Swett & Lewis Company - The Kinraide Coil

Swett & Lewis Company - The Kinraide Coil - 79 Franklin St. Boston: Click to open the scanned PDF
Swett & Lewis Company - The Kinraide Coil - 79 Franklin St. Boston

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Name/Title

Swett & Lewis Company - The Kinraide Coil

Entry/Object ID

2026.1.1

Secondary Title

Swett & Lewis Company - The Kinraide Coil - 79 Franklin St. Boston

Description

Early promotional booklet for one of the first mass-produced high frequency X-Ray coils in the United States. It was invented by Thomas Burton Kinraide from Jamaica Plain, MA.

Context

The coil was originally patented for photographing electrical discharge phenomena.

Collection

Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum

Category

X-Ray Literature
X-Rays

Acquisition

Accession

2026.1

Source or Donor

Jeff Behary

Acquisition Method

Loan