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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Record of resistance measurements for various ampere shunts of a Weston Instrument.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\4\  Scan222
Date  20th June 1925
  
X 1782
X.1782. WESTON INSTRUMENT.
20.6.25.

Resistance of the various ampere shunts for
Instrument No. 22596. .15 ampere range.
Reading on 22407 (millivolts) = 51.9
" " 22596 (milliamps.) = 103.6
Resistance - .502 ohms.

1.5 Ampere Shunt.
Reading on 22407 (millivolts) = 51.9
" " 22596 (milliamps.) = 590.3
Resistance .0880 ohms.

15 Ampere Shunt.
Reading of 22407 (millivolts) = 51.9
" " 22596 (Amperes) = 7.35
Resistance .00707 ohms.

150 Ampere Shunt.
Reading on 22407 (millivolts) = 51.9
" " 22596 (Amperes. ) = 51.7
Resistance .00104 ohms.

600 Ampere Shunt.
Reading on 22407 (millivolts) = 32.6
" " 22596 (Amperes). = 155.2
Resistance .00021 ohms.

EFC.
  
  


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