Chambers circuit interrupter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "F. B. Chambers & Co. / Phila. PA". A small electromagnet mounted on a wooden base. A 2-strand wire supporting a metal plate runs across the magnet suspended between 2 posts. A contact point is provided on the metal plate as well as a fixed rod, attached and adjustable by means of a knurled rubber knob. Four binding posts are affixed to the wooden base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.321304
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321304
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio interrupter
label: Object Name
content: interrupter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 16.51 cm x 9.2075 cm