Galvanometer

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OBJECT TYPE: 6 VOLT/MIRROR/MOVING COIL
DATE: 1954
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0673.001

MANUFACTURER: Rubicon Co.
MODEL: 340244
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 80283
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.0 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Height: 18.5 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: Rubicon
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1950'S-1980'S
Canada: USED INCANADA BY THE DEPT. OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES.
Function: TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ELECTRICAL (DIRECT) CURRENT
Technical: ANCESTORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENTS WERE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & 'FISHBONE GALVANOMETER' INVENTED BY MARCEL DEPREZ (1880). JACQUES D'ARSONVAL SUGGESTED FIXING 'FISHBONE' IN DEPREZ'S INSTRUMENT & MAKING ITS COIL MOVEABLE... (SEE COMPLETE WS IN O:DRIVE SUPP.INFO.)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE: 'RUBICON COMPANY/ ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS/ PHILADELPHIA MADE IN U.S.A./ COARSE ZERO ADJUSTING KNOB ON RIGHT SIDE'/ PLATE ON SIDE: '6 VOLTS'/ DECAL ON FRONT: 'EMR EMR/ INVENTORY CONTROL-CONTROLE DES STOCKS/ CODE 1217/ NSN/NNO 6625-21-899-3675'/ STAMPED IN BOTTOM: '80283' CALIBRATION ON PLATE
Missing: N/A
Finish: CABINET - STAINED & VARNISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Rubicon Co., Galvanometer, circa 1954, Artifact no. 1988.0673, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.0673.001/

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