Speedometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Portable DC/Double range
- DATE
- 1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0478.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Corp.
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 52700
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Voltmeter
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bakelite base. Metal case. Clear plastic windows. Paper scale.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 15.3 cm
- Height
- 8.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown. - Function
-
To measure speed of movement. Measures speed corresponding to the angular velocity of the shaft of the model 44 Magneto. - Technical
-
Permanent magnet moveable coil type portable DC double range voltmeter. Example of early accurate portable meter. High accuracy instrument measuring angular velocity electrically rather than mechanically. This means that the meter can be far away from the spinning shaft and educes the mechanical complexity involved in measurement. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr. plate (embossed) reads:'Weston Electrical Instrument Corp, Model 1 No. 52700 Newark, N.J. U.S.A.'; meter-numbers-multiples of 5, slashes between 'use with mod. 44 magneto 100 mph equals 200 rpm MILES PER HOUR press key for low range'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- All black body & knobs. White scale with black and red numbers and black letters.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., Speedometer, circa 1927, Artifact no. 1983.0478, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0478.001/
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