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Date1940-1960
Inventory Number1998-1-0759
ClassificationResistor
Subject
    Maker Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1886 - 1945
    Maker Madison Electrical Products Corporation 1929-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions10.5 × 6.3 × 6 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionThis resistor is made of two small 600-resistor coils (for a total resistance of 1200 Ohms). They are set inside a perforated cylinder, the latter supported by a circular base to which is fixed a binding post. An original piece of paper comes with the device.
          Signedon top: Westinghouse inside, on coils: MADISON ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS CORP. MADISON, NEW JERSEY
          large cylindrical resistors
          large cylindrical resistors
          English
          Date: 1890-1920
          Object number: 1998-1-0721
          thermo-junction resistor
          thermo-junction resistor
          Rawson Electrical Instrument Company
          Date: 1930-1950
          Object number: WJ0181
          thermo-junction resistor
          thermo-junction resistor
          Rawson Electrical Instrument Company
          Date: 1930-1950
          Object number: WJ0182
          Green wooden storage box containing resistors
          Green wooden storage box containing resistors
          Date: 1890-1930
          Object number: RS0536
          standard resistor
          standard resistor
          American
          Date: circa 1900
          Object number: WJ0199
          phase splitting resistance box
          phase splitting resistance box
          H. Tinsley & Company
          Date: 1900-1930
          Accessories: plugs (15)
          Object number: 0292
          Resistor
          Resistor
          Object number: RS0355
          dial resistor
          dial resistor
          American
          Date: after 1950
          Object number: 1997-1-0531
          resistance standard (10.0 Ohm)
          resistance standard (10.0 Ohm)
          Otto Wolff
          Date: 1880-1910
          Object number: 0302f
          resistance standard (0.1 Ohm)
          resistance standard (0.1 Ohm)
          Otto Wolff
          Date: 1880-1910
          Object number: 0302d
          ammeters, voltmeters, sound level meters, and multimeters in a storage box
          ammeters, voltmeters, sound level meters, and multimeters in a storage box
          Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
          Date: 1890-1930
          Object number: RS0517
          variable resistance
          variable resistance
          Ohmite Manufacturing Company
          Date: 1935-1940
          Object number: 1997-1-0307