Voltmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Portable DC/Miniature/Double range
- DATE
- 1917–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1033.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electric Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- 280
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 34212
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel body. Glass window. Bakelite base. Paper scale.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.7 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 4.3 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
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Most likely used by an unknown Canadian government department (possibly NRC). - Function
-
Measures direct current voltage in volts. - Technical
-
Popular model used in schools and universities. Fan-shaped permanent magnet moveable coil type voltmeter. Shielded from external magnetic fields. Horizontal reading. Fan-shaped instruments are designed to have very long scales while keeping the case compact. Weston claims that its fan-shaped meters have the longest scales in the world relative to their size. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr. plate: 'WESTON VOLTMETER./ PATENTED/ JUL. 10, '94 NOV. 20, '94/ JAN. 29, '95 OCT. 4, '98/ JUL. 16, '01./ OTHER PATENTS PENDING./ MODEL 280/ No 34212/ WESTON ELEC. INST. CO. NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.' ; 'Physics' scratched onto base.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electric Instrument Co., Voltmeter, circa 1917–1950, Artifact no. 1984.1033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1984.1033.002/
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