General Information

Serial #

3311

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood casing/synthetic inner casing, knobs & parts/metal tester dial casing & parts/paper instruction sheet affixed to casing lid interior/leather carrying strap/metal & glass thermometer.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.2 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

13.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Thermal & thermal conductivity

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

LEWIS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Naugatuck

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

A tester for airplane panel engine thermometers.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Plate on exterior reading "THE LEWIS ENG. CO./NAUGATUCK, CONN., U.S.A./MODEL NO. 81TT3 SERIAL NO. 3311"/ mfr's name, article name, & operating instructions incised in white on inner casing/plate on tester casing reading "WESTON/MODEL 269 NO. 83400/WESTON ELEC. INST. CORP. NEWARK N.J., U.S.A."/black scale on glass of thermometer & on tester dial face.

Missing

From CA of 12/03/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - empty holder in thermometer space may indicate missing parts

Finish

Red-brown stained & varnished wood/black inner casing tester dial casings/black & red knobs/plated case fittings/brown leather/plated thermometer.

Decoration

Incised groove around upper edge on casing bottom.