Skip to main content
Advanced Search
variable resistance coil
variable resistance coil

variable resistance coil

Dateca. 1924-1940
Inventory Number1997-1-1257
ClassificationResistance Coil
Subject
    Maker Hardwick-Hindle Company 1924 - ca. 1936
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions13.5 × 30 × 10.6 cm (5 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionMetal cylindrical coil attached horizontally to a black metal frame. The frame also holds an electric contact that slides on a metal bar above the coil, and which can be moved laterally by turning a horizontal, grooved bar with a black handle.
          Signedplaque on one side: HARDWICK-HINDLE INC. / NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A
          Curatorial RemarksD4-Ohm Amps 1-3b
          FunctionAlso called a potentiometer. An electric resistance of variable value. The resistance increases as the distance between one end of the coil and the contact is increased.
          rheostat
          rheostat
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Date: 1924-1936
          Object number: 1997-1-0423
          rheostat
          rheostat
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Date: 1924-1936
          Object number: 1997-1-0421
          rheostat
          rheostat
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Date: 1924-1936
          Object number: 1997-1-0419
          Variable Resistance Apparatus, Hardwick Hindle Inc.
          Variable Resistance Apparatus, Hardwick Hindle Inc.
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Object number: RS0677
          rheostat
          rheostat
          German
          Date: 1900-1935
          Object number: 1997-1-0422
          variable inductance coil
          variable inductance coil
          E. S. Ritchie & Sons
          Date: circa 1910
          Object number: 1997-1-0360
          Rheostat,Hardwick Hindle, 36 ohms, 23 amps
          Rheostat,Hardwick Hindle, 36 ohms, 23 amps
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Object number: RS0778
          Rheostat, Hardwick-Hindle, Inc., 37 ohms, 2.5 amps
          Rheostat, Hardwick-Hindle, Inc., 37 ohms, 2.5 amps
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Object number: RS0765
          Rheostat, Harwick-Hindle, Inc., 3500 ohms, max amps 33
          Rheostat, Harwick-Hindle, Inc., 3500 ohms, max amps 33
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Object number: RS0766
          Rheostat, Hardwick-Hindle, Inc., max amps 13, 1.10 ohms
          Rheostat, Hardwick-Hindle, Inc., max amps 13, 1.10 ohms
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Object number: RS0767
          Rheostat, Hardwick-Hindle, Inc. , 1165ohms, 41 amps
          Rheostat, Hardwick-Hindle, Inc. , 1165ohms, 41 amps
          Hardwick-Hindle Company
          Object number: RS0769
          green wooden box with equipment stands, electrical, magnetic apparatus
          green wooden box with equipment stands, electrical, magnetic apparatus
          Date: 1890-1930
          Object number: RS1425a