Standard resistor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WIRE/.5 OHM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0199.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Crompton & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 5
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN FRAME; BRASS WIRE AND CONNECTORS; GLASS FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 6.0 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
- Crompton
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY EQUIPMENT USED AT THE STANDARDS BRANCH IN OTTAWA - Function
-
USED TO INTRODUCE RESISTANCE INTO AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT. THIS ONE INTRODUCES A CONSTANT RESISTANCE OF 0.5 OHMS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRAME: '0.5 Ohm/ Crompton & Co, LIMITED./ London & Chelmsford/ No. 05'/ SCRATCHED ON FRAME: 'L 122'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED; LACQUERED METAL; BLACK FEET
- Decoration
- N/A
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Crompton & Co. Ltd., Standard resistor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0199, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0199.001/
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