Meter, exposure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMPARISON
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0264.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Watkins Meter Co.
- MODEL
- BEE EXPOSURE METER
- LOCATION
- Hereford, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- THE BODY OF THE METER IS METAL/ THE PROTECTIVE WINDOW OR CRYSTAL IS EITHER GLASS OR PLASTIC/ THE EXPSOURE METER IS LIGHT SENSITIVE PAPER/ THE BOX IS MADE OF CARDBOARD, AND THE CORNERS ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH METAL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.7 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 2.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Watkins
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Hereford
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1915+
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE LIGHT VALUES FOR NATURAL, ARTIFICIAL, STUDIO & FLASH LIGHT SOURCES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'WATKINS/ BEE/ METER/ MADE [E]NGLAND' PRINTED ON PAPER FACE OF METER,WITH F STOP AND LIGHT SCALES/ PLATE AND EXPOSURE SCALES STAMPED INTO FRONT OF CASING/ FOLLOWING INFO. PRINTED ON BOX TOP: '3/6 / Full ins-/ truction/ booklet,/ short ins-/truction/ card and/ speed card/ enclosed./ WATKINS/ BEE/ METER/ For the Photographic/ EXPOSURE ofALL/ Kinds of plates and/ films, outdoors and/ indoors./ NEW ISSUE.', AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- THE METAL BODY HAS A SILVER METALLIC FINISH/ THE METER GAUGE NUMBERS ARE WRITTEN ON WHITE PAPER/ THE LIGHT SENSITIVE PAPER HAS A GREENISH TINT/ THE CARDBOARD CONTAINER IS BROWN.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Watkins Meter Co., Meter, exposure, circa 1915, Artifact no. 1986.0264, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0264.001/
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