Accession No

4286

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1906

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1906

Latest Date

1906

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, copper, iron); wood; glass

Dimensions

height 375mm; breadth 215mm; depth 145mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘THE
CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.
No. 4490’ (on ivorine plate inside box)

Description Notes

Suspension holder, horseshoe magnet, and two brass terminals mounted on vertical wooden frame; suspended copper coil surrounds fixed iron core; clamping lever; mounted in rectangular wooden case with two levelling feet at rear and hinged glazed door; bubble level on top; name plate inside box.
Similar to Wh: 4039.

Condition: fair (suspension broken); incomplete (mirror missing).

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