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battery stand

Date1900-1920
Inventory Number0408
ClassificationBattery
Subject
    Maker Fritz Köhler founded 1897
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Place of Use
          Dimensions8 × 19.7 × 11.6 cm (3 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 4 9/16 in.)
          Material
            DescriptionFive chips to hold special battery cells and six brass strips between with binding posts for series connection and pins and jacks for tapping any number of cells. Mounted on rectangular wood base.
            Signedbase marked: FRITZ KÖHLER / LEIPZIG
            Inscribedstamped in wood: E 20
            ProvenanceFrom the Department of Physics, Harvard University.
            holder for special battery cells
            Fritz Köhler
            Date: 1900-1920
            Object number: 0407
            battery stand
            Fritz Köhler
            Date: 1900-1920
            Object number: 0409
            secondary (or storage) battery (20 cells)
            American
            Date: circa 1880
            Object number: 0330
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            Texas Instruments Incorporated
            Date: circa 1985
            Object number: 1998-1-0576
            variable voltage battery
            Pyrolectric Instrument Company
            Date: 1916-1925
            Object number: 1997-1-0426
            Münch trough battery
            American
            Date: 1850-1890
            Object number: 0356
            Ray-O-Vac "B" and "C" battery, No. 5151
            French Battery Company
            Date: 1925-1930
            Object number: 2008-1-0147
            48-cell battery
            American
            Date: circa 1900
            Object number: 1997-1-0459
            Panelvision MiniGraphic "active matrix" display
            Panelvision Corporation
            Date: 1984
            Accessories: single-board display controller cable for display (1997-1-0686c) shipping ticket/ hand carry pass dated June 11, 1997 (in instrument file) letter to Dr. Richard V. Kollarits from William Andrewes dated June 16, 1997 regarding donation of MiniGraphic display and letter to William Andrewes from Dr. Richard V. Kollarits that accompanied the object upon donation on June 11, 1997 (in instrument file) four sample color prints made with this display on micro-encapsulated photographic paper. 1. man in business suit, 2. woman crouching next to lawn ornament, 3. two clowns painting a third's face, 4. woman in winter hat and scarf (in instrument file) copies of two articles by AT&T Bell Laboratories staff (Richard V. Kollarits, William, H. Ninke, David C. Gibbon) on color imaging and printing (in instrument file) Panelvision pamphlet introducing the MiniGraphic multipurpose flat panel display, including instrument specifications, consumer prices, functioning and features (in instrument file) 1984 article by Panelvision employees (Peter Brody Fang-Chen Luo, Paul Malmberg) on active matrix technology (in instrument file) Panelvision Corporation Fact Sheet, including details of company history and recent developments (in instrument file) article about commercial debut of active matrix technology from Design Engineering newspaper, June 18, 1984 (in instrument file) full circuit diagram and schematic for MiniGraphic Display Controller (in instrument file) instruction manual and description of MiniGraphic Display Controller (two copies, in instrument file) circuit diagrams and instruction manuals for the MiniGraphic Display (two booklets, in instrument file)
            Object number: 1997-1-0686a
            bus and "flip-chip" style cards
            Digital Equipment Corporation
            Date: 1960-1970
            Accessories: circuit board, "flip chip" cards (10)
            Object number: 1998-1-0230
            line driver unit (8-Port RS232)
            Jose Lorbes
            Date: 1983
            Object number: 1998-1-0596