Queen and Company electrical bridge
date: label: date made
content: ca 1898
name: label: maker
content: Queen and Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This bridge consists of brass blocks and terminals enclosed in a wooden case 13.5” x 21.25” X 5”. It is a plug type bridge having five decades and is adjustable from 0.1 ohm to 10,000 ohms. Marked "Queen & Co., Philada / Legal Ohms Right at [blank] oC / No. 100". This is a form of bridge designed by Professor Anthony of Columbia University. It is provided with inter-connections between the decades for special measurements. The contact keys have been removed at some time during its use and not replaced.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., thru John H. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.313267
label: catalog number
content: 313267
label: accession number
content: 181342
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bridge
label: Object Name
content: resistance bridge
label: Object Name
content: bridge resistance
label: Other Terms
content: Bridge; Measuring Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 22 in x 14 in; 17.78 cm x 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm