Accession No

4248

Brief Description

resistance box, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1903 (c)

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1903

Latest Date

1903

Inscription Date

Material

wood; plastic (ebonite); metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 247mm; breadth 108mm; height 192mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘THE CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
ENGLAND. No. 2596.
TO CARRY 0.5 AMP.
T.R. 15.’ (on top)

Description Notes

Rectangular wooden box with ebonite lid; two brass terminals; brass blocks with nine plug receptors; seven brass and ebonite plugs; three smallest coils without formers, other coils wound on wooden bobbins fastened to underside of top plate.

Condition: good; complete.

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