Balance, current
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/AC-DC
- DATE
- 1907
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1411.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd.
- MODEL
- LORD KELVIN'S ELECTRIC BALANCE
- LOCATION
- Glasgow, Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1094
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BASE: SLATE W. METAL CAP, BRASS LEVELLING FEET & TERMINALS. APPARATUS: NON-FERROUS METAL (PRIMARILY BRASS); COILS WRAPPED WITH COATED INSULATION. DUST COVER: BRASS & GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 29.2 cm
- Height
- 18.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kelvin
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Glasgow
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Early 20th century/ firm of Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird was established in 1907 (ref.2, p.12)
- Canada
-
Came from the Department of Trade and Commerce. - Function
-
Kelvin ampere balance provides a secondary standard of direct or alternating current (ref.1)/ for further information see ref.2, p.38-40 (copy in supp.inf.) - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate reads: "LORD KELVIN'S ELECTRIC BALANCE/ NO 1094/ KELVIN,BOTTOMLEY & BAIRD, LTD/ LATE/ KELVIN & JAS. WHITE, LTD/ GLASGOW & LONDON". SN stamped on cover above locking wheel.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black base & coil holders. brown coils. remaining metal parts either lacquered or unfinished. clear glass.
- Decoration
- Most of the brass is lacquered in a swirl pattern
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Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd., Balance, current, after 1907, Artifact no. 1969.1411, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1411.001/
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