Potentiometer

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OBJECT TYPE: LABORATORY/UNIVERSAL
DATE: 1893
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0648.001

MANUFACTURER: Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
MODEL: 175
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 8
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASE/ SYNTHETIC INTERIOR PANEL & KNOBS/ METAL PARTS, cellulose nitrate, bakelite

Dimensions

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

Length: 39.2 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Height: 21.2 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: AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OR COMPARISON OF SMALL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OR ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES (VAN NOSTRAND'S SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 3RD ED. 1958, P.1296)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE WITH INCISED WRITTEN LETTERING READING 'Universal Potentiometer/ Model 175 NO.[?]/ Made By/ Weston Electrical Instrument Company/ Newark, N.J., U.S.A.' WITH SERIAL NUMBER & PATENT INFO/ BLUE IMPRESSION STAMPED LABELS READING.1 'L270',.2 'L224', &.3 'L273'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WOOD STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ PLATED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Potentiometer, after 1893, Artifact no. 1984.0648, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0648.001/

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