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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1934
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0730.002

MANUFACTURER: HOYT ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT WORKS
MODEL: 56
LOCATION: Penacook, New Hampshire, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.8 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HOYT
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Hampshire
City: Penacook

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: c. 1934 +
Canada: From collection of automobile parts and servicing EQ acquired by Mr. T. H. Oliver, father of donor, during career in automobile servicing. After working at Willys-Overland & Fairbankks-Morse in Toronto, and in Auto Garage in Aurora, in 1931 he began his own business, one part of which involved automotive electrical servicing.
Function: Instrument used to measure and indicate rate of flow of electric current in amperes. This type was used in automobiles, mounted on the dashboard to indicate current levels when generator was charging battery and also when feeding current to lighting and accessory systems (discharging) (Ref. 1).
Technical: Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works Inc. was established in 1904 and is a manufacturing company that produces a variety of electrical equipment ("About Us"). The ammeter was a dashboard instrument that became a standard feature in the 1920s (Gardiner et al: 38). Early replacement type ammeter without enclosure for installation within dashboard. This relatively sophisticated design would shortly become mainstream practice (KE – notes). Ammeters measure electric current in amperes, which is a unit of measurement named after the French physicist Andre-Marie Ampere (Britannica Educational Publishing: 215).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: White lettering on box top reads "Hoyt [SCRIPT]/ METER"; White lettering on front & back reads "HOYT METER/ TYPE 35" & "HOYT METER/ HOYT ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT WORKS/ PENACOOK, N.H./ BURTON-ROGERS COMPANY/ SALES DIVISION BOSTON, MASS."; White lettering on sides reads "HOYT METER/ BUILDERS OF METERS SINCE 1904/ MADE IN U.S.A."
Missing: Complete/ flap separated from box
Finish: black & orange print
Decoration: N/A

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HOYT ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT WORKS, Box, circa 1934, Artifact no. 1997.0730, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0730.002/

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