Wavemeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAIN LINE/300 OHMS
- DATE
- 1920–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0076.001
- MANUFACTURER
- JEWELL ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- 90 (PATTERN NO.)
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 342610
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ SYNTHETIC, BAKELITE/ METAL/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- JEWELL
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1920'S - 1930'S
- Canada
-
USED BY J.P. HENDERSON AT THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY IN OTTAWA - Function
-
TO MEASURE THE FREQUENCY OF OPERATION OF A RADIO TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF VERY SIMPLE COMMERCIAL WAVEMETER OF THE PERIOD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT: '[LOGO]/ JEWELL/ WAVEMETER/ PATTERN NO. 90/ RANGE/ 150-625/ SERIAL NO./ 342610/ JEWELL ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ CHICAGO U.S.A.'/ ON TOP: 'KILOCYCLES WAVE LENGTH IN METERS'
- Missing
- BATTERIES/ 3 FEET
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK TOP PANEL & KNOBS
- Decoration
- N/A
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JEWELL ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO., Wavemeter, between 1920–1929, Artifact no. 1993.0076, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0076.001/
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