Voltmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECTIFIER/AC
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0388.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Simpson Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 376
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING/ METAL CONTROL PANEL WITH SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ GLASS WINDOW/ SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL CONTACTS & WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 7.9 cm
- Height
- 6.9 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
- Simpson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
CALIBRATED INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE, OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS. - Technical
-
ACCORDING TO ONE DISTRUBUTOR, THIS AC VOLTMETER IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN CIRCUITS WHERE LIMITED AMOUNT OF POWER IS PRESENT & MAKES EXCELLENT OUTPUT METER WHEN USED WITH PROPER CONDENSER. WIDE VARIETY OF RANGES COVERS BOTH PRIMARY & SECONDARY VOLTAGE RANGES OF TRANSFORMERS USED IN RADIOSETS, TOYS, APPLIANCES (REF 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE DIAL FACE READS "PAT. NO. 2,051,399 SIMPSON ELECTRIC CO. CHICAGO ILL. U.S.A./ RECTIFIER TYPE/ A.C. VOLTS/ 100 OHMS PER VOLT/ MODEL 376" WITH SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS FOR 0-25, 0-50, 0-100 AMPERES/ RED "Simpson" IN SCRIPT ON CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE "MODEL 376" & NUMBERS FOR DIAL SETTINGS "5/ 10/ 25/ 50/ 100/ 250/ 500/ 1000" ON CONTROL PANEL
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/09/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- BLACK CASING, CONTROL PANEL, CONTROLS/ WHITE DIAL FACE/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ RED & BLACK CONTACTS & WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Simpson Electric Co., Voltmeter, after 1936, Artifact no. 1995.0388, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0388.001/
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