Voltmeter

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OBJECT TYPE: AC/HOYT
DATE: 1894–1895
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0206.001

MANUFACTURER: Whitney Electrical Instrument Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2718
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD BASE/ METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ GLASS WINDOW/ SYNTHETIC PARTS, Ebonite

Dimensions

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Length: 15.9 cm
Width: 15.9 cm
Height: 8.8 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: Whitney
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Sherbrooke

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1894 +
Canada: CANADIAN MADE VOLTMETER, PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER; HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 1000 PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQUIPMENT.
Function: GENERALLY, CALIBRATED INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE & INDICATE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE, OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.
Technical: HOLT'S PATENT VOLTMETER, RELATIVELY EARLY EXAMPLE OF AC METER & CANADIAN MADE (REF. 1). WHITNEY MANUFACTURED ELECTRICAL DEVICES IN SHERBROOKE FROM 1894-5 (REF. 2). Was put on the market in May 1893 according to the Electrical Engineer. It represented at the time a novelty. Whitney promoted their AC electrical measuring instruments as solving the usual AC electric instruments recalibration. The new devices could sustain a change of circuit without the need to be recalibrated in order to have precise measurements. (Ref. 4 The Electrical Engineer, May 17, 1893, p. 491 and May 31, 1893, p. 541.]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READS "ALTERNATING CURRENT/VOLTMETER/ HOYT'S PATENT/ Whitney Electrical Instrument Co./ SHERBROOKE. P.Q./ No. 2718/ Pat. June 24, 1894"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BASE STAINED BROWN & COATED/ PLATED CASING/ WHITE DIAL FACE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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Whitney Electrical Instrument Co., Voltmeter, between 1894–1895, Artifact no. 2002.0206, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0206.001/

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