Box, resistance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0395.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Wolff, O.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Berlin, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7316
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING/ SYNTHETIC PANEL, BUTTON, SWITCHES ETC./ METAL (BRASS?) WORKING PARTS, Ebonite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.9 cm
- Width
- 24.4 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wolff
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Berlin
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- 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
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RESISTANCE BOX IS RHEOSTAT CONTAINING ASSEMBLY OF RESISTORS OF DEFINITE VALUES SO ARRANGED THAT RESISTANCE OF CIRCUIT IN WHICH IT IS CONNECTED MAY BE CHANGED BY KNOWN AMOUNTS, USED FOR TEST PURPOSES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON PANEL FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING ""Manganin", "O. WolffBerlin 7316", "int.Ohm", & "richtig bei20 [DEGREES] C."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BRASS COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Wolff, O., Box, resistance, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0395, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0395.001/
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