Calculator, air navigation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- course & speed
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0196.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Stanley Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Mk.IIA
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- ST 922/40
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- aluminum & steel; plastic rule
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 13.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 3.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Stanley
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
used to calculate airplane course & speed for aircraft navigation allowing for wind speed & direction & calculate ground speed - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on dial on bottom reads: "COURSE & SPEED CALCULATOR/MK II A/STANLEY MANUFACTURING CO. LTD."; incised lettering below dial reads: "R.C.A.F. REF. No. 6B/52/R.A.F. REF. No. 6B/125/No. ST 922/40"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- predom. painted black with white lettering & detail; white circular dial on top; transparent rule with black & red lettering
- Decoration
- none
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Stanley Mfg. Co. Ltd., Calculator, air navigation, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1994.0196, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1994.0196.001/
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