Technician Operating CANT Data Acquisition Unit, San Francisco State College, November 1971 (Updated three weeks ago)

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• Identifier: TP-ATA-1904
• Date: Nov 1971
• Context: <p><strong>Primary Device (Left, marked CANT):</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>CANT Data Acquisition System</strong></li> <ul> <li>This unit likely controls and records measurements from experimental setups&mdash;such as a wind tunnel, pressure system, or other mechanical/thermal test rig.</li> <li>The&nbsp;<strong>rotary dials</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>switches</strong>&nbsp;allow the user to select channels and set parameters.</li> <li>The&nbsp;<strong>glass tube</strong>&nbsp;above appears to be part of a fluid or pressure interface, possibly feeding readings into the CANT system via transducers.</li> </ul> </ul> <p><strong>Secondary Device (Middle-Right):</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Beckman Type R Dynograph (or similar strip chart recorder)</strong></li> <ul> <li>This device records voltage or current signals onto a long roll of paper.</li> <li>It was commonly used to track analog sensor data over time.</li> <li>This is consistent with a lab analyzing fluid mechanics, structural responses, or pressure variations.</li> </ul> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Credits:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some technical descriptions and historical interpretations were developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.</p>
• Geographic Coverage: San Francisco, CA
• Temporal Coverage: 1970s
• Type: Still Image
• Format: Negative
• Source: San Francisco State University Archives
• Rights: Public