Galvanometer

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OBJECT TYPE: DETECTOR/MAGNETIC COIL/ASTATIC/MOVING IRON
DATE: 1885
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.0971.001

MANUFACTURER: FOOTE, PIERSON & CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASING/ METAL FACE, POINTER & SHUNT DIAL/ BRASS TERMINALS & PIVOT SUPPORT/ COPPER SHUNT CONNECTOR/ PLASTIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 16.5 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Height: 7.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telegraphy
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FOOTE
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1885
Canada: ARTIFACT WAS USED AND DONATED BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING OR MEASURING A SMALL ELECTRIC CURRENT BY MOVEMENTS OF A POINTER
Technical: IDEA FOR ATTACHING A MAGNET BENEATH NEEDLE IN ORDER TO COUNTERACT EFFECT OF EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ORIGINATED WITH JAMES CUMMING OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. ANDRE AMPERE OF FRANCE, INITIATED A VERY POPULAR SYSTEM (1821) USING AN ASTATIC PAIR OF MAGNETIZED NEEDLES. (SEE COMPLETE WS IN S.I. & O:DRIVE S.I.)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GRADUATED SCALE ON FACE: '70 TO 0' & '0 TO 70'/ MANUFACTURER: 'SHOPS OF/ FOOTE, PIERSON & CO./ NEW YORK/ SHUNT MARKINGS: '10 TO 30'/ 'NRCM 10' LABELAFFIXED TO RIGHT SIDE
Missing: N/A
Finish: VARNISHED WOOD CASING
Decoration: BLACK SCALE MARKINGS, MANUFACTURER & POINTER/ WHITE SHUNTMARKINGS

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FOOTE, PIERSON & CO., Galvanometer, circa 1885, Artifact no. 1969.0971, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0971.001/

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