General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING/ METAL CONTROL PANEL WITH SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ GLASS WINDOW/ SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL CONTACTS & WIRING

Dimensions

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

Length

15.0 cm

Width

7.9 cm

Height

6.9 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

Simpson

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.

Function

CALIBRATED INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE, OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

Technical

ACCORDING TO ONE DISTRUBUTOR, THIS AC VOLTMETER IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN CIRCUITS WHERE LIMITED AMOUNT OF POWER IS PRESENT & MAKES EXCELLENT OUTPUT METER WHEN USED WITH PROPER CONDENSER. WIDE VARIETY OF RANGES COVERS BOTH PRIMARY & SECONDARY VOLTAGE RANGES OF TRANSFORMERS USED IN RADIOSETS, TOYS, APPLIANCES (REF 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE DIAL FACE READS "PAT. NO. 2,051,399 SIMPSON ELECTRIC CO. CHICAGO ILL. U.S.A./ RECTIFIER TYPE/ A.C. VOLTS/ 100 OHMS PER VOLT/ MODEL 376" WITH SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS FOR 0-25, 0-50, 0-100 AMPERES/ RED "Simpson" IN SCRIPT ON CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE "MODEL 376" & NUMBERS FOR DIAL SETTINGS "5/ 10/ 25/ 50/ 100/ 250/ 500/ 1000" ON CONTROL PANEL

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/09/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

BLACK CASING, CONTROL PANEL, CONTROLS/ WHITE DIAL FACE/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ RED & BLACK CONTACTS & WIRE COVERING

Decoration

N/A