Pacent model 85-B rheostat
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Pacent Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: Box: "Pacent / Rheostat / Cat. No. 85 / Pacent Electric Co., Inc. / 22 Park Place, New York", and "10 ohms / 1 amp" Unit includes original box, instruction sheet, dial plate and mounting hardware. This is a 10 ohm wire wound rheostat for filament voltage control that sold for $1.00 in 1924. Reference: "How to Install and Use the Pacent Rheostat and the Pacent Potentiometer" (1924), sheet in box.
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.321918
label: catalog number
content: 321918
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: model number
content: 85-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rheostat
label: Object Name
content: variable resistance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: unit: 2 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm