Resistor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DUMMY/ANTENNA
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0682.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OHMITE MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- D-100
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- OHMITE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE RADIO FREQUENCY POWER OUTPUT. ALSO USED TO DETERMINE TRANSMISSION LINE LOSSES; TO CHECK THE IMPEDANCE MATCH BETWEEN TRANSMISSION LINE AND ANTENNA; AND TO TUNE UP RADIOS TO PEAK EFFICIENCY EASILY AND ACCURATELY (REF.1) - Technical
-
THIS RESISTOR DESIGN MAKES POSSIBLE A COMBINATION OF CONSTANT R.F. RESISTANCE, LOW INDUCTANCE, HIGH WATTAGE DISSIPATION AND COMPACTNESS (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RESISTOR: ON LABEL: 'Made in/ OHMITE/ DUMMY ANTENNA/ RESISTOR/ Pat. Pend./ MODEL D-100/ OHMS 600/ WATTS 100/OHMITE MFG. CO. CHICAGO/ United States of America'/ ON GLASS: 'OHMITE MFG. CO./ DUMMY/ ANTENNA/ PAT. PEND./ CHICAGO/ MAX. AMPS. 0.409/ OHMS 600'/ CARTON: ON LABEL: 'OHMITE/ REG. U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ Vacuum Tube Type/ DUMMY ANTENNA/ RESISTOR/ MODEL D-100/ OHMS 600/ WATTS 100/ OHMITE MANUFACTURING CO./ 4835 W. FLOURNOY STREET CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A./ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- RESISTOR: UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE BASE WITH YELLOW & RED AFFIXED LABEL/ CARTON: BEIGE BOX WITH YELLOW & RED AFFIXED LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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OHMITE MFG. CO., Resistor, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1966.0682, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0682.001/
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