Adams-Morgan "Paragon" #25 rheostat
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: Adams-Morgan Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Paragon #25 rheostat in original box. Marked: (unit) "Paragon AMCO"; (box) One No. 25 / Paragon / Trade Mark Registered / Rheostat / Manufactured by / Adams-Morgan Co. / Upper Montclair, N. J." A commercial rheostat with knurled knob and pointer. Bottom edge sweep. Resistance is 6 ohms and the wire will carry 1.5 amperes. Original price $1.75. Reference: "National Radio Supply Company Catalog" (undated), page 79.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321844
label: catalog number
content: 321844
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rheostat
label: Object Name
content: variable resistance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: unit: 2 1/8 in x 2 in; 5.3975 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 1/4 in x 3 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm