Thermoelectric Magnet
name: label: maker
content: Central Scientific Company
notes: label: Description
content: Thermoelectric Magnet for producing electricity from a temperature difference, devised by Paul Ernest Klopsteg (1889-1991), a physicist who joined the Central Scientific Co. in 1921, and served as president of the firm from 1930 to 1944. The inscription reads “CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO. / CHICAGO CENCO U.S.A. / U.S. PATENT / 1893748.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Paul Klopsteg, “Electromagnetic Device,” U.S. Patent 1893746 (Jan. 10, 1933).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Richard J. Zitto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0235.47
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0235.47
label: accession number
content: 2010.0235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermoelectric magnet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 13/16 in x 3 in x 5 1/2 in; 12.192 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.97 cm