Test set, transmission
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0553.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TELEGRAPH WORKS CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- SILVERTOWN PATENT PORTABLE TESTING SET
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1984
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE WITH BRASS HARDWARE/ BAKELITE PANEL WITH BRASS FITTINGS & SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ GLASS & METAL METER/ VELVET LINED LID
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.3 cm
- Width
- 20.3 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
- TELEGRAPH
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930 THROUGH 1950
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE CABLE PAIR CONDUCTOR RESISTANCE AND INSULATION LEAKAGE. - Technical
-
ONE OF MANY SIMILAR BRIDGES USED FOR CABLE MEASUREMENT IN THE 1930'S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RESISTANCE VALUES ENGRAVED ON BRASS TERMINALS/ CONNECTIN INFORMATION ENGRAVED ON TOP PANEL/ ON PANEL: 'TELEGRAPH WORKS./ SILVERTOWN LONDON.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- STAINED AND LACQUERED WOOD CASE/ LACQUERED BRASS/ BLACK TOP PANEL & KNOBS/ PURPLE LINING IN LID
- Decoration
- NIL
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TELEGRAPH WORKS CO. LTD., Test set, transmission, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1976.0553, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0553.001/
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