Wattmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LABORATORY STANDARD
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2412.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- 166
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 24
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING WITH METAL FEET/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WINDOW
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.8 cm
- Width
- 38.8 cm
- Height
- 24.0 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
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C. 1900 +
- Canada
-
PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION WAS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA & WAS DONATED TO NMST IN 1992. - Function
-
LABORATORY INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE ELECTRICAL POWER IN WATTS. - Technical
-
TURN OF 20TH CENTURY LABORATORY STANDARD WATTMETER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATES READING "WESTON LABORATORY STANDARD WATTMETER/ MAXIMUM CAPACITY/ 150 VOLTS 1 AMPS 150 WATTS/ PATENTED/ MAR. 8, 1892. JUNE 28, 1892. JULY 10, 1894. MAR. 22, 1898. OCT. 4, 1898/ MADE BY/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ MODEL 166 No 124" & "DEPARTMENT/ ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING/ MCGILL UNIVERSITY/ MONTREAL/ INSTRUMENT No B17"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED MEDIUM BROWN & COATED/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT & BLACKPAINTED WINDOW/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Wattmeter, after 1898, Artifact no. 1992.2412, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2412.001/
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