Potentiometer
General Radio Co., Concord, Massachusetts
about 1960
Black bakelite cylinder, with coil around lower end swept by rotating armatures with 4 contacts in original cardboard box with original plastic bag, box marked "Type 471-AS23-2"; box and artifact marked: "KS-13958-L2"
Overall: 3 × 2 1/2 in. (7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.108
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electricity
Not on view
Published References
General Radio catalog G
Provenance
Physics Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; given to the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, March 2007.
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