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OBJECT TYPE: MILLIAMP/DC
DATE: 1936
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0387.001

MANUFACTURER: Simpson Electric Co.
MODEL: 373
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASING/ METAL CONTROL PANEL WITH SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ GLASS WINDOW/METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.0 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Height: 6.8 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: Simpson
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.
Function: INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE & INDICATE RATE OF FLOW OF ELECTRIC CURRENT, IN THIS CASE IN MILLIAMPERES.
Technical: ACCORDING TO ONE DISTRUBUTOR, THIS METER PROVIDES FOR DC CURRENT MEASUREMENTS FROM.02 TO 1000 MA, & WAS IDEAL FOR RADIO SERVICING & EXPERIMENTAL WORK; CHECKING BURGLAR ALARM CIRCUITS, RAILROAD SIGNAL SYSTEMS, TELEPHONE WORK ETC. (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE DIAL FACE READS "PAT. NO. 2,051,399 SIMPSON ELECTRIC CO. CHICAGO ILL. U.S.A./ DIRECT CURRENT/ MILLIAMPERES/ MODEL 373" WITH SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS FOR 0-25, 0-100, 0-50 AMPERES/ RED "Simpson" IN SCRIPT ON CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE "MODEL 373" & NUMBERS FOR DIAL SETTINGS "1/ 5/ 10/ 25/ 50/ 100/ 250/ 500/ 1000/ SHORT" ON CONTROL PANEL
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 01/09/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: BLACK CASING & CONTROLS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Simpson Electric Co., Ammeter, after 1936, Artifact no. 1995.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0387.001/

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