Remler variable condenser in Montrose box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: Remler Company Ltd.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Remler type 631 variable capacitor packed in a Montrose Radio Laboratories box. Unit includes two sets of embossed, interleaving brass plates. A shaft turns a metal gear that in turn drives two bakelite gears that move the plates. Stamped on back of unit "Type 631 .0005M.F. / Patent Pending", box label is marked: "Cap. 00035 MFD", Montrose drilling template found in box has been removed to accession file. Four gears and a bushing are also in the box. Box is probably not original to the object. Reference: Radio Broadcast, October 1925, pages 781-784.
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.241556.002
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 241556.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: variable capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: condenser: 3 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 in x 4 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.795 cm x 10.795 cm