U.S. Army Signal Corps type GN-37 direct current generator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
name: label: maker
content: Continental Electric Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A GN-37 generator for SCR-178 & 179 radio sets. Metal plate reads: "Signal Corps U.S. Army / Generator GN-37/ 8 volts 3.25 amps 500 volts 0.1 amp / Ser. No .872 Order No. 1186-NY-41 / Made by Continental Electric Co., Inc. / Newark N.J." Size: (body of generator) 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2". (assembled) 16 x 25 x 36". Square case with rounded corners. Oliver drab in color. Provided with 3-legged stand with seat for operator. Generator provides plate and filament power to the transmitter at 8 and 500 volts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315207
label: catalog number
content: 315207
label: accession number
content: 217778
label: model number
content: GN37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: generator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: crank: 1 in x 5 in x 8 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: cord: 1 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 11 in; 3.81 cm x 26.67 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: generator: 9 in x 7 1/2 in x 8 in; 22.86 cm x 19.05 cm x 20.32 cm