Clapp-Eastham receiving variometer used at KDKA
date: label: date made
content: ca 1908
name: label: maker
content: Clapp-Eastham Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Manufactured by Clapp-Eastham Company and used at station KDKA. A wooden case with two 10-position sweep switches on the side, Ground and Antenna connectors. A cylindrical coil with a single 10-position sweep switch slides along two rails and adjusts the tuning. See image in accession file 223996 - unit is to left on top of the stack.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Westinghouse Electric Corporation, thru T. C. Kenney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.316089
label: accession number
content: 223996
label: catalog number
content: 316089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio tuner
label: Object Name
content: variometer
label: Object Name
content: variometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 4 in x 5 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm