Ammeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Switchboard DC/Single Range
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0325.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Elec. Inst. Corp.
- MODEL
- 267
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 133931
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel body/ glass window/ paper scale.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.3 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- 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
-
Permanent magnet movable coil type DC fan-shaped switchboard miniature milliammeter. Rear-mounting. Meter could have been used for a variety of applications including battery charging. Fan-shaped instruments are designed to have very long scales while keeping the case compact. This is useful when the range of expected measurements is wide. Weston claims that its fan-shaped meters have the longest scales in the world relative to their size. - Function
-
Measures DC current in milliamperes. - Technical
-
Used by CP Rail. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On scale: 'MILLIAMPERES D.C.' ; Mfr. plate: 'WESTON MILLIAMMETER/ PATENTED/ JUL.10,'94 NOV. 20, '94/ JAN. 29, '95 OCT.4, '98/ JUL. 16, '01/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ MODEL 267/ NO. 133931 [stamped in]/ WESTON ELEC. INST. CORP. NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.' ; On the back is written in pencil "317111-97301/ 5"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black japan finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Elec. Inst. Corp., Ammeter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.0325, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0325.002/
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