medium-screw base current tap in Thomson-Houston socket adapter
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A cord attachment plug for a medium screw-based socket, brass shell, plastic insulator and cap, receptacle for a square, 2-pin plug. Molded on top: "T.E.C. / 660W. / 250V." Unit is set in an adapter that allows a medium-screw based device to be connected to a Thomson-Houston socket. Brass socket, paper shell and insulator, no extant maker's marks on adapter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.241402.137
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp adapter
label: Object Name
content: current tap
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: tap only: 1 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: adapter only: 1 3/16 in x 1 3/16 in; 3.00355 cm x 3.00355 cm