Ohmmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MEGGER/500 V
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1680.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Evershed & Vignoles Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 283139
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, BUTTONS, METER WINDOW/ LEATHER CASE WITH METAL BUCKLE, CLASP, ETC.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 15.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Evershed Vignoles
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MEASURES IN MEGOHMS THE RESISTANCE OF A CIRCUIT TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED (SMITH, P.267) - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING READING 'R.H. NICHOLS, SOLE AGENT IN CANADA FOR EVERSHED & VIGNOLS LTD.', '500 VOLTS MEGGER, REG'D TRADE MARK, MADE IN ENG., PAT. NO.400728'/ WHITE, BLUE & BLACK STICKER READING 'CAE INDUSTRIES LTD., ELECTRONICS DIVISION (WESTERN), NOV. 21, 1968'/ INCISED LETTERING ON CLASP & BUCKLE READING 'TUCTILE, ENGLISH MAKE' WITH PATENT NO. & PATENT NO. ON BUCKLE/ BRASS & BLACK DEPT. OF TRANSPORT PLATE READS 'DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, RADIO DIVISION, AVIATION SECTION, DEPT. SERIAL NO. 500, DISTRICT 1'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- MOTTLED MAROON CASING/ BLACK BUTTONS/ TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ BROWN CASE WITH METALLIC FITTINGS/ WHITE METER WITH BLACK PRINTED SCALE/ METALLIC HANDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Evershed & Vignoles Ltd., Ohmmeter, before 1968, Artifact no. 1981.1680, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1680.001/
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