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OBJECT TYPE: AC/ammeter
DATE: 1913
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0885.001

MANUFACTURER: Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
MODEL: 151
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 11300
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Smooth black metal casing has black pebble-textured synthetic cover; metal works and mounting hardware; clear glass window over off-white meter face.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 20.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 23.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Weston
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Newark

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: "WESTON A.C. AMMETER/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO.,/ NEWARK,N.J.,U.S.A." appears in raised print on meter cover. Metal plated fixed to cover reads "PATENTED/ JAN.1,'95. MAR. 22,"98. OCT. 4,'98./ AUG. 12,"13./ MODEL 151 No 11300 ". Scale 0-1 divided in increments of .5, and labelled at intervals of 5. UHN catalogue no. "2000.1.6" printed by hand in white ink on casing. "NOTICE/ THIS instrument is SEALED./ If the instrument fails, we reco[mmend]/ that it be sent to the maker for repairs [with]/ out breaking the seals./ Claims for damages cannot be enterta[ined]/ by this Company if the seals are distur[bed]. Weston Electrical Instrument C[o]./ Newark, N[ew Jersey]/ [...20M 5- 12]" printed on paper label remnant fixed to meter back. "3579/ W.E.I. Co." stamped into casing back.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Smooth black metal casing has black pebble-textured synthetic cover; metal works and mounting hardware; clear glass window over off-white meter face.
Decoration: N/A

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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Meter, after 1913, Artifact no. 2002.0885, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0885.001/

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