Accession No

4002

Brief Description

standard tuning fork in wooden case, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1910

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

sound

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

1910

Material

metal (steel, brass, platinum); wood

Dimensions

box length 395mm; breadth 67mm; height 28mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘STANDARD
100 V.D.’ (on base)
‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT COMPANY LTD.’ (on base)
‘C S I Co. LTD.
STANDARD TUNING FORK.
PERIOD 99.95...
Jan 21/10’ (on paper glued to inside of box lid)
‘STANDARD FORK’ (on outside of box lid)
‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT COMPANY LTD.’ (on outside of box lid)
‘T5/C’ (on base (added))
‘T5/6
T5/C’ (on outside of box lid (added))

Description Notes

Standard tuning fork in wooden case, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, 1910.

Steel, with brass plates screwed onto the end of each tine, one with holder for platinum wire; threaded shaft. In rectangular wooden box with hinged lid.

Condition: good; complete.

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