Immersion Heater
date: label: date made
content: after 1924
name: label: maker
content: Waage Electric
notes: label: Description
content: Immersion heater with a “DO NOT RUN DRY KEEP PLUG DRY / [trademark] / WAAGE ELECTRIC, INC. NEW YORK MODEL CF 35 VOLTS 115 WATTS 350 MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. Alvin Henry Waage established Waage Electric in New York in 1908. Dr. Theodor Stiebel developed the coil immersion heater in 1924 and established the "ELTRON Dr. Theodor Stiebel" firm to manufacture this new product.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0597.54
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0597.54
label: accession number
content: 1980.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Immersion Heater
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: outer: 5/16 in; x .79375 cm
label: Measurements
content: coil: 42 mm; x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 121 mm x 89 mm; 4 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 15.875 cm x 8.255 cm