Oscillograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STRING
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0544.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Radio Co.
- MODEL
- 338
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 259
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE/ BAKELITE/ IRON, BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 69.8 cm
- Width
- 20.9 cm
- Height
- 35.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Service-test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Radio
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- LATE 20'S OR EARLY 30'S
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO ANALYSE AC WAVE FORMS - Technical
-
THIS INSTRUMENT WAS ONE OF THE FORERUNNERS OF THE OSCILLOSCOPE/ IN DAYS BEFORE CATHODE RAY TUBES, THE ONLY WAY TO GET A PICTURE OF ANELECTRIC CURRENT WAS TO USE A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE STRING GALVANOMETER. (* CONT'D ON WORKSHEET IN SUPP. INFO. & O:DRIVE SUPP.INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO; ONE OF THE STRING HOLDERS HAS A BROKEN SPRING
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK METAL AND BAKELITE
- Decoration
- NONE
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General Radio Co., Oscillograph, after 1925, Artifact no. 1976.0544, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1976.0544.001/
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