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OBJECT TYPE: 500 V/40 MEGOHMS
DATE: 1907
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0193.001

MANUFACTURER: EVERSHED
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 93420
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: OAK CASE/ BRASS TERMINALS, KNOBS & PLATES/ STEEL HANDLE FASTENERS & LOCKING HANDLE BASE, KNOBS & WORKING EXTERIOR PARTS/ INTERIOR WORKING PARTS: BRASS, BRASS PLATED METAL, COPPER, CERAMIC SPOOLS ALUMINUM METER PLATE & STEEL WIRES/ LEATHER HANDLE/ GLASS METER COVER/PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Height: 19.2 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: EVERSHED
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Saskatchewan
Period: AFTER 1907
Canada: USED BY THE SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT.
Function: USED FOR MEASURING INSULATION RESISTANCE VALUES AND OTHER HIGH RESISTANCES. ALSO USED FOR CONTINUITY, GROUND, AND SHORT-CIRCUIT TESTING IN GENERAL ELECTRICAL POWER WORK.
Technical: RECOGNIZED, AT THE TIME, AS THE STANDARD PORTABLE INSTRUMENTS FOR TESTING INSULATION RESISTANCE OF ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. [REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EMBOSSED TOP PLATE READS: 'EVERSHED'S TESTING SET/ MEGGER/ REGISTERED TRADEMARK'/ EMBOSSED & ENGRAVED 2ND TOP PLATE GIVES THE SERIAL NUMBER, VOLTS, MEGAOHMS & PATENTS/ INSIDE METER PLATE, PAPER LABEL READS: 'EVERSHED'S PATENT BRIDGEMEGGER/ WITH CONSTANT VOLTS GENERATOR, [A LIST OF INSTRUCTIONS]/ MADE IN ENGLAND'/ TWO DECALS READ: 'SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES'/ ENGRAVED IN THE INTERIOR WOOD BASE IS: '440'/ ENGRAVED IN THE INTERIOR METAL IS: '93420R' &'L93420'
Missing: TEST LEADS
Finish: VARNISHED OAK/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS TERMINALS, KNOBS & PLATES/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL HANDLE BASE & KNOBS/ BRASS PLATED INTERIOR WORKING PARTS & SCREW PLATES/ GLAZED CERAMIC/ WHITE PAINTED ALUMINUM METER PLATE WITH BLACK LETTERING/ BROWN PAPER LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING/ GOLD DECALS WITH BLACKBORDER & LETTERING
Decoration: EMBOSSED 'ORANGE SECTIONED' STEEL KNOBS/ ENGRAVED & EMBOSSED DIAL LABELS/ DOVE-TAILED CASING

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EVERSHED, Megger, after 1907, Artifact no. 1975.0193, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1975.0193.001/

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