Tester, iron

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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRIC
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0914.001

MANUFACTURER: MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING
MODEL: A1-3 CANADIAN
LOCATION: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 342001
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing/glass, metal, plastic and bakelite component parts.

Dimensions

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

Length: 29.5 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Height: 10.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MEASUREMENT
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Arnprior

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF AN ELECTRIC IRON.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'APPLIANCE/ CANADIAN/ TESTER/ MODEL A1-3/ MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING/ ARNPRIOR-CANADA', '15 AMP.FUSE' and '115 VOLT, A.C. ONLY/ C.S.A. APP.NO. 7484/ MAX. LOAD 1300 WATT' printed on front/ 'FUSE' and '342001 15A. 50 V.' incised on dial in upper right front corner/ FOLLOWING INFORMATION ALSO APPEARS ON ARTIFACT: ‘BACH-SIMPSON LTD. LONDON CANADA.'A, ‘F x 100', ‘ "Canadian"', and graduated scale from ‘0' to ‘7' appears on meter face./ ‘CGE' appears in raised print on electrical socket; ‘caution: use/ only with wall or/ base receptacle' stamped in ink on rear panel; ‘VICEROY/ PAT. PEND./ MADE IN CANADA' appears in raised print on electrical plug.
Missing: None evident
Finish: Yellow enamel paint on casing/Printed text, outline of iron and decorative piping applied with red paint
Decoration: N/A

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MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING, Tester, iron, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0914, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0914.001/

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