Switch, mercury
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH CURRENT
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0407.001
- 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
- SYNTHETIC BASE/ SYNTHETIC, METAL; & GLASS WORKING PARTS/ MERCURY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.4 cm
- Width
- 6.7 cm
- Height
- 6.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- 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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SWITCH CONSISTING OF LARGE GLOBULE OF MERCURY IN LEVEL TUBE, HAVING ELECTRODES ATTACHED SO THAT TILTING TUBE CAUSES MERCURY TO MOVE & THEREBY MAKE OR BREAK CIRCUIT. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BLACK BASE, PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/ COULORLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, mercury, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0407, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0407.001/
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