Hoffman P/N photovoltaic cells
name: label: maker
content: Hoffman Electronics Corp.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Solar cells come in many shapes and sizes, and are manufactured with a variety of materials. Hoffman Electronics made cells for satellites in the late 1950s but company president H. Leslie Hoffman believed the sun could power other products. This type 200A quarter-round cell is mounted in a plastic housing and was sold through radio supply houses and catalogs. Hoffman manufactured a line of solar-powered radios that used quarter-round cells of this type.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Peter Iles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0061.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0061
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0061.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: solar cell
label: Object Name
content: photovoltaic cell
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: .01: 4 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/8 in; 12.065 cm x 4.1275 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: .02: 1 1/2 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: .03, .04: in x 1 1/4 in; .0254 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: .05: 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 3.4925 cm
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content: .06, .07, .08: 3/8 in x 7/8 in x in; .9525 cm x 2.2225 cm x .0254 cm
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content: .09, .10: 1 7/8 in x 7/8 in x in; 4.7625 cm x 2.2225 cm x .0254 cm
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content: .11: 2 1/2 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: .12: 7/8 in x 7/8 in x in; 2.2225 cm x 2.2225 cm x .0254 cm
label: Measurements
content: .13: 1 1/2 in x 7/8 in x in; 3.81 cm x 2.2225 cm x .0254 cm