Tachometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0385.001
- MANUFACTURER
- JAQUET
- MODEL
- K-OS
- LOCATION
- Switzerland
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General Information
- Serial #
- 546486
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL, INCLUDING ALUMINUM/ RUBBER PARTS/ GLASS DIAL WINDOW, BOTTLE, PIPETTE/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WOOD? CASE WITH SYNTHETIC COVERING, METAL HARDWARE, LEATHER? STRAP, FABRIC LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.2 cm
- Width
- 11.2 cm
- Height
- 7.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- JAQUET
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE & INDICATE SPEED OF REVOLUTION OF ROTATING OBJECTS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READS "JAQUET/ R.P.M./ No K-OS 546486/ The J.W. Ellis Industries/ Toronto/ Made in/ Switzerland" WITH BLACK SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS/.7 INCISED LETTERING READING "6" engl."
- Missing
- POSSIBLY METRIC MEASURING ROLL
- Finish
- .1GLOSSY BEIGE PAINTED TACHOMETER WITH WHITE DIAL FACE; COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS WINDOW; BLACK SYNTHETIC & PLATED METAL PARTS/.2-.8 PLATED METAL & BLACK RUBBER/.9 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS; METALLIC CAP & CONTAINER/.10 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS; BLACK BULB; METALLIC CAP & CONTAINER/ BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER CASE COVERING & STRAP; RED LINING; PLATED CLASP
- Decoration
- N/A
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JAQUET, Tachometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0385, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0385.001/
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