Gauge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AMINCO-BRENNER
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0105.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Instrument Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- MAGNE-GAGE
- LOCATION
- Silver Springs, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- P-145
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE; METAL & SYNTHETIC MECHANISM & PARTS; SYNTHETIC MECHANISM COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.9 cm
- Width
- 12.7 cm
- Height
- 23.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- American Instrument
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- Silver Springs
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940'S +
- Canada
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THIS INSTRUMENT WAS ACQUIRED BY MR. MACLATCHY SECOND HAND FOR HIS OWN USE IN 1970S BUT HE USED IT INFREQUENTLY. IT WAS MADE IN 1944 & APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RECALIBRATED IN 1953 FOR RCA VICTOR INMONTREAL. - Function
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INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES THICKNESS OF DEPOSITED COATINGS ON METAL SAMPLES BY USING SEVERAL CALIBRATED REFERENCE MAGNETS. MAGNET IS PLACED IN CONTACT WITH SURFACE & FINE WIRE IS ATTACHED TO BEAM OF SCALE. DIAL IS ROTATED UNTIL MAGNET BREAKS FROM SURFACE - FORCE REQUIRED TO BREAK BOD INDICATES THICKNESS. - Technical
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LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT ORIGINS OF DEVICE THOUGH ADVANCES IN PLATING METHODS & TECHNOLOGIES CLEARLY MADE IT USEFUL. MILITARY SPECS WOULD HAVE ROUTINELY REQUIRED SPECIFICATION OF THICKNESSES OF PROTECTIVE COATINGS & THINNESS OF THESE MADE STANDARD MICROMETERS INEFFECTIVE - HENCE USE OF CALIBRATED MAGNETS TO DETERMINE CHANGE* - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SILVER LETTERING ON DIAL READS "AMINCO-BRENNER/ MAGNE-GAGE/ AMERICAN INSTRUMENT CO./ SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND"; INCISED WHITE "P-145"; MOULDED "AMINCO" IN PLASTIC CASING
- Missing
- .15 CARRYING HANDLE OR STRAP
- Finish
- BLACK BASE; METALLIC & PLATED PARTS; BLACK PAINTED DIAL & PARTS; BLACK SYNTHETIC KNOB & PARTS; TRANSPARENT MECHANISM COVER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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American Instrument Co. Inc., Gauge, 1944, Artifact no. 2001.0105, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0105.001/
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