Synthesizer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0644.004

MANUFACTURER: Varian
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS, METAL AND SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.

Dimensions

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

Length: 56.0 cm
Width: 54.5 cm
Height: 27.0 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: Varian
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: THIS MASER USED C. 1968 TO 1992. WAS OPERATIONAL IN 1993/94.
Canada: MASER WAS KEY ELEMENT IN PERMITTING NRC RADIO ASTRONOMERS TO BECOME THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO CREATE A LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETER (LBI) NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED BY WIRES. THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, CONSISTING OF NRC AND CANADIAN UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS, WON THE RUMFORD PREMIUM FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT IN 1972. (REF. 1)
Function: TO MEASURE TIME WITH THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE DEGREE OF ACCURACY, AND TO GENERATE A VERY PRECISE TIME FREQUENCY.
Technical: ATOMIC HYDROGEN MASER PROVIDES HIGHEST POSSIBLE STABILITY OF TIME MEASUREMENT OVER PERIODS OF SEVERAL HOURS. THIS EXAMPLE WAS STABLE TO 1 PART IN 10(13)-10(14). IT'S SIGNALS WERE SYNCHRONIZED TO PERMIT COMBINING THE INCOMING RADIO DATA FROM ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS SUCH AS QUASARS, ACTIVE RADIO GALAXIES FROM TWO OR MORE VERY DISTANT RADIO TELESCOPE ANTENNAS, SUCH AS THOSE OF THE LBI.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: All controls, connections, etc. labelled. "5071A HYDROGEN MASER SYNTHESIZER/ HEWLETT . PACKARD" printed in upper left of casing front. Inventory decal on lower right front reads "PROPERTY OF/ NRCC/ 062562", in French and English. Small plate fitted to casing back reads "U.S. PAT. PENDING/ SER. S-7282-806/ 115/230 VOLTS 50-400 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A.".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Dark grey enamel finish on casing, save light grey front panel; silver metal trim, handles, etc.
Decoration: N/A

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Varian, Synthesizer, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1996.0644, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0644.004/

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