Variac Type V-5
General Radio Co., Concord, Massachusetts
General Radio Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts
about 1935
Painted black metal case, black knob on top, toggle on-off switch, type V-5 (partially visible), mounted (hand-made) on 1/4' plywood base
Overall: 7 × 8 × 6 in. (17.8 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.66
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electronics
Not on view
Published References
"GR Experimenter," June / July 1933.
Provenance
Physics Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; given to the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, March 2007.
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