Edison General Electric 2000 amp ammeter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Edison General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This ammeter consists of an instrument mounted on a wood and metal base with a wooden, scale originally marked ''Edison General Electric Co., Schenectady Works.” It incorporates a gravity-controlled, soft iron movement operated by a single turn conductor carrying the entire current. The scale is now missing but was probably for 2000 amperes.
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.313287
label: catalog number
content: 313287
label: accession number
content: 181342
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ammeter
label: Object Name
content: ammeter, 2000 amps.
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 14 in x 19 in; 13.97 cm x 35.56 cm x 48.26 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 14 1/8 in x 21 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 35.8775 cm x 54.61 cm