large-scale model of a Weston meter
Date: circa 1930
Inventory Number: 2006-1-0014
Classification: Model
Subject:
Maker: Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University (founded 1884)
User: Department of Physics, Harvard University (founded 1884)
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Dimensions:
58.7 × 65.4 × 25.4 cm (23 1/8 × 25 3/4 × 10 in.)
Description:
This shop-built working model of a Weston meter is fashioned largely of wood painted to look like metal. The spring coils are copper, the electromagnet, metal. The base has a brass strip.
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FunctionTeaching model to explain how a standard voltmeter works.
Historical AttributesMade by technicians in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory of Harvard University's Department of Physics as a teaching model around 1930.
ProvenanceJefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University Department of Physics; transferred to CHSI on Dec 16, 1966.