Manhattan type 266 telephone shunt condenser
date: label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Manhattan Electrical Supply Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Manhattan #266 telephone shunt condenser in original box. Marked: "One No.266 / Manhattan / Telephone Shunt / Condenser / Capacity .001 MF". A fixed capacitor in a black composition case. .001 mfd capacity. Unit is designed to bypass radio frequency components by offering a high reactance to signals at this frequency and permitting audio signals to travel through to headphones. Original sale price: $1.00. Reference: Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. catalog (1916), page 100.
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.321817
label: catalog number
content: 321817
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fixed condenser
label: Object Name
content: fixed capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: unit: 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm