Trouses type K box of parts for airplane generator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1917
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Service kit for aircraft electrical generator. Brass plate on top reads: "Trousse Type K", etched on lid: "4750". A flat wooden box with brass fittings. One handle, one complete clasp, missing. One half clasp found loose inside. A flat head brass wood screw extends into the box from under the lid. A leather strap in the lid retained three brass star plates "4750" (each with a different number of points: 12, 16 and 24, respectively). The plates have been set in the bottom of the box to preserve the leather strap. Three leather straps in the bottom: one holds a gear puller, another holds a hex wrench and a knob with threaded plug, the third is empty. a copper plate, a copper clip, and 5 small pieces of wood loose 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 the United States Bureau of Standards, Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.313519
label: catalog number
content: 313519
label: accession number
content: 188571
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Parts Kit
label: Object Name
content: radio parts kit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 7 in; 6.985 cm x 24.765 cm x 17.78 cm