Accession No

4063

Brief Description

Moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1938 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1938

Latest Date

1938

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

height 149mm; base diameter 140mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘No. L89667’ (?) (illegible)(with logo)(on ivorine disc on top of case)
‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND’ (top of case)

Description Notes

In cylindrical black metal case; two brass levelling feet, and one fixed; two ebonite and brass terminals on top of case; clamping lever on top of short suspension tube; circular glazed window on front of case showing rectangular suspended mirror; suspended coil surrounds fixed iron core in gap of horizontal horseshoe magnet.

Condition: good (suspension intact); complete.

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