General Information

Serial #

117528

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood casing/metal meter casing, handle, parts/synthetic knobs, handle parts/glass ?/plasticized paper info. sheet affixed to casing lid interior/rubber feet.

Dimensions

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

Length

21.8 cm

Width

21.3 cm

Height

13.3 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

ILLINOIS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

A thermometer used to measure high temperatures, by measuring the electromotive force generated by a circuitmade of two different metals.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black scale & lettering on face reading "Alnor", "TYPE 1700 NO. 117528 ILLINOIS TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. CHICAGO U.S.A."/black print on info. sheet reads "Alnor PORTABLE PYROMETER/TYPE 1760 SERIAL 117528" & "ILLINOIS TESTING LABORATORIES, INC./240 N.LA SALLE STREET/CHICAGO 10, ILL", handwriting on same reads "CALIBRATED Jan. 24, 1955".

Missing

From CA of 12/03/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete

Finish

Varnished wood/black wrinkle finish on meter casing/plated metal handle/black synthetic knobs/yellow synthetic handle/white meter face/black rubber.

Decoration

Wood casing lid & bottom deeply grooved around hinge edge.