General Information

Serial #

1194

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 NON-FERROUS BODY, LENS HOUSING, PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS/ FERROUS METAL HARDWARE MOUNTING HARDWARE ON SIDES/ CORK SPINDLE/.2 BRASS HOUSING/ FERROUS METAL SHUTTER LEAVES

Dimensions

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

Length

24.0 cm

Width

17.8 cm

Height

18.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PHOTOGRAPHIC

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Anaheim

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960S

Canada

ACCORDING TO NRC DOCUMENTATION (IN SUPP. INFO.), THIS INSTRUMENT ORIGINATED FROM DOMINION OBSERVATORY & WAS PASSED TO NRC WHEN THAT AGENCY JOINED NRC IN LATE 1960S.

Function

DEVICE USED TO TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON FILM, POSSIBLY OF ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA & EVENTS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 RED & METALLIC PLATE READING "BEATTIR Varitron (IN SCRIPT)/ INPUT 120 VAC PAT. PEND. MADE IN U.S.A. MODEL ST3/ Photographic/ Products Inc./ ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA/ SERIAL NO. 1194"/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READS "WRAY LONDON No 188867 64 mm f0.71" & "B.P. 696.902 CORRECTED FOR OBJECTS AT INFINITY"/ LABEL READING "Property of/ Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 084209"/ RED, BLACK, WHITE HANDWRITTEN "WY" IN SEVERAL PLACES ON CASING

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/10/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

.1 BLACK CRINKLE FINISHED BODY WITH FLAT BLACK PAINTED MOTOR? CASING/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED LENS HOUSING/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ UNFINISHED & METALLIC PARTS/ NATURAL CORK/.2 BRASS COLOURED HOUSING/BLUE-BLACK LEAVES

Decoration

N/A