Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Portable DC/Single Range
- DATE
- 1952
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0364.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MIP
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- G 7989
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal case. Paper scale. Glass window. Aluminium base. Bakelite zeroing screw.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.8 cm
- Width
- 13.1 cm
- Height
- 14.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MIP
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used by the Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corp. (C.O.T.C.) - Function
-
An instrument used to detect and measure a small electrical current in volts. - Technical
-
Ancestors of moving coil instruments were the 'siphon recorders' developed by William Thomson (1867) for the telegraph industry, and the 'Fishbone galvanometers' invented by Marcel Deprez (1880). Jacques d'Arsonval suggested fixing the 'fishbone' in Deprez's instrument and making its' coil moveable. (See complete worksheet in Supp. Info. and O: drive S.I.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On face: 'GALVANOMETER/ MIP [LOGO]/ MOVING COIL/ SER.NO.G.7989./ F.S.D.250-0-250UA./ 1952/ RES.321 [OHM SYMBOL]/ F.G.'. C.O.T.C. label '6744' affixed to top of casing of indicating meter.
- Missing
- From CA of 09/23/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- Flat black casing with a wrinkled texture.
- Decoration
- N/A
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MIP, Galvanometer, circa 1952, Artifact no. 1978.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0364.001/
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