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- OBJECT TYPE
- VIBRATING GALVANOMETER
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0134.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TINSLEY INSTRUMENTS
- MODEL
- 4309-B
- LOCATION
- Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1905
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE WITH SYNTHETIC TOP PLATE/ NICKEL STEEL TERMINALS/ SYNTHETIC TOP CONTROL KNOB/ BRASS SCREWS, Ebonite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 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
- TINSLEY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Smiths Falls
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1960S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - Function
-
USED WITH A VIBRATING MIRROR GALVANOMETER TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTRICAL BYPASS OF VARIOUS RESISTANCES. - Technical
-
A DECADE RESISTANCE BOX FOR USE WITH VIBRATING MIRROR GALVANOMETERS VALUES: 0, 0.1, 0.25, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 AND 100. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON TOP PLATE: 'VIB-GALVO SHUNT/ TYPE 4309-B/ SWITCH PAT./ NO 616684/ NO 1905/ TINSLEY/ INSTRUMENTS/ SMITHS FALLS ONT./ CANADA'/ ENGRAVED ON TOP OF CONNECTING KNOBS: '0/.1/.25/.5/ 1/ 2/ 5/ 10/ 20/ 50/ 100'/ HANDWRITTEN ON SIDES OF BOX: 'L279 [2 TIMES]'/ LABEL ON FRONT: 'L279'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ TOP PLATE RUST COLOUR/ TOP KNOB BROWN OTHER KNOBS LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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TINSLEY INSTRUMENTS, Shunt, after 1961, Artifact no. 1997.0134, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0134.001/
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