Electrical Resistance Set
name: label: maker
content: Queen and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Electrical resistance box used at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. An inscription reads “Queen & Co./ Makers / Phila.” A paper label in the lid reads, in part, “Electrical Laboratory / OF / QUEEN & CO. PHILA.” It is dated Feb. 23, 1892, and indicates that the set was adjusted in 1892, and the coils were checked in 1911.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.3085.13
label: catalog number
content: 2005.3085.13
label: nonaccession number
content: 2005.3085
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrical resistance set, in wood box
label: Object Name
content: electrical resistance set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 15 in x 6 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 38.1 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 7 7/16 in x 15 in x 6 1/2 in; 18.89125 cm x 38.1 cm x 16.51 cm