Gauge, spring tension
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRAM/MECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1940–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0164.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 68B
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.8 cm
- Width
- 4.1 cm
- Height
- 1.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- FROM 1930'S TO 1960'S
- Canada
-
USED & POSSIBLY MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO ADJUST SPRING TENSION ON TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH RELAYS (USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH RELAY ADJUSTING TOOLS CAT. NO. 900165) - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLES OF RELAY ADJUSTING GAUGES TO SET UP ELECTRO-MECHANICAL RELAYS/ THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WAS MADE OBSOLETE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON METAL: '68B/ 60 40 20 [?] 60/ G[?]/ PAT [?]/ JULY [?]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric Co. Ltd., Gauge, spring tension, between 1940–1960, Artifact no. 1990.0164, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0164.001/
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