Accession No

4190

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, c. 1902

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1902

Latest Date

1902

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

height 195mm; breadth 197mm; depth 174mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT CO, LTD
CAMBRIDGE.
T.R. 24. No. 1711’ (ivorine plate on base)

Description Notes

Triangular wooden base; three brass levelling feet; two brass terminals; wooden standard supporting suspension and cylindrical magnet; brass zero adjustment screw on top; removable front wooden plate with circular glazed window and clamping screw; coil tied with thread to wooden former suspended in magnet gap; mirror above coil.

Condition: fair (suspension intact, mirror unattached); incomplete (clamping screw missing).

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