Accession No

2409

Brief Description

moving coil, pointer galvanometer, W.G.Pye & Co., 1935-1945 (c)<br />

Origin

Maker

W.G.Pye & Co.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1945

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, iron, other); plastic (ebonite); glass

Dimensions

length 117mm; breadth 106mm; height 99mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1978.

Inscription

‘W.G. PYE & CO. CAMBRIDGE
MADE IN ENGLAND’ (on dial)
‘W.G. PYE & CO.
ENG
CAMBRIDGE (logo)’ (on top of case)
‘7955’ (on bottom of case)
‘G9.
27’ (on case (added))

Description Notes

Black metal case; two brass levelling feet; spring-loaded rod projecting from base clamps movement when meter is lifted; two ebonite covered terminals; brass zero adjustment screw; levelling bubble; glazed window showing white dial; scale, centre zero, forty divisions on either side; suspended coil surrounds stationary iron core.

Condition: good (suspension intact); complete.

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