General Information

Serial #

2186

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CASE/SYNTHETIC METER COVER AND KNOBS/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ GLASS DIAL COVER/ BRASS PLATE

Dimensions

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

Length

36.7 cm

Width

38.3 cm

Height

18.5 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

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS ONE USED PROBABLY BETWEEN 1918 AND 1969 [UNDER DEPT. OF TRADE & COMMERCE]

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF METER USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION

Function

A SECONDARY STANDARD FOR CHECKING & CALIBRATING SERVICE STANDARD TEST METERS & OTHER INSTRUMENTS.

Technical

PRIMARY REFERENCE STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH ALL AC INSTRUMENTS MAY BE CHECKED. EQUALLY ACCURATE ON DC OR AC. IDEALLY SUITED FOR USE AS TRANSFER INSTRUMENTS SINCE THEY ARE TRUE ELECTRODYNAMOMETERS. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ STANDARDS DIVISION/ INSPECTOR STANDARD NO. 14'/ MFG'S PLATE ON TOP: 'WESTON LABORATORY STANDARD/ A.C. & D.C. WATTMETER/ MODEL 326 NO. 2186/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CORP./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ PATENTED JAN. 1, 1895 MAR. 22, 1898 OCT. 4, 1898 AUG. 12, 1913./ OTHER PATENTS PENDING'/ SCALE '0' TO '150' IN FIVES/ DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS: '75' '150' '300' 'SHORT/ CIRCUIT' '2A' '1A' '2A'/ LABEL AFFIXED ON FRONT: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ NE PAS DECOLLER/ Holding unit- Detenteur/ 205B/ E.D.R. - R.D./ 64233'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CASE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ BLACK SYNTHETIC METER CASE AND KNOBS/ WHITE SCALE FACE WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A