Meter, beta-gamma survey

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OBJECT TYPE: GEIGER-MUELLER/BATTERY
DATE: 1948–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0221.001

MANUFACTURER: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: AEP 1903S
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: PROTOTYPE
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, GLASS AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 29.5 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: AECL
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: DEVELOPED AND PROBABLY USED IN THE 1940S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NRX AND THE NRU HIGH POWER RESEARCH REACTORS & THE ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2]
Function: USED TO DETECT AND COUNT BETA AND GAMMA PARTICLES.
Technical: OPERATED BY BATTERY. METER REGISTERS COUNTS FROM 0 TO 600 COUNTS PER MINUTE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON LABELS: 'ADJ. GEIGER/ VOLTS' 'GEIGER/ VOLTS' 'GEIGER/ PROBE''LIGHT' 'ADJ. METER/ SENSITIVITY' 'EXTENSION/ METER' '.8/ SEC. METER/ ZERO 8./ SECS.' 'TIME/ CONSTANT''200 600 2K 6K 20K' 'COUNTS PER/ MINUTE' '115V./ 60 CYCLE'/ LABEL ON FRONT: 'A-E-C-L/ T 0639/ N-R-X'/ DECAL ON SIDE: 'RHC'/ METER DIAL FACE ON TOP: 'KILOVOLTS/.3.6.9 1.2 1.5/ Ernest Turner/ MODEL/ 505/ ELECTROSTATIC/ SERIAL/ 1119368'/ METER DIAL FACE ON FRONT: '0 [TO] 200 [AND] 0 [TO] 600/ COUNTS/ PER MINUTE'/ HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT LABEL: 'Geiger probe(battery/ operated)/ STENCILLED ON BACK: 'H.R.B. 106.'
Missing: GEIGER PROBE From CA of 11/29/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing probe, cables...
Finish: OUTSIDE OF CASE IS PAINTED BLACK GLOSS/ WHITE LABELS
Decoration: N/A

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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Meter, beta-gamma survey, circa 1948–1949, Artifact no. 1998.0221, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1998.0221.001/

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