Potentiometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0399.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Rubicon Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 86011
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CABINET/ SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL & KNOBS/ METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 24.5 cm
- Height
- 17.0 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
- Rubicon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY 1950'S
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO MEASURE HIGHLY PRECISELY, ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES BY COMPARING THEM WITH KNOWN POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON TOP PANEL: 'RUBICON COMPANY/ PHILADELPHIA/ SERIAL NO. 86011'/ VARIOUS NUMBERS & OTHER MARKINGS AROUND KNOBS/ DECAL: 'NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ RADIO AND E.E. DIV./ INSTRUMENT NO./ R 3703'/ 'S' PAINTED ON FRONT
- Missing
- LID From CA of 12/05/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ BLACK TOP & KNOBS WITH WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Rubicon Co., Potentiometer, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1988.0399, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0399.001/
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