Ammeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC/DOUBLE RANGE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0066.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Whitney Electrical Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- HOYT'S DIRECT READING
- LOCATION
- Penacook, New Hampshire, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2538
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE; SHINY METAL CASE AND POSTS; GLASS COVER; PAPER CHART; FELT JOINT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.8 cm
- Width
- 15.8 cm
- Height
- 10.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Whitney
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Hampshire
- City
- Penacook
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IN A CIRCUIT IN AMPERES. THIS ONE WAS USED TO MEASURE ALTERNATING CURRENT. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON DIAL PLATE: 'HOYT'S DIRECT READING/ Ammeter/ FOR/ ALTERNATING CURRENT/ Manufactured by/ Whitney Electrical Instrument Co.,/ Penacook, N.H., and Sherbrooke, Que./ NO. 2538/ PAT. JAN. 15, 1895.'/ GRADUATED SCALE AROUND EDGE FROM '0' TO '50' IN FIVES AND FROM '0' TO '15'/ STAMPED IN TOP OF TWO POSTS: '50'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE STAINED AND VARNISHED; SHINY 'SILVER' METAL; WHITE PAINTED METAL DIAL PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING; BLACK FELT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Whitney Electrical Instrument Co., Ammeter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0066, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0066.001/
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