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19-968: American Museum may refer to: American Museum of Radio and Electricity, now the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention , Bellingham, Washington American Museum of Natural History , Central Park West at 79th Street, New York City, established 1869 American Museum of the Moving Image , Astoria, Queens, New York City, opened 1988 American Museum of Magic , Marshall, Michigan (collection of Harry Blackstone, Sr.), opened 1978 American Museum of Science and Energy (previously American Museum of Atomic Energy, renamed 1978), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, founded 1949 American Museum and Gardens , Claverton Manor, near Bath, Somerset, England, founded 1961 Barnum's American Museum (formerly Scudder's American Museum), Broadway and Ann Street, New York City, 1841–1865 Musée américain ,

38-402: A computer program is also known as the setup . In case of an installation manual, the installation instruction is a separate document that focuses solely on the person(s) that will perform the installation. However, the installation instruction can also be an integrated part of the overall owner's manual. The size, structure and content of an installation manual depend heavily on the nature of

57-469: A particular product. An installation manual is usually written by a technical writer or other technical staff. Installation is the act of putting something in place so that it is ready for use. An installation manual most commonly describes the safe and correct installation of a product. The term product here relates to any consumer, non-consumer, hardware, software, electrical, electronic or mechanical product that requires installation. The installation of

76-626: A pre-Columbian art section of the Louvre, Paris, 1851-1887 The American Museum (magazine) , an 18th-century American magazine, published by Matthew Carey, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 1787 to December 1792 The American Museum , a 19th-century American magazine published by Nathan C. Brooks of Baltimore See also [ edit ] Japanese American National Museum American Museum Novitates California African American Museum Chinese American Museum Topics referred to by

95-420: A replacement from a dealer, pick up a used one secondhand, or download a PDF version of the manual online. In 2017, IBM released IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence to understand and answer questions in natural driver language. "Ask Mercedes" was the first in a wave of these vehicle assistants which can support both speech and text-based input. The noun phrase owner's manual has been used by analogy in

114-555: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention The SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention (formerly the American Museum of Radio and Electricity ) is an interactive museum located in Bellingham , Washington , United States, which offers educational experiences for audiences of all ages through galleries and public programs that illustrate

133-496: The Bellingham Antique Radio Museum was officially established, with the more than 800 radio sets from Winter's collection forming the core of the museum's collection. The museum took on the name "American Museum of Radio and Electricity" in 2001 when it moved into its 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m ) facility and John Jenkins, a former sales and marketing executive at Microsoft , retired and became co-curator of

152-580: The European Machinery Directive prescribes that an instruction manual must contain assembly, installation and connecting instructions, including drawings, diagrams and the means of attachment and the designation of the chassis or installation on which the machinery is to be mounted.   All new cars come with an owner's manual from the manufacturer. Most owners leave them in the glove compartment for easy reference. This can make their frequent absence in rental cars frustrating because it violates

171-486: The SPARK education program served nearly 2,000 students. Past events include: Owner%27s manual An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide ) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products such as vehicles , home appliances and computer peripherals . Information contained in the owner's manual typically includes: Until

190-484: The development and use of electricity, radio and the related inventions that changed the course of human history. The museum features a collection of artifacts showcasing four centuries of human innovation from 1580 into the 1950s. The museum began in 1985 as an informal collection of radio sets , spare parts , schematics , recordings , and vintage magazines and manuals owned by a Bellingham resident, Jonathan Winter Winter's collection continued to grow, and by 1998,

209-413: The driver's user expectations, as well as makes it difficult to use controls that are not understood, which is not good because understanding control operation of an unfamiliar car is one of the first steps recommended in defensive driving . Owner's manuals usually cover three main areas: a description of the location and operation of all controls; a schedule and descriptions of maintenance required, both by

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228-431: The last decade or two of the twentieth century it was common for an owner's manual to include detailed repair information, such as a circuit diagram ; however as products became more complex this information was gradually relegated to specialized service manuals , or dispensed with entirely, as devices became too inexpensive to be economically repaired. Owner's manuals for simpler devices are often multilingual so that

247-867: The museum was featured on An American Moment . In 2012, the American Museum of Radio and Electricity became Spark Museum of Electrical Invention . The museum's collections include: Exhibits include: The museum's education program includes outreach and community education. The outreach program augments the regular science curriculum of public schools, private schools and home-school networks in Western Washington through assemblies, in-class science courses and special focus tours. The community education program holds regular Science Saturday classes, summer camps, lectures and special events illuminating core facets of radio, electricity and physics. Hands-on classes include topics such as static electricity , magnetism , motors , circuits , and crystal radios . In 2018,

266-548: The museum. Jenkins added his extensive collection to the museum, which included early wireless and electrical devices, and rare books with first editions dating back to 1560 and written by Robert Boyle , Michael Faraday , C. F. du Fay , Benjamin Franklin , Luigi Galvani , William Gilbert , Joseph Henry , Heinrich Hertz , James Clerk Maxwell , Pieter van Musschenbroek , Georg Ohm , Hans Christian Ørsted , Alessandro Volta , among others. Early in its history,

285-425: The owner and by a mechanic; and specifications such as oil and fuel capacity and part numbers of light bulbs used. Current car owner's manuals have become much bigger in part due to many safety warnings most likely designed to avoid product liability lawsuits, as well as from ever more complicated audio and navigational systems, which often have their own manual. If owners lose their car manual, they can either order

304-499: The owner is assumed to have a computer able to read the CD-ROM. Another trend is to supply instructional video material with the product, such as a videotape or DVD , along with the owner's manual. Many businesses offer PDF copies of manuals that can be accessed or downloaded free of charge from their websites. An installation manual or installation guide is a technical communication document intended to instruct people how to install

323-468: The product and the needs and capabilities of the intended target group. Furthermore, various standards and directives are available that provide guidance and requirements for the design of instructions. The international standard IEC 82079 prescribes the required installation topics for an installation instruction. Among these topics, are procedures, diagrams and conditions for installation activities, such as unpacking, mounting and connecting. For machines

342-495: The same boxed product can be sold in many different markets. Sometimes the same manual is shipped with a range of related products so the manual will contain a number of sections that apply only to some particular model in the product range. With the increasing complexity of modern devices, many owner's manuals have become so large that a separate quickstart guide is provided. Some owner's manuals for computer equipment are supplied on CD-ROM to cut down on manufacturing costs, since

361-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title American Museum . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Museum&oldid=1074729384 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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