Meirowsky "Kapaciton" phone by-pass eyelet condenser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1921
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Meirowsky "Kapaciton" phone by-pass fixed eyelet condenser, Jersey City, NJ. .002 mfd. Marked: Kompressed, Baked, Sealed / Kapaciton / Individually Tested / Kondenser / Phone / .002 / Microfarad"; and "Solder wire to copper ends! / Meirowsky / Jersey City, N.J." A by-pass condenser designed to be inserted in parallel with a headphone set for the purpose of bypassing radio frequency signals and allowing only audio signals to actuate earphone phone diaphragms.
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.321847
label: catalog number
content: 321847
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fixed condenser
label: Object Name
content: fixed capacitor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5/8 in; .3175 cm x 6.985 cm x 1.5875 cm