Accession No

3699

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, Ayrton and Mather type, by R. W. Paul, English, early 20th Century

Origin

England; London; Hatton Garden

Maker

Paul, Robert W.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, other); glass

Dimensions

height 174mm; base diameter 150mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated, 1987.

Inscription

‘AYRTON & MATHER
R. W. PAUL,
HATTON GARDEN,
LONDON.
4276. PATENT 1892.’ (on top plate)

Description Notes

Circular brass base; three levelling feet; two brass terminals; black cylindrical magnet; brass suspension tube with rectangular glazed window showing mirror; suspended coil enclosed in metal tube; circular brass plate, with circular bubble level, on top of magnet.

Condition fair (suspension broken); incomplete (mirror missing, glass missing).

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