Vintage Equipment Collection
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Language of Materials
Abstract
The items in this collection relate to the fields of electrical and civil engineering, as well as supplemental equipment, and were used by engineers in the early to mid 20th century.
Biographical / Historical
The items in this collection were transferred to the Poly Archives by various university departments. The most prominently represented departments include Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
Arrangement
Items in this collection are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Equipment in this collection includes items civil and electrical engineers would have used in the early to mid 20th century. Surveying equipment, such as a theodolite and transit, as well as electrical engineering instruments, such as a decade capacitor, decade resistor, potentiometer, and volt meter are included. The equipment ranges in date from the early to mid 20th century.
Subjects
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is currently on display in the Bern Dibner Reading Room of the Bern Dibner Library of Science & Technology.
Please contact the archives to view items in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from:
Poly Archives & Special Collections Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 260-3943 Fax: (718) 260-3756 E-mail: archives@library.poly.edu
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Vintage Equipment Collection; RG 011; box number; folder number or item identifier; Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, New York University.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; there is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials.
About this Guide
Revisions to this Guide
Repository
Series I: Vintage Equipment
Book Binding Stapler: Acme Stapling Co., Camden, NJ, undated
Current Transformer: Astra Corporation, Quincy, MA, undated
Decade Capacitor, Series 1575: Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Inc., Plainfield, NJ, circa 1940
Decade Condenser Type 219-K: General Radio Co., Cambridge, MA, circa 1950
Decade Resistor Type 1432-K: General Radio Co., Cambridge, MA, circa 1950
Electrical Cables: Consolidated Edison Co., New York, NY, undated
Gauge: Airco, New York, NY, undated
Hawkeye Brownie Camera: Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY, circa 1950
Potentiometer: Leeds and Northrup Co. , Philadelphia, PA, circa 1950
Theodolite: Buff & Buff Mfg. Co., Boston, MA, undated
Transit: Buff & Buff Mfg. Co., Boston, MA, undated
On Loan
On loan to President Andrew Hamilton's Office, 4 February 2016
Volt Meter, Model 377: Simpson Electrical Co., Chicago, IL, circa 1950
Wheatstone Bridge: Leeds and Northrup Co., Philadelphia, PA, undated
Series II: 2021 Accretion, circa 1930-1965, inclusive
Language of Materials
Location of Materials
Scope and Contents
These items mainly include engineering equipment such as slide rules, drafting tools, and scales from the 1930s-1960s. They are located in bay 29 shelf 4C.
Arrangement
This donation is housed in two boxes and arranged into two sub-series: Sub-series A: Engineering Equipment, circa 1930-1965 and Sub-series B: Academia, 1954. Items are listed alphabetically.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Baranowksi was born on November 1, 1921 in Bayonne, New Jersey and received a BS in Chemical Engineering from New York University Heights on June 5, 1943 and an MS from the University of Tennessee. Baranowski was a World War II vet and an engineer on the Manhattan Project. He passed away in Williamsburg, Virginia on August 30, 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These items were donated to the Poly Archives by Frank Baranowski's daughter, Susan Baranowski in February 2021. Accession 20-001.
