Pilot "Centraline" model 1623 variable condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
name: label: maker
content: Pilot Radio Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on unit: "Pilot U.S.A. / Centraline / Capacigrad"; on box: "Pilot Centraline Capacigrad / Super-Efficient Variable Air Condenser / Modified Straight Line Frequency Control for Distributed Capacity. / Manufactured by Pilot Electric Mfg. Co., Inc. / Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A."; and "No. 1623 / 500 MMF". A 500 MMF variable capacitor in original box. Eleven stator and twelve rotor plates.
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.321558
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321558
objectType: label: Object Name
content: condenser
label: Object Name
content: variable condenser
label: Object Name
content: variable capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 4375 in x 3 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 11112.5 cm x 8.255 cm