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D.C. Amplifier

Inventory NumberRS1222
ClassificationAmplifier
Maker Emory Leon Chaffee 1885 - 1975
Dimensions28.5 x 39 x 19 cm, 21 lb. (11 1/4 x 15 3/8 x 7 1/2 in., 9.5 kg)
DescriptionUsed by E.L. Chaffee and assistants, 1921-1930, Experiments ont he response of the retina of the eye, On shelf with sign: "Prof. E. L. Chaffee's "Eye Experiment" apparatus, 1920"
Signedon face of the left meter: PAT. NOV. 6, '88 APR. 29, '90 FEB. 17, '91OCT. 4, '98 JULY 16, '01/ WESTON / MILLIAMMETER / WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CORP., NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A. / MODEL 301 NO. 279547 on face of the right meter: PAT. NOV. 6, '88 APR. 29, '90 FEB. 17, '91OCT. 4, '98 JULY 16, '01/ WESTON / MILLIAMMETER / WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CORP., NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A. / MODEL 301 NO. 440319
Historical AttributesUsed by E.L. Chaffee and assistants, 1921-1930, Experiments ont he response of the retina of the eye, On shelf with sign: "Prof. E. L. Chaffee's "Eye Experiment" apparatus, 1920"
press book with photographed data curves
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: 1922-1930
Object number: RS0888
slides from Chaffee's lectures
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: green canvas-covered wood box with a brass snap enclosure
Object number: RS1468
Chaffee's eye experiment apparatus
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: 1921-1930
Object number: RS1246
Shutters for eye experiment
Emory Leon Chaffee
Object number: RS1246a
Synchronous motor on frame
Emory Leon Chaffee
Object number: RS1251
Chaffee dual quenched spark gap, water cooled
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: circa 1910
Object number: RS1190
Supersonic apparatus. G.W. Pierce
George Washington Pierce
Object number: RS1221
Chaffee quenched spark gap, earliest water-cooled form
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: 1910
Object number: RS1189
water-cooled microphone used with Chaffee gap
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: Separate baffle, cylindrical with flared edge.
Object number: RS1230
Vacuum Tube Voltmeter, Type b, #1
Emory Leon Chaffee
Accessories: Cylindrical vacuum tube.
Object number: RS1250
Unknown - wheel w/ thin metal spokes
Emory Leon Chaffee
Object number: RS1252
Chaffee quenched spark gap
Emory Leon Chaffee
Date: 1910-1911
Object number: 1997-1-0512