Box, resistance

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OBJECT TYPE: PLUG-TYPE/DECADE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0232.001

MANUFACTURER: Queen & Co.
MODEL: 80
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN CASE AND LID/ SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL AND KNOBS/ BRASS PIECES AND SPOOLS

Dimensions

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

Length: 60.0 cm
Width: 40.0 cm
Height: 23.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Electricity
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Queen
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20THC
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO MEASURE RESISTANCE IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BY COMPARING IT WITH STANDARDS OF KNOWN RESISTANCE.
Technical: HAS OHM RESISTANCE FROM TENTHS UP TO 10,000 OHMS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED IN TOP PANEL: 'GALVANOMETER [2 TIMES] BATTERY [2 TIMES]/ NO 80/ Queen & Co. Phila. True Ohms Right at 18.9 [DEGREES] C/ 1/ 10/ 100/ 1000/ 10000/ INFIN/ 10000/ 1000/ 100/ 1'/ PRINTED ON BRASS PIECES: 'THOUSANDS/ 10 [TO] 0/ HUNDREDS/ 10 [TO] 0/ TENS/ 10 [TO] 0/ UNITS/ 10 [TO] 0/ TENTHS/ 10 [TO] 0/ RHEOSTAT/ LEFT RIGHT/ LINE'
Missing: LID HINGES BROKEN OFF/ SOMETHING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPILLED ON TOP PANEL
Finish: WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ BRASS LAQUERED/ TOP PANEL AND KNOBS BROWN
Decoration: N/A

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Queen & Co., Box, resistance, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0232, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0232.001/

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