WSA - RCA model UC-1819 receiving condenser
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
label: maker
content: Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Faradon / Pats. Pend. / Model UC 1819 / Radio Corp. of America / Made by / Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co. / Boston U.S.A." A receiving condenser consisting of two circular metal discs, 4.375" in diameter, constructed with a mica dielectric. A frame support contains a central rotating shaft that turns the discs. Capacity can be varied from .0001 to .005 MFD. Original price: $8.75. Reference: RCA catalog, "Radio Enters the Home," 1922, page 51.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.321474
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321474
objectType: label: Object Name
content: variable condenser
label: Object Name
content: variable capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 11.1125 cm x 10.795 cm