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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY CONTACT
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0031.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BAKELITE BASE, COIL ASSEMBLY, CAPACITORS, RESISTORS, NEON INDICATOR LAMP, SCREW TYPE TERMINALS, GLASS VIAL WITH MERCURY CONTACT MATERIAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 8.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Electricity & electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940-1950
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO CONTROL AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE REMOTELY OR PROVIDE ISOLATION BETWEEN THE CONTROL SOURCE AND THE SWITCHED DEVICE - Technical
-
MERCURY RELAYS WERE USED IN AREAS WHERE A CONTACT SPARK COULD BE HAZARDOUS AND OR TO PROVIDE A LOW MAINTNENACE DEVICE. (MERCURY CONTACTS REQUIRE NO ADJUSTMENT AND DO NOT WEAR.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- '110V' ON COIL ASSEMBLY/ '15A' ON VIAL/ COMPONENT INFORMATION PRINTED ON CAPACITORS
- Missing
- COVER
- Finish
- BASE, BLACK/ TERMINALS, PLATED METAL POSTS/ BROWN FIBRE COIL FORM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Relay, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1977.0031, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0031.001/
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