Austronic Engineering Laboratories Portable geiger counter and ratemeter

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Type: Geiger counters
Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Materials: Glass, Metal - non specific, Plastic - non specific
Collection: Bureau of Mineral Resources collection no. 1
Accession number: 1987.0010.0018.001

Description

A portable geiger counter and ratemeter comprising of a rectangular metal box with a round gauge/meter read out measuring "COUNTS / PER MINUTE" on the top, to one side, and three black plastic dials and switches on the top to the other side. Next to the dials/switches is text that reads "PORTABLE GEIGER COUNTER RATEMETER / TYPE PRM 200 SER. NO. 482 / austronic engineering laboratories / PTY. LTD. / MELBOURNE".

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