Aepinus Condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An Aepinus condenser from the latter 19th century, designed to investigate the strength of charge between two adjustable brass plates with an experimental stand set between. A wooden base on which is mounted three uprights. Each upright has brass fittings and a glass insulator. The uprights on either side are set on sliding wooden block and have brass plates that face each other. The center upright has a metal holder on which may be mounted test materials such as pith balls. No extant maker's marks. Originally from Woodstock College. Reference: Ganot's Physics, 4th edition, page 648.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Weston College, Dept. of Physics thru Father Robert F. O'Brien
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.328463
label: catalog number
content: 328463
label: accession number
content: 271661
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condenser
label: Object Name
content: electrostatic condenser
label: Other Terms
content: Condenser; Electrostatic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 18 in x 12 in; 40.64 cm x 45.72 cm x 30.48 cm