American Specialty "Kelford" type 184 resistance coupled amplifier
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: American Specialty Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: American Specialty Co. "Kelford" type 184 resistance-coupled radio amplifier in original box with instruction sheet. Marked: "Kelford No. 184 Resistance Coupled Amplifier", "The American Specialty Co. / Bridgeport, Conn. / Pat. Appl'd for". On panel: "Genuine Bakelite". Resistance coupled three tube audio amplifier employing triode type vacuum tubes such as UV-199, UV-201-A, WD-11 or WD-12, UX-112, or UX-120. No tubes included with this unit, it may be New Old Stock. Grid biasing is suggested. All binding post terminals are mounted on the bakelite form. Unit originally sold for $8.00. Reference: Instruction sheet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.321315
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321315
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio amplifier
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 1 3/4 in x 10 in x 3 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 25.4 cm x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: unit: 1 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 24.13 cm x 8.5725 cm