variable slide condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Unmarked variable slide condenser for wireless receiver, three movable plates slide on wooden runners between two fixed plates. Two binding posts in the top of the wooden frame provide connections to external circuit. Capacity is varied by pulling out the movable plate set. When pulled clear of the stator plates the capacitance is 0. Reference: specimen is similar to "Electro" variable condenser illustrated in Electro-Importing Company 1912 catalog, page 26.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.320836
label: catalog number
content: 320836
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Capacitor, Variable
label: Object Name
content: capacitor
label: Object Name
content: variable condenser
label: Other Terms
content: Capacitor, Variable; Components; Radio and Television; Radio and Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 24.765 cm x 5.715 cm