Karas orthometric variable condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: Karas Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Karas orthometric variable condenser in original box, includes data sheet. Marked: "Karas Electric Co. / Chicago / Made in U.S.A. / Pat. Apld. For / Karas Orthometric / Condenser / .0001". Unit has two rotor and three stator plates; apparently used as a vernier or bandspread capacitor. The enclosed sheet does not list this particular specimen. Original sale price: $7.00. Reference: Clymer-Greenwood, page 81.
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.321807
label: catalog number
content: 321807
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: variable condenser
label: Object Name
content: variable capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 4 in x 5 5/8 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 14.2875 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: condenser: 2 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 13.335 cm x 8.255 cm