General Information

Serial #

1675

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CABINET & LID/ METAL FEET, HARDWARE, KNOBS,WORKING PARTS & BASE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS & METER COVER/ GLASS DIAL COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

39.7 cm

Width

38.5 cm

Height

21.2 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

Weston

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED IN CANADA

Function

TO MEASURE ELECTRIC CURRENTS IN AMPERES/ PRIMARY REFERENCE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH ALL AC & DC INSTRUMENTS MAY BE CHECKED.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LABORATORY STANDARD QUALITY METER/ ALABORATORY-TYPE INSTRUMENT IS ONE IN WHICH THE DESIGN IS SUCH AS TO SECURE GREAT ACCURACY IN THE MEASUREMENT FOR WHICH IT IS USED. USED SOLEY FOR COMPARING ACCURACY OF SOME INSTRUMENTS & FOR CALIBRATING OTHERS. DESIGNED FOR HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY & STABILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

EMBOSSED IN METER COVER: 'WESTON LABORATORY STANDARD/ A.C. & D.C. AMMETER/ MODEL 326 NO. 1675/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CORP./ NEWARK N.J., U.S.A./ PATENTED JAN. 1, 1895 MAR. 22, 1898 OCT. 4, 1898 AUG. 12, 1913/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING'/ METAL PLAQUE ON FRONT: 'R 1068'/ SCALE MARKINGS: '0 [TO] 5' '0 [TO] 2.5'/ MARKINGS AROUND KNOBS: '2.5' '5' '2.5' '5' '2.5' '5' '5'

Missing

PROBABLY LID/ PRESENT LID HAS ONE SIDE BROKEN OFF

Finish

STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK KNOBS & METER COVER/ UNFINISHED METAL

Decoration

N/A