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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0926.001

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Co.
MODEL: PH9L-02 PHILLIP'S GAUGE
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 687
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ PLASTIC/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.8 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Height: 20.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mining and Metallurgy
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Kodak
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO MEASURE PRESSURE OF GASES.
Technical: This Philips Gauge was built in Rochester, N-Y by Distillation Products Industries, a Division of Eastman Kodak Co. Because Eastman Kodak sold DPI to Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation of Pasadena and became Consolidated Vacuum Corporation operating in Rochester, N-Y, artefact 1978-0926 (made by Distillation Products Industries, a division of EastmanKodak Company) is older than artefact 1978-927 (made by Consolidated VacuumCorporation, a subsidiary of Consolidated Engineering Corporation of Pasadena California). (Taken from Patrick Morel-a-l'Huissier, see references)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: METAL PLATE WITH NAME OF MFR. AND MFR. STICKER WITH METAL PHYSICS UNITS
Missing: FUSE
Finish: DULL BLACK FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Eastman Kodak Co., Gauge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0926, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0926.001/

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