Voltmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC/MOVING COIL/LABORATORY
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0185.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston
- MODEL
- 4
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ GLASS DIAL COVER/ METAL PLATES, DIAL PLATE AND WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.5 cm
- Width
- 35.0 cm
- Height
- 21.5 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
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED EARLY PART OF THE 20TH C
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF AN EARLY VOLTMETER USED BY INSPECTORS IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE, OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATES ON TOP: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ E. & G. INSPECTION SERVICES/ INSPECTION STANDARD NO E177' ' WESTON DIRECT READING/ LABORATORYSTANDARD VOLTMETER./ FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS/ PATENTED/ MAR. 8. 1892. NO470340. REISSUED JUNE 28. 1892. NO11250./ JAN.1. 1895. NO531669. MAR.22. 1898. NO600982 AND 600983./ OCT.4. 1898. NO611722./ NO.4'/ SCALE: '0' TO '150' IN TENTHS; '15' TO '70' IN FIVES/ STAMPED IN PLUGS ON TOP OF CASE: '+' '75' '150'
- Missing
- ONE CONNECTING KNOB; 3 feet.
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ GLASS COVER PARITALLY PAINTED BLACK/ BROWNISH SCALE WITH BLACK HAND-WRITING/ BROWN SYNTHETIC KNOBS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston, Voltmeter, after 1898, Artifact no. 1997.0185, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0185.001/
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