Resistance, variable
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0393.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL/ SYNTHETIC KNOB & DIAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 11.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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
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VARIABLE RESISTANCES ARE USED IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT IS CRITICAL TO HAVE MORE PRECISE CONTROL OF RESISTANCE--E.G. IN TRYING TO DETERMINE OR SET VOLTAGE TO GET CIRCUIT WITH TUBE OR TRANSISTOR TO START OPERATING OR TO CONTROL "SHAPE" OF OUTPUT SIGNAL (AS ONE WOULD SEE IT ON OSCILLOSCOPE). - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST "ZENITH" IN KNOB, "212 R" & "212 L" ON ENDS
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED BLACK/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Resistance, variable, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0393, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0393.001/
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