Calculator, air navigation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1707.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Airlines Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- A-2203
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. plastic; steel hub
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 10.7 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- American Airlines
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- copyrighted 1941
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
used for speed-time-distance calculations in aerial navigation - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on one face of instrument reads: "AMERICAN AIRLINES INC/NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTER/COPYRIGHT 1941 BY AMERICAN AIRLINES INC"; lettering on opposite face reads: FOR SPEED-TIME-DISTANCE/CALCULATIONS/SERIAL NO./A-2203"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- predom. white with black graduated marks, numbers & lettering; black & silver hub
- Decoration
- none
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American Airlines Inc., Calculator, air navigation, after 1940, Artifact no. 2004.1707, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1707.001/
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