CD V-755
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I finally got a CD V-755 High School Kit box from an ebay seller. I outfitted the box with meters from my collection into a CD V-755 kit. These kits were made available to high schools in the late 1950s. See document scans below for information.


CD V-755 Kit Contents Click photo to see larger.
According to the documents provided to me by two V-755 kit owners the contents of the V-755 kit were listed as....
2-CD V-700 Survey Meters
1-CD V-710 Survey Meter
1-CD V-720 Survey Meter
1-CD V-750 Dosimeter Charger
2-CD V-138 Dosimeters
1-CD V-730 Dosimeter
1-CD V-740 Dosimeter
2-CD V-787 Food And Water Comparison Standards (See below.)

From left to right in photo. Jordan CD V-710 Mod 2, Chatham CD V-700 Mod 3, (dosimeters) 2-CD V-138s, 1-CD V-730, 1-CD V-740, Jordan CD V-750 Mod 2, Chatham CD V-720 Mod 1 and an International Pump and Machine Works CD V-700 Mod 3. In front 2 Jordan CD V-787 10 Day Water Standards.
A very special thanks to Rob Stone of Portsmouth Ohio for the CD V-710 and CD V-720 shown in the photo. A very special thanks also to William Bashaw III for the 2-CD V-787 water standards.

Captures from the film Radiological Defense



CD V-755 High School Kit Documents From New York
I thought these would be of interest since they are original vintage 1958-1960 FCDA radiation instrument documents.
Files are between 150KB and 200Kb in size so they may take a while to load.
I have slightly watermarked the scans of these documents because I have had sellers on ebay.com take documents that I provide for free on my site, put them on CDs, and try to sell them on ebay.

FCDA Shipping Form 224B
This form has prices for the instruments on it. Dated September, 26 1958.
The CD V-138 Dosimeters were on backorder when the kit was delivered.
FCDA Shipping Form 224
This form has prices for the instruments on it. Dated May, 18 1960.
A year and a half later the CD V-138 Dosimeter were delivered!
University of New York Letter Page 1
Page 1 of a letter explaining why the CD V-755 Kit is being sent out.
University of New York Letter Page 2
Page 2 of the letter explaining the instruments in the kit.

CD V-787 Ten-day Water Standard

Here is a description of the CD V-787 taken from the University of New York Letter Page 2...
"The CD V-787 is a low intensity harmless radioactive comparison standard which provides a method of measuring radioactivity in food and drinking water by comparing it's reading against the beta-gamma concentration in a food or water sample with a beta-gamma geiger counter having a range of 0-50 mr/hr."
Special thanks to William Bashaw III for these two CD V-787s!