Oscilloscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC-DC/CATHODE RAY
- DATE
- 1965–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0488.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Waterman Products
- MODEL
- POCKETSCOPE S-14-A
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CHASSIS/ RUBBER SCREEN HOOD/ GLASS SCREEN/ PLASTIC KNOBS/ LEATHERHANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.4 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 17.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Waterman
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
ARTIFACT WAS USED AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
INVENTION OF CATHODE RAY TUBE LED RAPIDLY TO ITS USE IN OSCILLOSCOPES IN 1921. PREVIOUSLY, TO PICTURE A WAVE OF ELECTRICITY, A STRING GALVANOMETER WAS USED ALONG WITH A ROTATING MIRROR, THE WHOLE PROJECTED ONTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE. (* CONT'D IN SUPP. INFO. & O:DRIVE SUPP. INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WATERMAN DECAL
- Missing
- NEEDS A TUBE ?
- Finish
- GREEN PLASTIC DISC. WITH GRAPH MARKINGS COVERS SCREEN - IS VERY LOOSE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Waterman Products, Oscilloscope, between 1965–1969, Artifact no. 1977.0488, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1977.0488.001/
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