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OBJECT TYPE: POTENTIAL
DATE: 1896
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0512.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: P
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 43341
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASE WITH METAL FITTINGS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, bakelite

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Height: 28.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Electricity & electronics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: A DEVISE USED TO EXTEND THE VOLTAGE RANGE OF INSTRUMENTS; A HIGHLY ACCURATE LOW POWER TRANSFORMER USED TO TRANSFORM HIGH VOLTAGE TO LOW RANGES SO THEY MAY BE MEASURED ON LOW VOLTAGE METERS (REF. 2 & 3)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED NUMBERS BESIDE KNOBS/ MFR'S PLATE ON LID INTERIOR READING 'POTENTIAL TRANSFORMER/ NO. 43341, SPEC 15330/ TYPE P/ WATTS 175, CYCLES 25, VOLTS 3000/ 250-100/ PAT. 1889, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO-PETERBORO'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CASE STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ BLACK KNOBS WITH WHITE PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Transformer, after 1896, Artifact no. 1984.0512, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0512.001/

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