Wireless Specialty model UC-1842 "Faradon" fixed condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wireless Specialty model UC-1842 "Faradon" fixed condenser. Markings: ".004 Mfd. 5000 Volts Eff. / 9 Amps at 1000 Kilocycles Min. / 6 Amps at 300 Kilocycles Min. / 3.5 Amps at 100 Kilocycles Min. / Patented: June 12, 1917 Jan. 31, 1922 / Mar. 16, 1920 Feb. 27, 1923 / July 6, 1920 July 1, 1924 / Aug. 17, 1920 July 22, 1924 / Sept. 27, 1921 Aug. 19, 1924 / Other Patents Pending / Made by Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co., Boston." Serial number 1253. A fixed transmitting condenser with pyrex glass insulator. Reference: Faradon model UC capacitors, July 1929, pages 3, 10.
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.321554.02
label: catalog number
content: 321554.02
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fixed condenser
label: Object Name
content: fixed capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm