Wave Analyzer Type 736-A
General Radio Co., Concord, Massachusetts
General Radio Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts
about 1940
Oak case, black steel mesh back, black crinkled front face, 3-range, GR type 588-304 meter on front (0-100, 0-30 cal, -10 - +10 decibels), serial no. 881
Overall: 11 × 20 × 25 in. (27.9 × 50.8 × 63.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.21
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Radio
Not on view
Published References
"GR Experimenter", Dec. 1938, also GR catalogue M.
Provenance
Transferred by Professor Allen King from the Physics Department, Dartmouth College to the Dartmouth College Museum, March 25, 1992; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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