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instrument rack
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instrument rack

Date1947-1955
Inventory NumberWJ0648
ClassificationInstrument Rack
Subject
    Dimensions210.5 × 50.8 × 56 cm (82 7/8 × 20 × 22 1/16 in.)
    DescriptionHas WJ0649 (#18), WJ0337 (#19), WJ0643 (#20), WJ0344 (#21), WJ0642 (#22), WJ0282 (#23), WJ0309 (#24), WJ0644 (#25), WJ0450 (#26), WJ0950 (#27), WJ0546 (#28) mounted in it.
    Signedunsigned.
    Curatorial RemarksInstruments in the Stevens exhibit were not weighed; the number in that field is an estimate and may not be accurate located in the Stevens exhibit in the basement of William James Hall
    Functionto support electronic equipment
    Historical AttributesUsed in the Department of Psychology, possibly in Memorial Hall and certainly later in William James Hall, Harvard University.
    The first image in this series represents a giant, double-plate electrostatic generator, which …
    John Cuthbertson
    Date: 1770-1815
    Accessories: brown storage box, descriptive tag, thin strip of paper in box with the inscription "lucernal microscope" in David P. Wheatland's handwriting (which refers to figs. 47-48 and 51 in this series), page from the book "Old Science and Medicine" with a photographic copy of the first print from this series, entitled "The Large Electric Machine at Haarlem."
    Object number: 1998-1-1087
    spools of electrical wire in storage box
    Date: 1890-1930
    Object number: RS0530
    Green wooden storage box containing switches
    Date: 1890-1930
    Object number: RS0486
    Green wooden storage box,containing  misc. coils, variometers
    Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
    Object number: RS0168
    Green wooden storage box containing Western Electric condensers and resistors
    Western Electric Company
    Date: 1900-1930
    Object number: RS0196
    rheostats in a storage box
    Object number: RS0191