Potentiometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0401.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Rubicon Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 56379
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING TOP, CONTROLS, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS/ WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE, LEATHER HANDLE/ RUBBER? FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.8 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 19.7 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
- Rubicon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
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. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED IN PURE CHEMISTRY SECTION OF NRC, PROBABLY BY DR. ROBERTSON. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED FOR MEASUREMENT OR COMPARISON OF SMALL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED FOR MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE BY COMPARISON WITH STANDARD RESISTANCE & STANDARD VOLTAGE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON CASING TOP READS "RUBICON COMPANY/ PHILADELPHIA/ SERIAL NO. 56379"/ RAISED LETTERING CASING TOP READS "RUBICON COMPANY/ PHILADELPHIA"/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK LETTERING & MARKINGS ON METER DIALS/ BLACK LETTERING ON INSTRUCTION CARD READS IN PART "ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS RUBICON COMPANY PHILDELPHIA, P.A., U.S.A."/ BLACK PLATE ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "MADE IN/ U.S.A."/ RED & SILVER LABEL READING "PURE CHEMISTRY/ ELECTRONICS/ NRC"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/31/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- BLACK CASING TOP, CONTROLS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BLACK CRINKLE FINISH FOR DIAL/ CASE HAS CLEARCOATING ON BROWN WOOD, METALLIC HARDWARE, BLACK HANDLE/ BLACK FEET
- Decoration
- N/A
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Rubicon Co., Potentiometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0401, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0401.001/
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