Potentiometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1900–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1028.001

MANUFACTURER: Chauvin & Arnoux
MODEL: 2010/SERIES A
LOCATION: Paris, France

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General Information

Serial #: 10303
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: INSTRUMENT HOUSED IN A WOODEN (IROKO ?) CASE/ INSTRUMENT FACE APPEARS TO A SYNTHETIC RESIN LIKE BAKELITE/ BRASS FITTINGS WITH A LIQUID FILLED GLASS LEVEL AND A GLASS MAGNIFIER TO VIEW THE NEEDLE; COPPER & FRENCH IVORY (?) MINOR FITTINGS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 26.5 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 18.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Chauvin Arnoux
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Paris

Context

Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS INSTRUMENT PROBABLY USED C. 1900-1925, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO MEASURE ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's plate screwed to inside of lid reads "CHAUVIN & ARNOUX/ INGENIEURS CONSTRUCTEURS/ NO. 10303 PARIS SERIE A". Copy of instructions, including schematic, glued to inside of lid. "F.E.M./ 1,0133 a 200[degreessymbol]/ CHAUVIN ARNOUX/PARIS/NO. 2010" incised on instrument, near top.
Missing: N/A
Finish: WOODEN CASE IS FINISHED IN A LIGHT BLOND CLEAR VARNISH
Decoration: N/A

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Chauvin & Arnoux, Potentiometer, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 1969.1028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1028.001/

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