Vectorcardiograph Amplifiers and Calibrator
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this vectorcardiograph reads in part “OFFNER ELECTRONICS INC.” Franklin F. Offner (1911-1999), having recently earned a Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Chicago, established Offner Electronics in 1938. That firm made Geiger counters during World War II and EEG machines in the post-war period. After Offner Electronics merged with Beckman Instruments in 1961, Offner became a professor at Northwestern University. His many honors included membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
label: Description
content: Ref: “F. F. Offner, technology pioneer,” Chicago Tribune (May 2, 1999), p. W-A9.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donation of George E. Burch, Jr., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0186.171
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0186.171
label: accession number
content: 1980.0186
label: collector/donor number
content: 145A
label: serial number
content: 105
label: serial number
content: 106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vectorcardiograph, part
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 24 1/8 in x 18 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 61.2775 cm x 46.99 cm