Potentiometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LABORATORY/UNIVERSAL/AC-DC
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0664.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tinsley, H. & Co.
- MODEL
- DRYSDALE'S
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1972
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE WITH LID, METAL FITTINGS/ SYNTHETIC CASINGS, KNOBS ETC/ BRASS WORKING PARTS/ GLASS, ebonite, cellulose nitrate
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 89.2 cm
- Width
- 42.6 cm
- Height
- 17.0 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
- Tinsley
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OR COMPARISON OF SMALL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OR ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES (VAN NOSTRAND'S SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 3RD ED., 1958, P. 1296) - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON EXTERIOR FRONT READING 'DR. C.V. DRYSDALE'S/ALTERNATING AND CONTINUOUS CURRENT/ POTENTIOMETER/ (PATENT)/ SOLE MANUFACTURER'S/ H. TINSLEY & CO. LONDON'/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON SYNTHETIC INCLUDING MFR'S NAME & SERIAL NUMBER/ YELLOW LETTERING ON VOLTMETER & BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL/ PATENT INFO/ BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL ON.1 READING 'L272' & BLACK LABEL ON.2 READING 'L225'
- Missing
- .2 MISSING METAL PIECE FROM FRONT
- Finish
- WOOD CASE STAINED & VARNISHED/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tinsley, H. & Co., Potentiometer, after 1898, Artifact no. 1984.0664, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0664.001/
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