Accession No

3354

Brief Description

resistor, by Crompton & Company, English, 1926

Origin

England

Maker

Crompton and Company

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1926

Latest Date

1926

Inscription Date

1926

Material

metal (brass, other); wood; ceramic (porcelain), plastic (ivorine)

Dimensions

length 227mm; breadth 176mm; height 65mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1986.

Inscription

‘0.1 OHM
Crompton & Co. Limited
London & Chelmsford
No. 53’ (on brass plate)
‘DEC 1925 N.P.L.
0.100200 AT 10 A 20 C’ (on second brass plate (added))
‘814’ (on paper label (added))
‘ENGINEERING LABORATORY CAMAB. UNIV.’ (on ivorine plate (added))
‘814’ (on wooden frame (added?))

Description Notes

Folded, metal strip resistor in wooden frame; four threaded brass terminals; three black porcelain feet.

Condition: good; complete.

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