General Information

Serial #

4609

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CASING & CASE/ SYNTHETIC CASING TOP, CONTROLS, PARTS/ METAL PARTS, CASE HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

26.8 cm

Width

25.0 cm

Height

19.3 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

Weston

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

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 FOR MEASURING MAGNITUDE OF ACTIVE POWER IN ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, IN WATTS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METALLIC PLATE WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "WESTON PORTABLE WATTMETER/ MODEL 16 No 4609/ MAXIMUM CAPACITY/ IN AMPERES 25/ IN VOLTS 150 HIGH RANGE 75 LOW RANGE/ IN WATTS 3000 " 1500 "/ MADE BY THE/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT Co./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A."/ INCISED LETTERING ON METAL PLATES FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK SCALE MARKINGS & BLACK & RED NUMBERING ON WHITE DIAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE WITH WHITE PATENT DATES

Missing

COMPLETE From CA of 01/30/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

BLACK CASING TOP, CONTROLS, PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ MAHOGANY BROWN CASING WITH CLEAR COATING/ LIGHT BROWN CASING WITH CLEAR COATING

Decoration

BLACK LETTERING & WRITING ON CALIBRATION CARD READS IN PART "WESTON STANDARD PORTABLE ALTERNATING AND DIRECT/ CURRENT WATTMETER NO. 4609", "STANDARDIZED AT WESTON LABORATORY, WAVERLY PARK, NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ DATE, MARCH 22, 1909", & "WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY/ WAVERLY PARK, NEWARK, N.J."