Multimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0860.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SUPREME INSTRUMENTS CORP.
- MODEL
- 542
- LOCATION
- Greenwood, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 45546
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING AND METER DIAL COVER AND CASING/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.1 cm
- Width
- 9.8 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SUPREME
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Greenwood
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, PROBABLY IN CONSTRUCTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURED BY MSC. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE METERS, SUCH AS AN AMMETER & VOLTMETER, USED TO MEASURE TWO OR MORE ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, SUCH AS VOLTAGE, RESISTANCE, & CURRENT. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering on dial face reading 'SUPREME MODEL 542 MULTIMETER' & 'SUPREME/ INSTRUMENTS CORP./ GREENWOOD MISS. U.S.A.'/ incised serial no.'45546'/ plate on side reading 'THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TREATED FOR/ MOISTURE & FUNGUS RESISTANCE/ JUNE 1945'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED CASING AND METER COVER/ BLACK ENAMELED DIAL CASING/ WHITE DIAL FACE/ BLACK SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SUPREME INSTRUMENTS CORP., Multimeter, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1987.0860, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0860.001/
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