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Wheatstone bridge anthony pattern
* LEEDS & NORTHRUP Anthony pattern wheatstone bridge last produced in the late 50s. It was replaced by the Honeywell URS/DRRS that was more acurate and easier to use.
* MAYBE OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
* This is another piece I am selling that is from the Malta Test Site.
* It was a significant US test site for big guns and missles and nuclear development.
* This item was owned by the New York State Atomic Research and Development Authority.
* There is evidence that this was the first lab that Charles Openheimer and Von Braun were at before Openheimer went to head the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.
* I do not have this item dated but it may have been purchased after WWII.
* There may be one brass terminal knob missing but it is in very good shape.
The large brass bars are to reduce resistance between decades and the taper plugs reduce contact resistance. It should have "walking posts" for calibration and it is self calibratable and can also be used as a decade box or a ratio box. Someone named Chris who used to work on these contacted me and gave me some of this technical information.
