Accession No

4323

Brief Description

fluxmeter / moving coil, pointer galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1942

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1942

Latest Date

1942

Inscription Date

Material

metal (aluminium, other); plastic (ebonite); glass; paper

Dimensions

breadth 205mm; depth 200mm; height 145mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE FLUXMETER.
No. C 327829
1 DIVISION EQUALS 10,000 MAXWELL-TURNS
CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE’ (on dial)
‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS LTD.
EQUIPT. No. 60-0072’ (on paper label on case (added))
‘PHYSICS LAB.’ (on aluminium plate on case (added))

Description Notes

In black metal case with carrying handle; two levelling feet, one fixed; glazed window in top showing pointer, white dial, and mirror; two ebonite covered terminals; push-button zeroing control; scale, 50 divisions on either side of central zero; without zero adjustment; circular bubble level.

Condition: good, complete.

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