Meter

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OBJECT TYPE: milliammeter
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0884.001

MANUFACTURER: Campbell Electric Co.
MODEL: Standard
LOCATION: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 45949
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing is painted black; metal works; clear glass window over off-white meter face is partially frosted.

Dimensions

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

Length: 26.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: 8.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Campbell
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Lynn

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Used to measure electric current.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "STANDARD/ MILLI-AMMETER/ CAMPBELL ELECTRIC CO./ LYNN, MASS." and "# 45949" printed on meter face. Meter scale 0-20 is labelled at intervals of 5, and 0-200 scale is labelled at intervals of 25. UHN catalogue no. "997.4.4" printed by hand in white ink on casing. "20 200" incised into round fitting at base of meter casing, and connected to meter via wire.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Metal casing is painted black; metal works; clear glass window over off-white meter face is partially frosted.
Decoration: N/A

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Campbell Electric Co., Meter, between 1930, Artifact no. 2002.0884, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0884.001/

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