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- OBJECT TYPE
- VARIABLE RATE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2440.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- 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
- FERROUS METAL CASING & PARTS/ NON-FERROUS METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.5 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 36.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Electricity & electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Maine
- 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
-
DEVICE USED TO TURN ELECTRICAL CURRENT ON & OFF. - Technical
-
PROBABLY ONE OF A KIND VARIABLE RATE SWITCH. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED CASING/ GOLD COLOURED METAL PARTS/ RED-BROWN SYNTHETIC/COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2440, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2440.001/
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