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OBJECT TYPE: MILLIVOLT-AMPERE
DATE: 1912
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0152.001

MANUFACTURER: Hartmann & Braun AG
MODEL: W/1008A
LOCATION: Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 437172
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASING/ NON-FERROUS METAL/ BAKELITE/ GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 19.6 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Height: 21.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Hartmann Braun
Country: Federal Republic of Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Frankfurt

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: USED IN CANADA
Function: USED FOR GENERAL MEASUREMENT & TESTING
Technical: TYPICAL OF FIELD TEST EQUIPMENT USED IN POWER SYSTEMS ABOUT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GOLD LETTERING ON BLACK SYNTHETIC FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK PRINTED METER DIAL & DIAGRAM ON LID INTERIOR, & LETTERING READING 'MILLI-VOLT-AMPEREMETRE ETALON/ HARTMANN & BRAUN A.-G.FRANCEFORT S/M/ NO. 437172, D.R. PATENT'
Missing: METER APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE. SHUNTS HAVE HAD CONNECTORS BROKEN AND/OR REPLACED BY HEXAGONAL NUTS. THERE PROBABLY WAS A COMPLETE SET OF SHUNTS AVAILABLE AT ONE TIME.
Finish: WOOD STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BRASS COLOURED & PLATED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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Hartmann & Braun AG, Meter, 1912, Artifact no. 1983.0152, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1983.0152.001/

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