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

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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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