Hardware Detail

Item Reference:
HW0619    
Machine Type:
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Serial Number:
  Ferranti Counter With Numicators
  This Ferranti counter was used on a production line at the manufacturing plant in Greenock.

It is on display to demonstrate how numeric information was presented using Numicators before the advent of 7-segment technology. The Numicator is a neon tube which contains wire frames, one behind the other, containing the outline of each numeral. The high voltage source is connected between a common anode and the desired cathode grid to display the numeral.

Further information can be found at:

Nixie Clocks

Display & Counting Tubes
Date of Origin:
1960s
Donor:
Peter Short

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Location:
On Display - HLG19 Commissioned By: Museum Until:

 

Produced by Peter Short
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