Case, instrument
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0144.014
- MANUFACTURER
- Dobbie McInnes Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Glasgow, Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 14
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE FITTED WITH BRASS HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 18.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Dobbie
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Glasgow
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF INDICATOR PROBABLY USED IN LATE 1800S- FIRST QUARTER OF 20TH C., AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF VALVES, AND TO DETERMINE HORSE POWER DEVELOPED DURING OPERATION. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF HIGH SPEED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INDICATOR, WHICH IS USED AS A RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Decal on case top is badly damaged; reads in part " DOBBIE-McINNES/ ENGINEERING & [illegible]/ INSTRUMENT [illegible]" and " LONDON, LIVERPOOL/ AND SOUTH SHIELDS "./ Decorative metal lockplate reads " DOBBIE/ McINNES/ REG'D/ DOBBIE McINNES/ LTD./ GLASGOW ". / Label applied to inside of case lid reads " The/ "DOBBIE-McINNES"/ ENGINE INDICATOR./ HALF SIZE/ EXTERNAL PRESSURE SPRING/ INSTRUMENT/ for speeds to 1500 revs. per min., suitable for/ HIGH SPEED INTERNAL/ COMBUSTION ENGINES./ PRESSURE SPRINGS/ This Indicator is intended for diagrams/ about one inch high and a 1/100 to the inch/ Spring therefore is suitable for pressures/ up to 100 lb.; a 1/250 for pressures up to 250 lb., etc./ SOLE MAKERS/ DOBBIE MCINNES LIMITED,/ Indicator Makers to the British Admiralty,/ 57 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW,/ and at So. SHIELDS AND LONDON. "/ Label applied to inside of inner compartment in case lid has been reproduced- see hard copy in supp. info. and digital image on database.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- DARK STAINED FINISH ON CASE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dobbie McInnes Ltd., Case, instrument, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.0144, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0144.014/
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