Kipp pyrometer / illuminator
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1930
label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: P. J. Kipp und Zonen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Kipp pyrometer / illuminator in three parts. Base: metal plate with socket for resistance tube. 3.5” x 8” x 4.75”. Includes power cord with 2-prong cable and connecting cord for illuminator. Illuminator 4” x 4” x 14”, mounts on a post (missing). Resistance lamp: brass European-medium screw base with collar, glass domed insulator. Nichrome filament wound around three mica plates that are set parallel above the flat stem press, dumet leads, asbestos(?) insulator in stem. One leg of filament has a glass tube insulator. T-shaped glass envelope, open at top and with 6 holes around the bottom above the neck. Stamped on label on base: “N.V. v/h P. J. Kipp & Zonen Delft - Holland”. Printed on resistance: “Philips 151 Ohm 1,3 Amp. 2731 (JIL)[?]”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0030.11
label: accession number
content: 2013.0030
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0030.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pyrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base unit: 3 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 20.32 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: illuminator: 4 in x 4 in x 14 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm x 35.56 cm