Electrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMPTON
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0189.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- C121522
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 20.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Atomic & nuclear
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cambridge
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR QUICK AND ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF SMALL ELECTRIC CHARGES OR POTENTIONAL DIFFERENCES. - Technical
-
HAS A HIGH SENSITIVITY WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF THE ANGLE THROUGH WHICH THE NEEDLE IS DEFLECTED, WHILE THE MOVING PTS COME QUICKLY TO REST WHEN MEASUREMENT IS MADE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON CASE: MFR'S NAME, NUMBERS & MARKINGS/ PLATE: 'INSTRUMENTS LIMITED/ CANADIAN BRANCH/ 240 SPARKS ST., OTTAWA/ AND AT/ TORONTO, QUEBEC, & VANCOUVER'
- Missing
- None Apparent
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd., Electrometer, 1930, Artifact no. 1983.0189, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0189.001/
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