General Electric model P-3 AC ammeter
date: label: date made
content: 1936
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: GE model P-3 alternating current portable ammeter in a wooden case. A laboratory ammeter with plastic panel, glass-covered mirrored scale, two binding posts, three-position rotary switch. Paper calibration sheet in lid, tested 19 May 1936. A small calibration sticker reads: "12-3-[19]81". Two scales: 1 to 10 amps, and 0.5 to 5.0 amps. Leather handle deteriorated and packed inside meter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0252.15
label: accession number
content: 2019.0252
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0252.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ammeter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: closed: 5 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm