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OBJECT TYPE: oscilloscope
DATE: 1960–1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0309.001

MANUFACTURER: Beattie Coleman Inc.
MODEL: Oscillotron/FP K5
LOCATION: Anaheim, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1504
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal casings & parts/ synthetic? viewer & parts

Dimensions

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

Length: 29.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Height: 32.5 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: Beattie Coleman
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Anaheim

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1960's+
Canada: A piece of equipment used at a Canadian manufacturing facility. The donor's father was Roland Ouellette who worked as an electronics technician at the CIP mill in Hawkesbury, Ontario. He was self taught in electronics but still received 4 patents for his inventions. Canadian Patents: # 925285 issued May 1, 1973; class 33-176; # 925286 issued May 1, 1973; class 33-179; # 1222319 issued May 26, 1987; class 354-29. United States Patent: #4,644,174 issued Feb 17, 1987.
Function: An instrument consisting of a camera with a Polaroid back and periscope viewer, probably used to take photos of an oscilloscope screen. This example was used in a pulp mill.
Technical: An example of a camera used with an oscilloscope.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on oscillotron reads "BEATTIE/ OSCILLOTRON/ BEATTIE/ COLEMAN, INC/ ANAHEIM, CAL./ MODEL FP K5 TYPE 24797 SERIAL 1504"/ plate on periscope reads "BEATTIE/ PERISCOPE/ BEATTIE/ COLEMAN, INC/ ANAHEIM, CAL./ MODEL K5-0 TYPE 12365 SERIAL 2358"/ plate on film adapter reads "Oscillotron [script]/ (R)/ FILM BACK/ ADAPTER"/ incised black letteringon underside of film adapter reads "POLAROID"/ two red & blue labels logo read "QUALITY/ Coleman [script]/ B/C/ SEALED"
Missing: unknown - no optical elements visible
Finish: black crinkle painted oscillotron & periscope casings/ grey synthetic viewer on persiscope/ black painted metal film adapter with brushed metal parts/ plated parts/ red painted shield
Decoration: N/A

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Beattie Coleman Inc., Camera, between 1960–1965, Artifact no. 2004.0309, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0309.001/

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