Meter, volt-amp

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OBJECT TYPE: ROTARY
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0754.001

MANUFACTURER: HOYT ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT WORKS
MODEL: 232
LOCATION: Penacook, New Hampshire, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 27739
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASING/ METAL METER COVER WITH GLASS WINDOW/ BRASS TERMINALS, SOME WITH SYNTHETIC CAPS

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.8 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: 7.3 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: HOYT
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Hampshire
City: Penacook

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1930 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS,ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE VOLTAGE & AMPERAGE OF AUTOMOBILE BATTERIES IN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE FACILITY.
Technical: MOVING COIL METERS WERE DELICATE INSTRUMENTS REQUIRING CAREFUL HANDLING. VARNISHED WOOD CASING WAS DESIGNED TO COMMAND RESPECT RESPECT OF USER, ENCOURAGING HIM TO BE CAREFUL HANDLING METER (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING "HOYT/ ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT/ WORKS/ PENACOOK, N.H., U.S.A./ BLACK LETTERING ON METER READS "MADE IN U.S.A./ D.C./ VOLT-AMMETER/ Hoyt [SCRIPT]/ PATENTED ROTARY/ 27739 232" WITH BLACK SCALE & NUMBERS/ INCISED LETTERING ON PLATES ON CASING SIDES TO INDICATE TERMINAL FUNCTIONS
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: BROWN STAINED & COATED WOOD/ PLATED? METER COVER & TERMINALS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BRASS COLOURED & METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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HOYT ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT WORKS, Meter, volt-amp, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0754, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0754.001/

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