Accession No

1330

Brief Description

moving magnet, reflecting galvanometer, Cavendish Laboratory, 1895

Origin

Maker

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1895

Latest Date

1895

Inscription Date

Material

plastic (ebonite); metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

height 465mm; depth 205mm; breadth 210mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘E 518’ (on base (added))

Description Notes

Circular ebonite base; three levelling feet, four brass terminals; brass plate supporting single pair of vertical coils in ebonite and brass boxes; mirror with attached magnets suspended at centre of coil pair; vertical rod with adjustable horizontal controlling magnet. No inscriptions.

Condition: good (suspension broken); complete.

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