Accession No

4310

Brief Description

galvanometer shunt, 1895-1905 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1895

Latest Date

1905

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); wax; wood; plastic (ebonite)

Dimensions

height 155mm; base diameter 110mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘T.R.
No. 129’ (on side (added))

Description Notes

In cylindrical brass case; three coils, covered with wax and wound on wooden bobbins mounted on underside of circular ebonite lid with two threaded brass terminals, and three holes for plug; single brass and ebonite plug; central terminal on top.
Similar to Wh: 1437, larger diameter. No inscriptions.

Condition: fair (brass corroded); complete (only one plug).

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