Test set, cable

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OBJECT TYPE: RESISTANCE
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1972.0581.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
MODEL: MD661
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN CASE, MILIAMETER, SPOOL RESISTORS, POTENTIOMETER, SWITCHES AND TERMINALS/ LEATHER CARRYING STRAP/ HINGED BATTERY ACCESS DOOR ON REAR OF CASE/ TEST JACKS MOUNTED ON RIGHT SIDE

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.8 cm
Width: 10.8 cm
Height: 13.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Northern Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1930-1940
Canada: USED IN CANADA
Function: USED TO MEASURE THE RESISTANCE OF CABLE PAIRS, TEST FOR SHORTED, CROSSED, OPEN OR GROUNDED PAIRS, ETC.
Technical: A SAMPLE OF THE SIMPLE TEST APPARATUS AVAILABLE TO THE LATE 1920'S TO LATE 1930'S CABLE REPAIR PEOPLE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL ON FRONT: 'Northern Electric Company/ LIMITED'/ METER: 'MKS-499/ WESTON/ MODEL 301 NO. 953908/ WEST.ELEC. INST. CORP. NEWARK N.J. U.S.A./ [CALIBRATED IN OHMS]'/ OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS STENCILLED ON TOP AROUND THE VARIOUS CONTROLS
Missing: BATTERIES REMOVED
Finish: WOODEN CASE, NATURAL VARNISH/ ALL OTHER COMPONENTS, NATURAL FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Test set, cable, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1972.0581, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0581.001/

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