Science and engineering technical files--electrical measurement, 1926-1981.

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Science and engineering technical files--electrical measurement, 1926-1981.

The records document Consumers' Research's use and research into the measurement and use of electricity. Included are correspondence, pamphlets, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, packaging, catalogs, operating manuals, and committee minutes. Measuring apparatus mentioned include ammeters, galvanometers, voltmeters, vacuum tubes, tube testers, photocells, potentiometers, resistance boxes, wheatstone bridges, electrical shock hazard apparatus, ohmmeters, leakage indicators, oscilloscopes, cathode-ray oscilloscopes, wave analyzers, distortion analyzers, wattmeters, watthour meters, multimeters, relays, capacitors/condensers, and other scientific instruments. Other material concerns minutes of meetings of the NSASI Committee on the Measurement of Electrical Current; high frequency measurements; insulation testing-voltage breakdown testing; electrical measurement of non-electrical quantities; anti-static devices; and vacuum tubes.

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...