Photometer (Foot Candle Meter)
notes: label: Description
content: The Westinghouse Lamp Co. described this as “a light, compact, non-complicated instrument developed to measure illumination in fields where a large photometer could not be conveniently or practically used. The inscriptions on this example read “No. 8792 – Illumination, foot candles or lumens per sq. ft.” and “PATENTED MARCH 11, 1919.” The “W. W. WINSHIP / 71 SUMMER ST. / BOSTON” inscription on the black leather case refers to the trunk maker who made the case.
label: Description
content: Ref: Clayton H. Sharp, “Photometer,” U.S. Patent 1,297,260 (March 11, 1919), assigned to General Electric Company.
label: Description
content: Westinghouse Lamp Co., <i>Instructions for Using the Foot-Candle Meter</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wabash College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.322998
label: catalog number
content: 322998
label: accession number
content: 249201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photometer (Foot Candle Meter)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 7 1/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 21.59 cm x 6.6675 cm