Laboratory apparatus
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0763.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Various metals; wood; fabric pulleys and coverings; plastic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 63.0 cm
- Width
- 43.0 cm
- Height
- 69.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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USED IN CANADA AT MCGILL - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE MAGNETIC PULL OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, IN EXPERIMENTS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM - Technical
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PRECISION INSTRUMENT USED AS A TEACHING AID IN UNIVERSITY ELECTRICAL LABORATORY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following info. incised into top of wooden base: "60 [cycles] / 220V /.5A [AMPS]"
- Missing
- Weights; possibly other parts/It would appear that two plates (mfr's) were at one time screwed to base, but are now missing
- Finish
- Top of base stained light brown/Areas of piece, such as upright supports and two oval "contacts" are covered in strips of light brown, coated fabric/Selected metal pieces have been painted black/Three curved "arms" may be bronze and bear green-cast and darkened areas
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Laboratory apparatus, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0763, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0763.001/
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