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- OBJECT TYPE
- DOUBLE PROJECTION/ANAGLYPHIC
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1184.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
- MODEL
- BALPLEX ER-55
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 16
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MOST PIECES CONSTRUCTED OF CAST OR MACHINED METAL/.8-.10 & SOME PTS HAVE GLASS OPTICS/.5 SLATE TABLE TOP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 157.0 cm
- Width
- 108.0 cm
- Height
- 170.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Photogrammetry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bausch Lomb
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROJECT STEREOSCOPIC MODEL IN ORDER TO INTERPRET, MEASURE & PLOT DATA GATHERED FROM AERIAL SURVEY PHOTOGRAPHS. - Technical
-
PROJECTORS HAVE ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTOR-TYPE DESIGN WHICH PRODUCES A VERY BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED STEREOSCOPIC MODEL, ALL OF WHICH MAY BE VIEWED AT ONE TIME. ER-55 PROJECTORS CAN ACCOMODATE BOTH VERTICAL & TWIN LOW- OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY. USEFUL IN GEOLOGICAL WORK BECAUSE OF HIGH DEGREE OF RESOLUTION OF TERRAIN DETAIL IN STEREOSCOPIC MODEL (REF.1, P.47). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 TRIANGULAR PLATE SCREWED TO LOWER FRONT RIGHT READS 'B&L'; PLUGS NUMBERED 1-3/.2 LABEL ON SIDE READS: 'EMR/ INVENTORY CONTROL/ R.C./C.R. 634 006201/ EQ. CODE 6675-21-886-5241/ DO NOT REMOVE'; & FRENCH TEXT. '2' HAND- WRITTEN IN RED GREASE PENCIL ON FRAME/.5 ALL CONTROLS LABELLED. PLATE BELOW CONTROL PANEL READS: 'BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A./ PRIMARY 115 VOLTS 400 VA./ 60 CYCLES/ SECONDARY 24 VOLTS/ 10 AMPS./ SERIAL NO. EA1200/ TYPE 53-43-37/ CSA APP. NO. [BLANK]/ B&L/ U.S.A./ PATENT [BLANK]'/ MOST PIECES BEAR TAPE LABEL MARKED 'UNIT 1'/ MARKINGS CONT'D IN SUPP. INFO.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE (FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES)/ BLOWER HOSE IS ABSENT
- Finish
- .5 BLACK SLATE TABLE TOP/ MOST OTHER ITEMS HAVE SMOOTH ORCRINKLE-TEXTURED DRAB-GREEN PAINTED FINISH
- Decoration
- NONE
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Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Plotter, after 1951, Artifact no. 1987.1184, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1184.001/
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