Felix Zandman Resistor Invention Napkin
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content: Dr. Felix Zandman, inventor and founder of Vishay Intertechnology Inc., sketched this idea for a Power Metal Strip Resistor on a napkin at the Husker Steak House in Columbus, Nebraska in 1996. The Vishay Power Metal Strip translates the electrical current in a circuit to a voltage that can easily be monitored and tracked. Zandman learned trigonometry and physics from his uncle while hiding from the Nazis in German-occupied Poland. After immigrating to the United States, he formed Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. in 1962 to help manufacture his inventions.
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0063.01
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content: 1996.0063
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content: 1996.0063.01
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content: napkin, with sketches
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 4 in; 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm