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- OBJECT TYPE
- MINI CARTRIDGE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1369.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 3.5 A
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- glass & metal fuses; paper envelope
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.2 cm
- Width
- 8.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Electricity & electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- These fuses are new/unused; presumably available for use c. late 1960s- early 1990s.
- Canada
-
Accessory used with Wild A8 Autograph [2004.1361], used in Canada's national mapping program c. 1960s-early 1990s, an example of one of the last analogue plotting devices used by the Topographic Service of Canada. With the exception of the Wild A10 [few of which were used in Canada], the A8 was the most sophisticated plotter available before digital technology. - Function
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FUSE IS SAFETY DEVICE IN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT & CONTAINS METAL ELEMENT WHICH MELTS WHEN CURRENT EXCEEDS SPECIFIC AMPERAGE, BREAKING CIRCUIT & SO PREVENTING DAMAGE. - Technical
-
Spare or replacement fuse for use with A8 plotter 2004.1361. Believed to have been used in illumination system for glass scales, located on .1 plotter. Available from Wild, these were kept with other small parts in accessory cabinet drawer, for use by Wild technician during service call. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "A8-2465", "HES2 - 9/3,5A"and "5x" marked on envelope front."Inhermigen" [sp ?] handwritten in green ink, below. No markings evident on fuses.
- Missing
- Each fuse is complete in itself. Package originally contained 5 fuses: 1 is missing.
- Finish
- Clear glass casing has silver metal ends; stored in tan colour [unbleached] paper envelope
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Fuse collection, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.1369, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1369.001/
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