Murdock fixed capacitor bank
date: label: date made
content: ca 1916
name: label: maker
content: Murdock Radio Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Plate reads: "Wm. J. Murdock Co. / Chelsea, Mass. / San Francisco". Single capacitors marked: "Murdock / Pat. Mar. 7 '16 / No. 483 / .0017 M.F." Murdock fixed capacitor bank, designed for use with amateur radio transmitters. Six square molded capacitors connected in parallel. The manufacturer suggests usage for wavelengths less than 200 meters. Individual capacitor sections may be tapped depending on the circuitry employed. Three sections in parallel are suggested for 1/4 kW transformers, four sections for 1/2 kW, and six sections for 1 kW ratings. Reference: Murdock catalog #15, ca. 1915, pages 24-25.
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.320837.01
label: catalog number
content: 320837.01
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Capacitor Bank, Fixed
label: Object Name
content: capacitor
label: Object Name
content: fixed condenser
label: Other Terms
content: Capacitor Bank, Fixed; Components; Radio and Television; Radio and Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 in x 9 in; 20.955 cm x 20.32 cm x 22.86 cm