A Collection of Meatballs
by Dan Wiswell I was moving through some of the equipment in my archive recently when I concluded that I may have to create a separate wing dedicated exclusively to General Electric. I don’t know […]
In Days of Old
Surrounded by History
by Dan Wiswell Many years ago, I worked in a building in Boston that had a plaque on an outside wall that commemorated the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. Passing by it […]
You never know, you know… ?
by Dan Wiswell As a collector of antique test equipment, I have visited many antique shops over the years with the hope of stumbling upon something good. A few decades ago, there were plenty of […]
Pushing the Observer Effect
by Dan Wiswell We’ve all heard people speak of accuracies and tolerances in more colorful language than what would be expected in a metrology lab. “Plus-or-minus a hand grenade” or, “Close enough for government work” […]
The En-Lightened Movement
by Dan Wiswell As we all know, many years ago there was a time when there were no electrical testing instruments. I often think of how difficult it must have been for the pioneers of […]
Measuring Days Gone By
by Dan Wiswell When people see some of the equipment that I’ve been tucking away over the years, the first question that most ask is: “How old is it?” We also hear this question at […]
Ghosts in the Landscape
by Dan Wiswell Growing up in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts I have always been aware of the mills that are in my area. I knew at an early age the difference between an old […]
Pieces Parts
by Dan Wiswell About thirty years ago I was doing some spring cleaning and decided to bring a few tables worth of items to a large flea market in south-central New Hampshire. I had an […]