Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/MOVING COIL
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0163.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- 14
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 948
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING WITH BAKELITE TOP AND KNOBS/ METAL PLATE WITH GLASS WINDOW FOR GAUGE ON TOP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.8 cm
- Width
- 1.1 cm
- Height
- 7.3 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
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO DETECT CURRNT FLOW, USED IN COMBINATION WITH A BRIDGE CIRCUIT - Technical
-
GOOD EXAMPLE OF EARLY TEST SET/ ANCESTORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENTS WERE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & 'FISHBONE GALVANOMETER' INVENTED BY MARCEL DEPREZ (1880). (SEE ADDITIONALTECHNICAL SIGNIFICANCE ON WS IN O:DRIVE SUPP.INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- SCREW MISSING FROM BASE
- Finish
- BROWN STAINED AND VARNISHED WOOD/ BROWN BAKELITE/ METALLIC MFR'S PLATE
- Decoration
- INCISED PARALLEL LINES ON BAKELITE TOP/ MOULDING AROUND LOWER EDGE OF BASE/ INCISED LETTERING ON METAL PLATE
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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Galvanometer, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1981.0163, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0163.001/
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