Multimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROBE
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0257.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hewlett Packard
- MODEL
- 970A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1320A07553
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETICCASINGS & CONTROLS/ METAL 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
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Service-test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Hewlett Packard
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C. 1977+
- Canada
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THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY M. PHILIPPE TROLLIET, WHO WAS ELECTRONIC ENGINEER WORKING ON & REDESIGNING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AT NFB; THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED IN THAT WORK. - Function
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HAND HELD DEVICE USED BY ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS IN LABORATORY TO MEASURE RESISTANCE, CURRENT & VOLTAGE IN FORM OF KILO OHMS. AC VOLTS, DC VOLTS, AC CURRENT OR DC CURRENT. - Technical
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EARLY MODEL OF VERY COMPACT MULTI-FUNCTION METER USED IN ELECTRONICS FIELD. ALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ARE IN HAND HELD PROBE WHICH ALLOWED USER TO ADJUST FUNCTION WHILE WORKING ON PIECE OF APPARATUS. EXTERNAL SHUNT PERMITTED USE IN MEASURING WIDE VARIETY OF CURRENT SOURCES. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BLACK & WHITE LABEL READS "970A PROBE MULTIMETER/ HEWLETT PACKARD" & "1320A07553/ MADE IN U.S.A.", WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/.2 BLACK LETTERING READING "97002A CURRENT SHUNT/ HEWLETT PACKARD", WITH WHITE & BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- ACCESSORIES SUCH AS ADDITIONAL PROBES, CASE From CA of 11/06/2001 by David Daley: No - 980257.2(current shunt) has been misnumbered as 980257.1
- Finish
- .1 LIGHT GREY CASING WITH MEDIUM GREY PARTS, BLACK CORD, DARK SCREEN WITH RED NUMBERS/.2 CASING IN 2 SHADES OF LIGHT GREY, RED SYNTHETIC PARTS, BLUE PARTS/.3 MEDIUM GREY
- Decoration
- .1-.2 BLACK, WHITE & BLUE "HP" LOGO
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Hewlett Packard, Multimeter, circa 1977, Artifact no. 1998.0257, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0257.001/
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