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OBJECT TYPE: LABORATORY/WATTMETER
DATE: 1917
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0655.001

MANUFACTURER: Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
MODEL: 329
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 157
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PERFORATED METAL & WOOD CASING/SYNTHETIC PARTS, bakelite

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.0 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Height: 13.7 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: Unknown
Function: A PRECISION RESISTOR, PLACED IN SERIES WITH AN INSTRUMENT TO ENABLE MEASUREMENT OF A HIGH VOLTAGE WITH A VOLTMETER HAVING A LOWER VOLTAGE RANGE (REF.1)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING 'MULTIPLIER/ FOR/ WESTON WATTMETER/ MODEL 329, NO. 157/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.'/ PLATE READING 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ E & G INSPECTION SERVICES/ INSPECTION STANDARD NO. E11'
Missing: N/A
Finish: PLATED METAL/ WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Multiplier, circa 1917, Artifact no. 1984.0655, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.0655.001/

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