Murdock model 366 variable condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915
name: label: maker
content: Murdock Radio Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Wm. J. Murdock, Co. / Chelsea, Mass". A variable condenser enclosed in a bakelite case, 0 - 180o scale on top panel. Knob is attached to the rotor and varies the capacitance. Maximum capacity .001 mfd, air dielectric, 43 plates (21 rotor, 22 stator). Plate separation is 1/32". Unit sold for $4.00. Reference: Murdock Apparatus Catalog no. 15, 1915, pages 11-12.
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.321473.02
label: catalog number
content: 321473.02
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: variable condenser
label: Object Name
content: variable capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 10.795 cm