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Detector, Radiation

Object number2018.70.1 a-o

Manufacturer The Bendix Corporation

Date1961

OriginCincinnati, OH

MediumCardboard; Paper; Ink; Adhesive; Metal; Plastic; Electrical wire; Glass; Foam

Credit LineGift of Dr. John A. Redfield

DescriptionFamily Radiation Measurement Kit comprised of box, box insert, dosimeter/ratemeter charger, dosimeter, ratemeter, instruction manual, "How To" pamphlet, inspection sheet, packing slip, DOD Family Shelter Designs booklet, DOD Fallout Protection booklet, Emergency Plan, dose rate charts, protection factor chart, and newspaper article about nuclear survival. .DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 3.25 x 9.625 x 7.563 in. (8.3 x 24.4 x 19.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 2.5 x 8.688 x 6.875 in. (6.4 x 22.1 x 17.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 2.938 x 4 x 4 in. (7.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (d): 4.438 x 0.563 x 0.75 in. (11.3 x 1.4 x 1.9 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (e): 4.438 x 0.563 x 0.75 in. (11.3 x 1.4 x 1.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (f): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.125 in. (21.6 x 14 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g - folded): 4.875 x 3.813 x 0.031 in. (12.4 x 9.7 x 0.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g - unfolded): 4.875 x 11.188 x 0.016 in. (12.4 x 28.4 x 0 cm)
Height x Width (h): 3.5 x 5.5 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
Height x Width (i): 2.5 x 6.875 in. (6.4 x 17.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (j): 10.25 x 7.875 x 0.125 in. (26 x 20 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (k): 7.813 x 5.188 x 0.188 in. (19.8 x 13.2 x 0.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (l): 10.875 x 8.375 x 0.016 in. (27.6 x 21.3 x 0 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (m): 8.5 x 11 x 0.031 in. (21.6 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm)
Height x Width (n): 11 x 8.5 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Height x Width (o): 10 x 4.25 in. (25.4 x 10.8 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Underside has stamped postmark in viewer's top right corner with text "CINCINNATI / DEC-5'61 / OHIO / ..."

(j)
Back cover has text in the viewer's top left corner "... / JOHN A. REDFIELD / 3514 FOREST DRIVE / BETHEL PARK, PA."

(l)
Front has handwritten text in blue ink including "EMERGENCY PLAN / [steps 1-4]".

(m)
First page has title across bottom margin "CHART 1. DOSE RATE CALCULATION".

Second page has title across bottom margin "CHART 2. GRAPHICAL METHODS OF COMPUTING ACCUMULATIVE DOSE".

Third page has title across bottom margin "CHART 3. GRAPHICAL METHODS OF COMPUTING ACCUMULATIVE DOSE".

(n)
Front has purple printed text including "FALLOUT / ARRIVAL / AT / ... / PROTECTION FACTOR / TYPICAL PROTECTION FACTOR / ..."

(o)
Both sides have black printed text. Front has article entitled " 'Preparedness Drive' / Bethel Park Okays / Four-Point Program / On Nuclear Survival / Master Plan On Schools, Shelters, / Communications, Warning Studied / ..."
Marks(a)
Top of lid has blue and beige text including "THE Bendix CORPORATION CINCINNATI DIVISION / DOSIMETER... / FAMILY / RADIATION / MEASUREMENT / KIT".

Front side has blue text including "RATEMETER / ... / simple to use / pocket size / direct reading / transistorized / water-shockproof".

Proper right side has blue text "PRICE / RATEMETER CDV-736 / DOSIMETER CDV-746 / CHARGER CDV-756 / INSTRUCTION MANUAL".

Back side has blue and black text including "1339 / CERTIFIED BY Bendix TO MEET OR EXCEED OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION SPECIFICATIONS".

Proper left side has blue and black text "PRICE / $24.95 / SUGGESTED RETAIL / RATEMETER CDV-736 / DOSIMETER CDV-746 / CHARGER CDV-756 / INSTRUCTION MANUAL".

Underside has blue and black text at center including "SHIP TO: / FROM The Bendix Corporation / CINCINNATI DIVISION / 3130 WASSON RD. CINCINNATI 8, OHIO / John A. Redfield / 3514 Forest Road / Bethel Park, Pennsylvania / ..."

