We’d like to thank everyone that helped make the Universe of Instrumentation project possible. On this page we list the people and sources for our videos and online material.
Unit I Sources:
Ammeters:
Smithsonian Institute
Electric Meter, Oliver B. Shallenberger Invents the AC Watt-Hour Meter. ethw.org
US Patent Office. 1887,1888
AC Power History and Timeline. Edison Tech Center. 2014
Steve Rockwell – Westinghouse Project Leader. Edison Tech Center. 2015
The Langmuir Probe. The University of Iowa. 2007
Biographical Memoir of Elihu Thomson 1853-1937. by Karl T. Compton. National Academy of Sciences.
Almost Edison, How William Sawyer and Others Lost the Race to Electrification. 2006. Donald Scott McPartland
Voltmeters:
Men and Volts by John Winthrop Hammond. 2011
“Im paying how much per kilowatt hour?” by Zachary Hughes. 2010
William Kornrumpf – Electrical Engineer. 2015
US Patent Office
AC Power History and Timeline. Edison Tech Center. 2014
Steve Rockwell – Westinghouse Project Leader. Edison Tech Center. 2015
The History of Electric Measuring Instruments and Active Components by Eiju Matsumoto. IEEE
Manganin. Wikipedia. 2015
The Crest Voltmeter. by L.W. Chubb. AIEE. 1916
Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation. by R.K. Rajput. 2009
Electrical World. Volume LXIV. July 4 to December 26, 1914. McGraw Publishing Co. NYC.
Almost Edison, How William Sawyer and Others Lost the Race to Electrification. 2006. Donald Scott McPartland
The Difference Between Electrostatic Voltmeters, Field Meters, Static Meters and Static Locators. Electrotechsystems.com
Caterpillar – images
Tesla Motors – images
SAP – images
Seagate Technology – images
Multimeters:
Smart Meters. ARRL. 2011
Automated Meter Reading Systems Make Life Easier for Intruders. Phys.org. 2012.
Almost Edison, How William Sawyer and Others Lost the Race to Electrification. 2006. Donald Scott McPartland
Fluke Corporation
Unit II Sources:
Oscilloscope:
John Lowe, Electrical Engineer, NIST. 2015
Daniel Whelan, Broadcast Engineer, WMHT. 2008
Seagate Technologies
Unit III Sources:
Photosensors:
Teledyne. 2015
Daniel Whelan, Broadcast Engineer, WMHT. 2008
Ari Presler, Engineer of digital camera systems, Silicon Imaging.
Telescopes:
Ball Aerospace
Scott Acton. Scientist/Engineer
Douglas B. Leviton. Scientist/Engineer
Video Production, graphics, webdesign for this project:
Xhedral.com
Whelan Communications
M. Whelan – Video Production
On-screen and technical advisors:
W. P. Kornrumpf – General Electric (retired)
J. Lowe – NIST
S. Acton – Ball Aerospace
D. Leviton – NASA (retired)
M. Morlang – Power Utilities
Voiceover artist:
Jack Aernecke