Ammeter, Main Bus, Gemini
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Weston Instruments
notes: label: Summary
content: This main bus ammeter measured the current from the batteries used in Gemini 3, IV, and VI. Located on the Gemini pilot's panel, the No. 1 scale displayed main batteries 1 and 2 and the No. 2 scale displayed main batteries 3 and 4. Fuel cells replaced batteries on Gemini V and VII through XII. This ammeter did not fly in space. Weston Instruments made the artifact and NASA transferred it to NASM in 1972.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19720425000
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Miscellaneous
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Non-Magnetic White Metal Alloy
label: Materials
content: Glass
label: Materials
content: Paint
label: Materials
content: Plastic
label: Materials
content: Ferrous Alloy
label: Materials
content: Copper Alloy
label: Materials
content: Adhesive
label: Materials
content: Ink
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 13.2 × 4.8 × 10.2cm (5 3/16 × 1 7/8 × 4 in.)