Accession No

2275

Brief Description

quartz fibres for string galvanometers, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., England, 1932

Origin

England

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1932

Latest Date

1932

Inscription Date

Material

stone (quartz); wood

Dimensions

box length 211mm; breadth 90mm; height 29mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Colloid Science, University of Cambridge, 1976.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LIMITED,
LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
S. 500 I-32’ (on label)

Description Notes

Seven fibres stretched across two wooden supports in wooden box; lid of box nailed shut; printed instruction label on top of lid ‘OPEN WITH GREAT CARE’ in English, French and German.

Condition: fine (all fibres intact); complete.

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