Accession No

4278

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1952

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1952

Latest Date

1952

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, other, iron); plastic (ebonite); glass

Dimensions

height 232mm; breadth 167mm; depth 185mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘...No. L-303222’ (base)

Description Notes

Cylindrical black metal base; three ebonite levelling feet; three ebonite covered terminals (‘EARTH’ terminal connected to case); circular liquid level; brass clamping lever; cylindrical black metal case with circular glazed window showing suspended rectangular mirror; coil surrounding fixed iron core in gap of magnet; brass zero adjustment mechanism on top of case. Two paper labels glued to case. Attached label dated 1952.

Condition: fair (suspension broken); complete

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