Voltmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETIC VANE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1438.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Queen & Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 103
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASE/ GLASS FACE COVER/ METAL FACE PLATE/ METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 7.0 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
- Queen
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UP TO 1935
- Canada
-
UNKNOWN - Function
-
TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF VOLTAGE AT ANY POINT IN A CIRCUIT. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY MAGNETIC VANE VOLTMETER MADE IN USA./ PROBABLY TURN OF THE CENTURY PIECE. ONLY VOLTMETER WE HAVE BY QUEEN & CO. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FACE PLATE: '[DIAL] 0 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300/ (MAGNETIC VANE)/ VOLTMETER,/ Queen & Co. Makers,/ Philadelphia./ RES. AT F./ No. 103'/ PAINTED ON BACK: '92/ 92'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- POLISHED BRASS/ WHITE FACE PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- NAME ON MAKER ON FACE PLATE IN CURSIVE.
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Queen & Co., Voltmeter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.1438, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1438.001/
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