What do you call this type of rheostat

[MissP.25_5]

What type of rheostat is this and how to use it? How to connect it in a circuit on a breadboard? Must it be connected to another resistor or is it a resistor itself but with the capability of changing its own resistance by turning the screw clockwise/anti-clockwise? I am trying to construct a circuit on NI ELVIS.

 

[the_emi_guy]

No way to know without a part number and datasheet.

Where did you get it?

 

[nevere]

it is a 10k ohm variable resistor

 

[Jony130]

This look just like a pot (variable resistor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentiometer
Your pot resistance is 103 = 10000Ω = 10KΩ

 

[the_emi_guy]

it is a 10k ohm variable resistor

This look just like a pot (variable resistor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentiometer
Your pot resistance is 103 = 10000Ω = 10KΩ

Yep.