A better arrangement is the Ayrton shunt or universal shunt, invented by William E . Ayrton, which does not require a make-before-break switch.
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The movement drew 12mA for full-scale deflection and used a " universal shunt " permanently in parallel with the movement which increased the input terminal full-scale current to 16.6mA, corresponding to 60 ohms per volt.
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