Description: 1961-1962 - catalog printed in 1961 - Price list is effective for 1962. Victoreen Catalog - thick comprehensive over 70 pages+ Price List+ Data sheets Dosimeters / Survey meters / gamma meters Nuclear related instruments Comes form a former missile engineer for the US Air Force.Was employed under this position during 1950's and 1960's, may have continued on afterwards, all the paperwork I have are from that period. Superb condition. Well cared for. pages are clean and crisp. Looks like it could have been printed recently not 60 years ago. The Victoreen Instrument Company is a former manufacturer of x-ray dosimeter equipment in Cleveland, Ohio. It was considered to be the “first nuclear company.” The Victoreen Instrument Company was founded by John Austin Victoreen (who had founded the Victoreen Radio Company) at 2825 Chester Avenue in 1928. 11 A few years after Victoreen began making superheterodyne radios and parts, the federal government appointed the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) as the owner of patents relating to the superheterodyne principle. This left Victoreen without a product to market, and in response, the company, in conjunction with Dr. Otto Glasser of the Cleveland Clinic, went into the field of X-ray technology.Victoreen developed an X-ray dosimeter to eliminate the possibility of x-ray burns and control dose delivery to patients. 1 2 11 The first commercial model was the Condenser-R meter, which measured the intensity and total dosage of X-ray exposure. The company went on to develop other radiation measurement equipment and became a leader in the field. It soon outgrew its building and relocated to a large, purpose-built factory at 5806 Hough Avenue. 15In April 1944, Victoreen was contracted by the Manhattan Project to manufacture portable radiation devices as part of Operation Peppermint. 3 Operation Peppermint was the codename given to preparations by the Manhattan Project and the European Theater of Operations United States Army to counter the possibility that the Germans might disrupt the Normandy landings with radioactive poisons. The portable Minometer units were initially released in 1940 and were essentially a simplified version of the Condenser-R meter. 5 Nearly 50 devices were produced, which were later reused to measure radioactivity during A-bomb testing in New Mexico. After the war concluded, Victoreen provided 95% of the instrumentation for nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.In April 1965, Victoreen announced that it was moving its headquarters and plant from Hough Avenue to 10101 Woodland Avenue, the site of the former Clark Controller Company. 15 Its Government Instruments Division, which had been at 5200 Euclid Avenue in leased space, was also moved to the new facility.
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Location: Riverside, California
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Brand: Victoreen
Model: 493
MPN: Model 3
Radiation Detector Type: Geiger Counter
