Electrodynamometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1899–1903
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2427.001

MANUFACTURER: Leeds, M.E. & Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1744
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD BASE & SUPPORTS/ NON-FERROUS METAL MECHANISM, SCALE & PARTS/ SYTHETIC PLATE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Height: 33.5 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
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
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: ELECTRODYNAMOMETER IS INSTRUMENT USED FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC POWER.
Technical: SIEMENS ELECTRODYNAMOMETER WAS DEVELOPED BY GERMAN WERNER VON SIEMENS IN 1880 TO MEASURE POWERDISSIPATED IN ELECTRICAL LOAD. IN 1899 MORRIS LEEDS (1869-1952) FOUNDED FIRM OF MORRIS E. LEED'S & CO. TO MFR. ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS. IN 1899 HE JOINED EDWIN F. NORTHRUP IN FORMING THE PHILADELPHIA FIRM OF LEEDS & NORTHRUP CO.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE PLATE READS "M.E. LEEDS/ SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS/ PHILADELPHIA/ THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO., NEWARK, N.J."/ INCISED "1744" ON BASE
Missing: UNKNOWN - APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: WOOD STAINED BROWN & COATED/ GOLD COLOURED & BLAQCK PAINTED METAL/ BLACK SCALE
Decoration: N/A

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Leeds, M.E. & Co., Electrodynamometer, between 1899–1903, Artifact no. 1992.2427, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2427.001/

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