Wattmeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRODYNAMOMETER
- DATE
- 1934
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0417.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Corp.
- MODEL
- 310
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10777
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE/ BAKELITE TOP/ PLASTIC BUTTONS/ STEEL SCREWS/ RUBBER LEGS ON BASE & SIDE/ METAL LATCH/ LEATHER HANDLE/ PLASTIC WINDOW ON METER/ METAL NEEDLE/ METAL BACKGROUND GRADUATED/ MIRROR INSIDE METER/METAL SCREEN ON SIDE AND BASE/ CARDBOARD FORM INSIDE COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 16.0 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
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING MECHANICAL POWER - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- OVAL MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO METER BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'WESTON/ MODEL 310 NO. 10777/ ADJUST/ FOR ZERO/WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CORP./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.'/ 'SC 1308[4?]' STAMPED IN ORANGE INK, ABOVE/ SCALE FROM '0' TO '6.0' AT TOP, WITH MARKINGS 'KILOWATTS/ ALTERNATING & DIRECT CURRENT/ RATED VOLTS 100-200-500 RATED AMPS. 30-60/ MAX. VOLTS 150-300-600 MAX. AMPS. 60-120/ ALL DIALS, ETC. LABELLED/ INSTRUCTIONS REMOVED & STORED IN SUPP. INFO. WITH ORIGINAL TAG
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- RUST-BROWN LACQUERED WOOD/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BLACK PLASTIC/NICKEL PLATED SCREWS/ BLACK RUBBER/ GREY METAL/ DARK BROWN LEATHER/ TRANS- PARENT PLASTIC/ RED NEEDLE/ WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING & NUMBERING/ BLACK SCREEN/ BEIGE CARDBOARD/ BLACK LETTERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., Wattmeter, circa 1934, Artifact no. 1987.0417, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0417.001/
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