Meter, volt-amp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0964.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MILLEN, JOHN & SONS
- MODEL
- MILLEN-IUM 89
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & WORKS; GLASS BEZEL; PAPER METER FACE/.2 METAL CONTACTS; FABRIC COVERING ON WIRE CONNECTORS. PT. CASE IS CHAMOIS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MILLEN
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS VOLTAMMETER PROBABLY USED C. 1920S. THIS TYPE OF METER USED C.1910+.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MEASURE VOLTAGE OR AMPERAGE - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A SMALL POCKET-STYLE VOLTAMMETER, USED BY AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS & OTHERS C. 1920S TO TEST SMALL (6 VOLT) BATTERIES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 VOLTAMMETER FACE BEARS SCALE LABELLED '0-10' IN RED, '0-30' IN BLACK; WITH TEXT 'MILLEN-IUM [TEXT APPEARS TO BE PIERCED BY AN ARROW]/ VOLT-AMMETER/ VOLTS 89 AMP.'
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- .1 METER HAS BRIGHT (POSSIBLY NICKEL PLATED) FINISH ON CASING. METER FACE IS WHITE: RED & BLACK MARKINGS/.2 BROWN FABRIC COVERING ON WIRES; SILVER METAL CONTACTS. LIGHT BROWN PT. CASE NOW HEAVILY SOILED
- Decoration
- N/A
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MILLEN, JOHN & SONS, Meter, volt-amp, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1995.0964, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0964.001/
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