Resistor

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OBJECT TYPE: calibration
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0376.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 9500-A
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Calibration resistor
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal casing, contacts and parts/ synthetic top and caps

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 14.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 10.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: An instrument of a type used by the Meteorological Service of Canada, probably in its calibration laboratories. Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function: A device which introduces resistance into an electrical circuit; this one was used in the calibration of instruments.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: white lettering on top reads 'CALIBRATION/ RESISTOR/ TYPE 9500-A'/ label on casing reads ‘GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ CALIBRATION UNIT/ C16-004A/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'/ inventory label reads ‘ASCL JAN 84/ DS-0037'/ white lettering for contacts reads 'C1', 'C2', 'P1', 'P2', 'P3', 'P4'
Missing: appears complete
Finish: mottled grey painted casing/ black synthetic top and caps
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Resistor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0376, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0376.001/

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