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- OBJECT TYPE
- 5 AMPS
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0192.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- 312
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 253
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE AND LEATHER STRAP; SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL; METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 22.0 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
- Alberta
- Period
- MANUFACTURED AT LEAST FROM 1928 [REF 1], BUT THIS ONE USED IN THE 1960S [REF 2]
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF DEVICE USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE OR CONTROL ELECTRIC CURRENT - Technical
-
THE VARIATION IN RATIO OF TRANSFORMATION FOR VARIOUS APPLIED VOLTAGES WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE CONNECTED INSTRUMENT IS VERY SMALL, AND FOR ALL ORDINARY MEASUREMENTS NO CORRECTION IS NECESSARY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'WESTON/ MODEL 312 NO 253/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.'/ DYMOTAPE: 'DO NOT USE/ AS A/ REFERENCE STANDARD' 'E/16/4'/ STICKER ON FRONT: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ NE PAS DECOLLER/ E1614/ E.D.R. 38911'
- Missing
- HANDLE IS BROKEN AND PART IS MISSING/ WIRING DIAGRAM MISSING FROM INSIDE LID [SEE PHOTO IN REF 1]
- Finish
- CASE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ TOP PANEL BLACK/METAL PARTS LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Transformer, current, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1997.0192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0192.001/
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