Photoelectric cell bank for mechanical television transmitter
date: label: date made
content: 1932
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Used by station W9XK, University of Iowa. This is a photocell ring used with a mechanical television scanner. Probably made at the university for their experimental television station. Wooden rectangular frame covered on front with fabric tacked around the edges and diagonally inward from corners. Frame contains ten photocells covered with metal mesh and set in metal frames.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the State University of Iowa, thru E. B. Kurtz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.318213.2
label: catalog number
content: 318213.2
label: accession number
content: 229310
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photocell, television transmitter
label: Object Name
content: photoelectric cell
label: Object Name
content: mechanical television transmitter
label: Object Name
content: photocell, mechanical television transmitter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 3/4 in x 12 in x 39 in; 90.805 cm x 30.48 cm x 99.06 cm