Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFLECTING/AC/VIBRATION
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2420.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Leeds & Northrup Co.
- MODEL
- 2350
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 796846
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC BASE & CONTROLS/ METAL CASING & PARTS/ GLASS WINDOW
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.8 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 23.1 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
- Leeds Northrup
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- 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
-
INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING EXISTENCE & DETERMINING STRENGTH OF SMALL ELECTRIC CURRENTS, SPECIFICALLY FOR AC MEASUREMENTS OF COMMERCIAL FREQUENCIES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF L&N'S 2350 VIBRATION GALVANOMETER OF MOVING COIL REFLECTING TYPE, INTENDED FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENTS. IT APPEARS IN L&N CATALOGUES BETWEEN AT LEAST 1927 AND 1940 (REFS. 1 & 2). READING DEVICE SUCH ASTELESCOPE & SCALE WAS SUPPLIED SEPARATELY. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOULDED LETTERING ON BASE READS "LEEDS & NORTHRUP CO./ PHILADELPHIA PA."/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON BASE READS "796846"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK BASE, CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOW
- Decoration
- N/A
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Leeds & Northrup Co., Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2420, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2420.001/
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