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OBJECT TYPE: CARDSTOCK/WARNING
DATE: 1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0178.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: RADIATION
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDSTOCK; STRING

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS ONE USED IN 1966
Canada: EXAMPLE OF WARNING SIGN USED IN CANADA RELATING TO NUCLEAR RADIATION
Function: USED TO INFORM AND WARN WORKERS OF THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR RADIATION
Technical: AS NUCLEAR RADIATION IS DANGEROUS TO HUMANS A WARNING SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED TO WARN WORKERS WHEN THIS WAS PRESENT SO PRECAUTIONS COULD BE TAKEN
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON SIGN: 'DANGER/ [RADIATION SYMBOL]/ THIS CONTAINER LOADED WITH/ HIGH ACTIVITY SOURCE/ No. of Curies/ Location Drawer/ Source No./ Packing Slip No./ Date Sig./ THIS TAG MUST STAY WITH SOURCE/ UNTIL FINAL INSTA[?]ATION'/ [SIGN IS FILLEDIN BY HANDWRITING INCLUDING DATE: 'feb 3/66'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: YELLOW BACKGROUND WITH PURPLE PRINTING AND NAVY HANDWRITING
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, 1966, Artifact no. 1998.0178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1998.0178.001/

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