Meter, ampere-second

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OBJECT TYPE: milliampere/portable
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0886.001

MANUFACTURER: Westinghouse
MODEL: KX-25
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: Smooth black metal casing has stepped front panel cover; metal works and mounting hardware; clear glass window over off-white meter face; 4 synthetic cylinders shield terminals on unit back.

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.5 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 12.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Westinghouse
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Used to measure electric current.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "MADE IN U.S.A./ WESTINGHOUSE/ MILLIAMPERES/ KX-25 STYLE 1727313a" printed in black on meter face. Scale 0- 100+, divided in increments of 2, and labelled at intervals of 20. UHN catalogue no. "2000.1.7" printed by hand in white ink on casing. "4350 1 [? ?]", "3 [? ?] 57/ [A]MP TER[M]INALS/ SIX VOLTS" stamped in white ink on casing back.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Smooth black metal casing has stepped front panel cover; metal works and mounting hardware; clear glass window over off-white meter face; 4 synthetic cylinders shield terminals on unit back.
Decoration: N/A

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Westinghouse, Meter, ampere-second, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0886, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0886.001/

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