Switch, mercury
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0454.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MERCOID CORP.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 25126
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ MERCURY/ BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.4 cm
- Width
- 4.4 cm
- Height
- 2.2 cm
- 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
- MERCOID
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- IN A 1-3/4" LONG TUBE ARE 2 WIRES AND A LARGE DROP OF MERCURY/ WHEN TILTED TO SMALL END OF THE TUBE, DOWN, MERCURY RUNS TO BOTTOM AND MAKES CONTACT BETWEEN THE 2 WIRES/ BELOW TUBE IS A CLAMP/ AROUND THE TUBE IS A PROTECTING BRASS PLATE/ FROM THE END OF THE TUBE EXTENDS TWO WIRES 9" LONG/ GOOD CONDITION
- Decoration
- N/A
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MERCOID CORP., Switch, mercury, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1973.0454, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1973.0454.001/
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