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Resistance Box

Made in Berlin. 3694 Int Ohm richtig bei 20 degrees C Manganin. Side plate says U of W 47 A1062.

4-inch Section Trans-Continental Cable

Transcontinental telephone cable containing 560 copper wires.This aerial cable required an attached steel cable for support.

Apple-IIe with disc drives

1979 Gift from Steve Jobs to Grinnell College

Meteorite "Charlevoix"

Origin: Charlevoix, Quebec Catalog Number: C16 Sample Weight: 524.3 g Not a meteorite, but a rock showing shattercone structure, which is evidence of a giant meteorite impact. Crater is 35 miles in diameter and is estimated to be 325 mil. years old. No meteorite fragments have been found. Acquired from Tiara Observatory

Meteorite "Owasco"

Origin: Owasco, NE Catalog Number: H441.29 Sample Weight: 531.6 g Type: Aerolite Complete slice from an individual with some fusion crust showing. Surface has been polished to reveal the chondrules structure on its surface and the pattern of Ni-Fe grains and Fe-S grains (brassy color). Acquired from Tiara Observatory

Toepler-Holz Electrostatic Machine

Grant thought this came from Davenport.

Leyden Jar

This jar can be disassembled and the inner liner can be removed.

Glass sphere on Wood Base

This may be a discharge tube.