Potentiometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0428.002

MANUFACTURER: Guildline Instruments Ltd.
MODEL: 9160G
LOCATION: Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 32405
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ PLASTIC (INCLUDING FORMICA CABINET), WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length: 42.7 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Height: 26.0 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: Guildline
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Smiths Falls

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED FROM 1969 TO C.1980
Canada: EXAMPLE OF HIGH QUALITY SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT MADE IN CANADA/ EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN TEACHING IN A CANADIANUNIVERSITY
Function: USED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OR COMPARISON OF SMALL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OR ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES/ THIS MODEL MAY ALSO BE USED FOR RESISTANCE AND STANDARD CELL COMPARISONS
Technical: THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO MEET THE NEED FOR A REASONABLY PRICED, HIGH ACCURACY INSTRUMENT COMBINING A BROAD RANGE WITH SUB-MICROVOLT RESOLUTION
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FRONT PANEL 'POTENTIOMETER/ TYPE 9160G/ GUILDLINE INSTRUMENTS LTD./ SMITHS FALLS ONT. CANADA' AND 'No. 32,405'/ ABOVE TOP ROW OF KNOBS '+ 6V - + - + - + -', BELOW VARIOUS OF THESE KNOBS 'GND BA SC GA 1 2 ZERO'/ BELOW NEXT ROW OF DIALS 'SC X 10 X 1 FINE 1 FINE 2 RANGE AND SELECT/ CURRENT CONTROL'/ BELOW NEXT ROW 'X 0.1 X 0.01 X 0.001 X 0.0001 X 0.00001 X 0.000001'/ BELOW LOWEST ROW '1 2 3 4 R'/ PLATES ON SIDE 'PAT No. 651,574 CAN 1962/ 3,214,527 US 1965' & 'This instrument is sealed for your/ protection. If this seal is broken/ without our permission, our com-/ pany liability and guarantee becomes void/ GUILDLINE INSTRUMENTS LTD./ SMITHS FALLS - ONT.'
Missing: From CA of 02/19/2002 by David Daley: No - Complete
Finish: ARTIFICIAL WOOD GRAIN FINISH ON CABINET/ FRONT PANEL IS GLOSSY LIGHT GREY WITH SILVERTONE & BLACK PTS
Decoration: N/A

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Guildline Instruments Ltd., Potentiometer, circa 1969, Artifact no. 1994.0428, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0428.002/

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