Bridge, scale wire
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0611.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Buffalo Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, 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
- WOOD CABINET; METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS AND HARDWARE, bakelite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 22.3 cm
- Height
- 9.5 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
- Buffalo
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1870'S TO 1940'S (?)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE RESISTANCE OF WIRES IN A CIRCUIT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CALIBRATE INSTRUMENTS CONNECTED TO THE CIRCUIT/ ALSO USED FOR LOCATING TROUBLE LINES IN THE CIRCUIT - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY ELECTRICAL TEST EQUIPMENT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CHART AFFIXED TO INSIDE LID TITLED: 'DIRECT READING TABLE OF RESISTANCE/ FOR/ SCALE WIRE BRIDGE'/ STAMPED 2 TIMES ON CHART: 'COPYRIGHTED/ BUFFALO INSTRUMENT CO.'/ ENGRAVED ON TOP OF METAL POSTS: '1 10 1000 10000'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED CABINET/ POLISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Buffalo Instrument Co., Bridge, scale wire, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1969.0611, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0611.001/
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