Nalder standard resistance cell
name: label: maker
content: Nalder Bros. & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A standard resistance in a wooden case with brass handle. Label on front reads: "100 True Ohms / Right at 17.7oC / No. 4557". "349" stamped on top. Top of resistance stamped: "100 True Ohms / Right at 17.7oC / Nalder Bros. & Co. London / No. 4557". Chicago #30.715. An aluminum casing with a plastic top, plastic cone and two metal posts emerge from bottom. A pull-up handle is mounted on top. A wax-sealed string is affixed to two side posts, brass tag "[overstamp] 404".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.327874
label: catalog number
content: 327874
label: accession number
content: 271855
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Resistance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: unit: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 6 1/2 in x 9 1/8 in x 6 in; 16.51 cm x 23.1775 cm x 15.24 cm