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Title: Weston's Direct-Reading Ammeter
Creator: Weston Electrical Instrument Corp. (Newark, NJ)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1886-1900
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Patented November 6th, 1888, No. 931. Described in the Foothill Electronics Museum's original accession record as follows: "A precision laboratory ammeter with hand calibrated scale. 0-320 Amperes. On wooden base. Typical of early laboratory instruments, probably around 1895." This may have been part of Douglas Perham's Herrold exhibit at his New Almaden Museum.
Type: image
Identifier: E146B99B-DC20-4C0D-A89E-547877874090
2003-1-785
Subject: Ammeters (LCSH)
Testing
Electric apparatus and appliances (LCSH)
Scientific apparatus and instruments (LCSH)
Nineteenth century (LCSH)
Electric currents (LCSH)

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