(c)
Top of lid has white text including "CHARGING / CONTACT / UP / SCALE / DOWN / SCALE / DOSIMETER/RATEMETER CHARGER / MODEL No. 906-1 Serial No. 57802 / CD V 756 / place dosimeter on charging contact / TO READ: press down lightly. / TO CHARGE: press down firmly and / adjust hairline to zero / THE Bendix CORPORATION / CINCINNATI DIVISION CINCINNATI OHIO".

Interior of bottom has paper label with schematic diagram with black text including "CD V-750".

(d)
Side has white and black text including "DOSIMETER CD V 746 / this instrument reads total accumulated radiation exposure in roentgens / TO CHARGE (Zero):... / TO READ: Look through lens toward light and note position of hairline / TO INTERPRET: See instruction manual. Ser. #893-41465".

Silver metal clip has engraved vertical text "BENDIX".

(e)
Side has white and black text including "RATEMETER CD V 736 / this instrument reads dose rate in roentgens per hour (R/HR) / DETERMINE DOSE RATE AS FOLLOWS (or see manual): / 1 Set hairline to zero with Charger CD V-756 or CD V-750. / 2 Read upper scale (R/HR) at one minute after zeroing. / 3 If upper scale reading is less than 10 R/HR - read lower scale / (R/HR) at 10 minutes after zeroing. Ser. #888 40198".

Silver metal clip has engraved vertical text "BENDIX".

(f)
Front has black and yellow printed text "INSTRUCTION / and / MAINTENANCE MANUAL / for / Dosimeter Ratemeter CD V-736 / Dosimeter CD V-746 / Dosimeter Ratemeter Charger CD V-756 / THE Bendix / CORPORATION / CINCINNATI DIVISION / CINCINNATI, OHIO".

(g)
Front page has blue and off-white text "HOW TO USE THE 3 / LIFE / SAVERS / IN / YOUR / KIT / CD V-736 / Ratemeter / CD V-746 / Dosimeter / CD V-756 / Charger".

Each page has blue and off-white text describing the operation of the equipment including charts; one corner has text "Bendix".

(h)
Front has black printed text including "This Kit was inspected by [stamped symbol] / ... / 1339 / H. I. Dwyer, Jr., Quality Control Manager. / THE BENDIX CORPORATION / CINCINNATI DIVISION".

(i)
Front has red and black printed and typed and blue handwritten text including "ORDER DATE / 10-2 - 10-10 / PACKED BY... / DATE SHIPPED / 11-30-61 / QUANTITY / 1 / DESCRIPTION / RADIATION KITS / UNIT / PRICE / 19.95 / ... / THE BENDIX CORPORATION / ... / PACKING SLIP No. 03444".

(j)
Front cover has emblem with off-white text "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" above black printed text "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE / FAMILY / SHELTER / DESIGNS / H-7".

Back cover has black text at top center "CD" and in viewer's bottom right corner is inverted text "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE / WASHINGTON 25, D. C. / OFFICIAL BUSINESS".

(k)
Front cover has black and white text "FALLOUT PROTECTION / WHAT TO KNOW AND DO ABOUT NUCLEAR ATTACK / [emblem with yellow text "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"] / DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE".

Back cover has yellow and white text "[emblem with yellow text "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"] / DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE".".

(l)
Viewer's top right corner has blue printed text "M.S. 138 W. E. CORP."
Historical NotesThis Family Radiation Measurement Kit was purchased by donor Dr. John A. Redfield in 1961 to go in the family fallout shelter in the basement of their home at 3514 Forest Road in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The donor built a shelter in the basement complete with a cinder block ceiling and cinder block and concrete walls. His wife stocked it with peanut butter and canned fruit and planned on grabbing crackers on the way down. The plan was that the family would stay down in the shelter and use the radiation kit to measure when it was safe to exit. He said that he felt a responsibility to have a plan in place in case of nuclear attack given what Khrushchev was threatening at the time. The donor worked at Westinghouse/Bettis for 39 years and specifically on the nuclear reactor at Shippingport. He developed the FLASH program in 1964 which became the standard for safety testing of nuclear reactors and then oversaw the LWBR or Light Water Breeder Reactor, the third reactor at Shippingport which Admiral Rickover hoped would be a test for nuclear reactors that could breed additional energy. The reactor ran for five years until it was spent. Redfield retired in 1994.

Previous owner Dr. John A. Redfield

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