INC./ 909 G. STREET, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA 23361'/ '1' AND 'DARK SLIDE GOES IN THIS CAMERA' APPEAR ON SEPARATE DYMO LABELS APPLIED TO CAMERA BACK/ 'L1' APPEARS ON DYMO LABEL ON CAMERA TOP/ TYPED LABEL ONCAMERA LENS BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'CAMERA: L1 LENS #: 10577/ SPACING:.019 DATE: 21/ 05/74/ RED DOT (WAS 0; FOCUS=ARROW)/ 0 __'/ 'HURST MFG CORP PRINCETON IND./ 171MODEL CA. 115 V. 60 CY. 5W 240 RPM' INCISED ON CASING PT./ '__ hurst/ PRINCETONIND. [DIAGRAM-SCHEMATIC]/ MODEL CA/ PAT. NO./ 3205383' INCISED ON CAP/ ‘NO. 2 10577 SANKYO KOHKI JAPAN SUPER-KOMURA FOR BRONICA f=50mm 1:3.5' INCISED AROUND LENS/ ‘L1' INCISED ON FRAME OVER LENS/ ‘SYNCHRON/ TRADE MARK/ PATENTS 2,237,958/ 2,298,373 2,237,961/ AND OTHERS' APPEAR IN RAISED PRINT ON TIMER [?]/ ‘640 110V 60 CY 5W 6 RPM [CSA LOGO] Z 121 C-4 69' INCISED AROUND FRAME.

Missing

CAMERA APPEARS COMPLETE. IT WAS USED WITH AN EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH DETERMINED WHEN EACH PHOTOGRAPH WOULD END, AND AT WHAT TIME CAMERAS WOULD START & STOP EACH DAY.

Finish

WHITE ENAMEL-PAINTED FINISH ON CAMERA CASING.

Decoration

N/A