Accession No

4632

Brief Description

voltmeter, English, late 20th century

Origin

England

Maker

R.S.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1970

Latest Date

1990

Inscription Date

Material

plastic (perspex and 4 others); metal (copper, 2 others)

Dimensions

breadth 129mm; depth128mm; height 104mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated on 25/07/1997.

Inscription

‘M.C. M.R. 56V
RS
MADE IN U.K.’ (at LH bottom corner of meter face, partially hidden)
‘100μA 75mV F.S.D. 10kΩ/V
B.S. 89 In GRADE’ (RH bottom corner of face, partially hidden)

Description Notes

Voltmeter mounted on grey plastic base. Two plastic terminals at top, one red one black, connected to meter by wires attaching onto metal terminals with nuts on back of meter. Metal needle moves over scale behind perspex cover divided on outside 0 - 10 numbered by 2 graduated to 0.2; divided on inside 0 - 3 numbered by 1 graduated to 0.1. Marked ‘V’, denoting units measured. Zero adjustment on front.

Condition good; complete

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