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- OBJECT TYPE
- MICRO
- DATE
- 1944–1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1541.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MICRO SWITCH CORP.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC BODY & METAL COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MICRO
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MAKE OR BREAK A CONNECTION IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED MKGS 'MICRO SWITCH/ T/ MS/ M/ FREEPORT, ILL. U.S.A.' & 'PAT. 1,960,020/ PATS. PEND.'/ 'NORM. OPEN/ CIRCUIT/ NORM.CLOSED/ CIRCUIT'/ PRINTED 'BZ-2RL/ MS', '[UND. LAB.] [?] [CSA] APP. NO. 4442/ [ILLEGIBLE] VAC/ [ILLEGIBLE]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK BODY & SILVERTONE COMPONENTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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MICRO SWITCH CORP., Switch, between 1944–1951, Artifact no. 1992.1541, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1541.001/
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