battery stand
Date1900-1920
Inventory Number0408
ClassificationBattery
Subject
Maker
Fritz Köhler
founded 1897
User
Department of Chemistry, Harvard University
founded 1791
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.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Date: circa 1985
Object number: 1998-1-0576
French Battery Company
Date: 1925-1930
Object number: 2008-1-0147
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
Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 1960-1970
Accessories: circuit board, "flip chip" cards (10)
Object number: 1998-1-0230
