General Electric Alexanderson 2 kilowatt alternator
date: label: date made
content: 1911
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
label: maker
content: Alexanderson, E. F. W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This unit was designed to generate continuous or undamped radio frequency currents. A smaller Alexanderson alternator from 1911. A 2 kw radio-frequency generator, the precursor of large and important machines used 1918-1950s. Around 21 kHz. Reference: J. Zenneck, Wireless Telegraphy (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1915), 214-215. See also US Patent 1008577.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harvard University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315066
label: catalog number
content: 315066
label: accession number
content: 214610
objectType: label: Object Name
content: generator
label: Object Name
content: radio transmitter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 26 in x 40 in; 58.42 cm x 66.04 cm x 101.6 cm