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- OBJECT TYPE
- LABORATORY/MILLIVOLTMETER/PORTABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0644.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE & FEET/ PERFORATED METAL CASING/ METAL HANDLES & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 10.6 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
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A STANDARD RESISTOR, OF LOW RESISTANCE & HIGH ACCURACY, USED WITH A MILLIVOLTMETER TO PERMIT THE MEASUREMENT OF CURRENT IN AMPERES (REF.2) - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'PORTABLE SHUNT/ FOR/ WESTON STANDARD/MILLI-VOLTMETER NO.[?]/ MADE BY THE/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.'/ BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'L276' WITH SAME NUMBERS HAND INCISED & WRITTEN IN BLACK.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ PLATED CASING & HANDLES/ COPPER & BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Shunt, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0644, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0644.005/
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