General Information

Serial #

905982

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CASE; SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL AND KNOBS; GLASS SCALE COVER; SCALEFACE METAL; METAL HARDWARE; LEATHER HANDLE; PAPER LABEL INSIDE LID, bakelite

Dimensions

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

Length

20.3 cm

Width

20.2 cm

Height

11.4 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

SENSITIVE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New Rochelle

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE.

Function

TO MEASURE MAGNETIC FLUX & OTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF MAGNETIC FIELDS.

Technical

IT MAY BE USED ON PRODUCTION LINES FOR MEASURING THE MAGNETIC STRENGTH & UNIFORMITY FOR ALL TYPES OF PERMANENT MAGNETS & ELECTROMAGNETS. IN LABS IT MAY BE USED IN EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON ALL TYPES OF MAGNETIC CIRCUITS FOR DETERMINATION OF LEAKAGES ETC. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE (DETACHED & IN S.I. FILE) 'FLUX/ VOLTMETER/ MODEL FLV/ NO. 905992/ RANGES/ 75-300 VOLTS/ [LOGO]/ SENSITIVE RESEARCH/ INSTRUMENT CORP./ NEW ROCHELLE/ NEW YORK/ SR22'/ PAPER LABEL INSIDE LID READS IN PART: 'SENSITIVE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT CORPORATION/ NEW ROCHELLE NEW YORK, U.S.A./ FLUX VOLTMETER/ 1.11 EAVG./ MODEL FLV SERIAL NO. 905992 RECTIFIER WITH D'ARSONVAL DESIGN/ ACCURACY GUARANTEE.5 OF 1% (IN PERCENTAGE OF FULL SCALE)/ TEMPERATURE CORRECTION [1 +.0002 (T-25 C) 1 X READING/ MAXIMUM OVERLOAD 300%/ FREQUENCY RANGE - 25 TO 1000 CYCLES/ *For Sinusoidal Voltages only- readings will be low by the value of/ the form factor of other shapes of waves./ THIS INSTRUMENT IS SEALED.../ DATE 1/19/59'/ Markings on Scale: ‘SENSITIVE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT CORPORATION/ NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK/ [Three scales] ‘20' to ‘300' [in twenties] ‘0' to ‘150' [in tens] ‘0' to ‘75' [ in fives]/ FLUX-VOLTS/ MODEL FLV/ NO. 905992'/ Markings on top panel: ‘FLUX/ VOLTMETER/ LOW/ OFF 300 150 75/ SENSITIVE RESEARCH/ [LOGO]/ ZERO' Plate affixed to front of case: ‘DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ STANDARDS DIVISION/ INSPECTION STANDARD NO. L . 94'/ Label affixed to inside of lid: ‘DO NOT REMOVE/ NE PAS DECOLLER/ Holding unit-Detenteur/ 205B/ E.D.R.-R.D./ 64169'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CASE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ BLACK PANEL AND KNOBS/ BLACK STRAP/ WHITE SCALE PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A