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Transmission Measuring Set
Transmission Measuring Set

Transmission Measuring Set

Inventory NumberRS1232
ClassificationUnknown
Dimensions37 x 96 x 40 cm, 96 lb. (14 9/16 x 37 13/16 x 15 3/4 in., 43.5 kg)
AccessoriesCylindrical metal case with tube inside.
DescriptionTransmission Measuring lab., Type 3-B, Att. Prof. R. T Gibbs, Harvard
Signedplate under handle outside case: 3-B TRANSMISSION / MEASURING SET / ITE-2144 / SERIAL 011787 / ORDER F 980180 etched and white filled on top panel: 3-B TRANSMISSION / MEASURING SET / SERIAL No. 13678 plate on top of trunk: ST. "TAYLOR MADE" 185(obscured) / C.A. TAYLOR TRUNK WORKS / CHICAGO, NEW YORK
Inscribedon face of meter: PAT. JULY 19, 1894. NOV. 20, 1894. JAN. 29, 1895. OCT. 4, 1898. JULY 16, 1901. / K.S. 2978
transmission measuring set 1-C
Western Electric Company
Accessories: 2 small keys.
Object number: RS0127
2.75-inch refracting telescope
W. & S. Jones
Date: circa 1820
Object number: 5007
stoppered glass test tube of vanadium samples
Theodore William Richards
Date: circa 1900
Object number: 4879
tag with carborundum made by Wolcott Gibbs
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs
Date: circa 1895
Object number: 1997-1-1480
A page from Robert B. Tolles's laboratory notebook, in the Tolles-Dalton Papers.
Robert B. Tolles
Date: 1836-1945
Object number: 2008-1-0079
x-ray parts
Radium Chemical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: metal needles (2); black rubber tubes with one conical end (5); large black pellets with small metal tubes protruding from the center (2); brown rubber tubes (4); dumbbell-like objects (2); small black caps (4); large black objects with rectangles gouged out of them (2); black cylindrical canisters (4); a metal tube with a screw top; and a bucket of misc. objects
Object number: 1998-1-0115
Possibly Apparatus Connected with Chaffe Eye Experiment
Accessories: Box of misceallaneous hardware, stand with 2 discs mounted inside, mercury, cylindrical object with 2 wires, large square box and smaller rectangular box. The objects with mercury were removed from FAE and are currently stored in B17.
Object number: RS1233