Aerovox type 998 "Pyrohm" resistor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Aerovox type 998 "Pyrohm" resistor in original box. Marked on box: "Aerovox Type 998 / Heavy Duty Pyrohm Resistor / 25000 Ohms / Aerovox Wireless Corporation / 70 Washington Street / Brooklyn, N.Y.", on unit: "Wirt Co. / Phila. Pa. U.S.A. / [blank] Ohms". Unit is a fixed wire-wound resistance, wound on a refractory tube and coated with a porcelain enamel.
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.321711
label: catalog number
content: 321711
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: resistor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: unit: 8 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 21.59 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 8 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 4.7625 cm x 22.225 cm