Accession No

2785

Brief Description

Simple linear Slide-Wire for user in a Potentiometer; made by W.G. Pye & Co., 1900-1950 (c)

Origin

Maker

W.G.Pye & Co.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass); plastic (ebonite)

Dimensions

length 1200mm; breadth 192mm; height 90mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Botany, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1981.

Inscription

“W.G. PYE & CO. / CAMBRIDGE / ENG. (logo)” (on top);
“7558 B” (on slider)

Description Notes

Simple linear Slide-Wire for user in a Potentiometer; made by W.G. Pye & Co., 1900-1950 (c);
Rectangular wooden base; four, one-meter slide-wires connected in series, with brass terminal at each end; wooden meter scale with 0 to 1 000 mm markings in both directions; cast-metal slider with brass terminal, and four brass tapping keys with ebonite handles, marked ‘0’, ‘1’, ‘2’, and ‘3’.

Condition: good, complete

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