General Information

Serial #

10592

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING/ PLASTIC DIALS/ ALUMINUM DIAL FACES/ RUBBER FEET.

Dimensions

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

Length

23.5 cm

Width

15.2 cm

Height

18.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Service-test equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1970+

Canada

ARTIFACT WAS BUILT IN CANADA FOR THE CANADIAN PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS BY THE RADIO AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. IT WAS ONLY USED IN DEMONSTRATIONS AND NOT IN ACTUAL MEASUREMENT.

Function

TACTILE & AUDIBLE CURRENT READINGS; LEFT 'MULLING SCALE' IS TUNED FOR NO SOUND, RIGHT 'TONE MATCHER SCALE' TUNED TO POINT WHERE ONE GETS A SECOND TONE, & READING IS TAKEN FROM BRAILLE SCALE.

Technical

THIS ARTIFACT, MADE IN THE 70S, SHOWS THE GROWING AWARENESS IN THE 70S OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY THAT COULD BE MADE BY PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BRAILLE DOT MARKINGS ON DIAL FACES/ 'NULL CAL', 'METER' 'MATCHER CAL' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON BACK/ 'FUSE' IN WHITE ON BLACK FUSE SWITCHES/ 'BACH-SIMPSON LTD. LONDON CANADA', 'DIRECT CURRENT', 'MILLIAMPERES', AND 'SIMPSON' MARKED ON VISUAL AMMETER/ 'DEMO METER READER 3-4-76 NULLING & TONE SHIFTER' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON BOTTOM OF UNIT.

Missing

N/A

Finish

CASING PAINTED LIGHT GREY/ DIALS, KNOBS ARE BLACK/ VISUALAMMETER ON TOP IS WHITE AND BLACK/ SILVER-COLOURED SPEAKER COVER ON SIDE; CORD IS GREY/ FEET ARE BROWN.

Decoration

N/A