Object Details
- Physical Description
- Porcelain detector is mounted for use in a cicrular wood frame with glass-sealed dial on front; wing-shaped nut and screw secures the varnished wooden handle to the body of the frame. The back of frame is covered with a perforated metal plate above a disc of wire gauze.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Davis and Son Inc.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Department of Commerce
- Materials
- Wood
- Copper Alloy
- Unknown Metal
- Paper
- Glass
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 25.4 × 19 × 8.9cm (10 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Miscellaneous
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