fixed capacitor for multiple ratings
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Multi-capacitor. A cardboard cylinder with wax coating on each end, 1 black lead on one end, 3 leads (blue, green, and red, respectively) on the opposite end. A steel mounting strap with a single attach point wraps around the middle of the cylinder. Ratings table printed on the side: "1322014403 / Code MFD VDC / Red 40 150 / Blue 20 150 / Green 20 25 / Black Com. Neg. / 2 / D 7023 41 / U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,714,191 / 1,916,586 Et Al / Made in U.S.A." Patents refer to US Patent 1714191, "Electrical Condenser," issued 21 May 1929 to Samuel Rubin. (Rubin was later known for his work on mercury cell batteries with Mallory Co.) US Patent 1916586, "Electrolytic Device," issued 4 July 1933 to Preston Robinson and Joseph L. Collins.
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.241556.733
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 241556.733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fixed condenser
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 in; 19.05 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: w/o leads or strap: 2 5/8 in x 1 in; 6.6675 cm x 2.54 cm