Rheostat
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOTOR START RHEOSTAT
- DATE
- 1910–1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0902.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Wolverhampton, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 21782
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ BRASS CONTACTS/ BAKELITE HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.5 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ELECTRIC
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Wolverhampton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO START ROTARY SPARK MOTOR ON EARLY MARCONI STATIONS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BRASS MFR'S PLATE
- Missing
- From CA of 10/02/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- CASING PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD., Rheostat, between 1910–1919, Artifact no. 1979.0902, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0902.001/
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