Electrical Resistance Apparatus
name: label: Associated Name
content: A. P. Gage & Son
label: maker
content: A. P. Gage & Son
notes: label: Description
content: The “A. P. GAGE & SON / BOSTON, MASS.” inscription on the base of this simple electrical resistance apparatus is that of Alfred Payson Gage (1836-1903), an educator who promoted laboratory instruction for high school students, and developed apparatus for the purpose.
label: Description
content: Ref: Alfred P. Gage, <i>The Principles of Physics</i> (Boston, 1895).
label: Description
content: Alfred P. Gage, <i>1000 Exercises in Physics</i> (Boston, 1890).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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: 2010.0235.21
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0235.21
label: accession number
content: 2010.0235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrical resistance apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 17.145 cm