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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0761.001

MANUFACTURER: Weston Electrical Instrument Co.
MODEL: 313
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 242
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wooden casing; metal posts and fittings; rubber feet

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.7 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: 27.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: Precision instrument used for experimental work in university electrical laboratory
Function: USED WITH AN AMMETER IN HIGHER - CURRENT EXPERIMENTS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On Mfr's. plate affixed to casing: "WESTON CURRENT TRANSFORMER/ MODEL 313 NO. 242/ CAP. 25 VOLT-AMPS. FREQ. 25 133/ LINE VOLTS 2500/ RATIO: WITH ONE CONDUCTOR THROUGH OPENNING/ 2400 AMPS. TO 5 AMPS./ CAUTION/ SECONDARY MUST NOT BE OPEN CIRCUITED/ WHILE THE TRANSFORMER IS CONNECTED IN LINE./ IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO OPEN THE EXTERNAL/ SECONDARY CIRCUIT, FIRST SHORT CIRCUIT THE SECONDARY BY MEANS OF/ THE SWITCH./ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ NEWARK N.J. U.S.A."
Missing: Leather strap (only remnant remains)
Finish: Wood stained medium - dark brown, and varnished
Decoration: N/A

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Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Transformer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0761, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1985.0761.001/

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