Accession No

4065

Brief Description

resistance box, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1937

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1937

Latest Date

1937

Inscription Date

Material

wood; plastic (ebonite); metal (brass); ceramic; paper

Dimensions

length 206mm; breadth 113mm; height 104mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD., ENGLAND
No, L-81529 (with logo)’ (on top)
‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS LTD.
EQUIPT. No, 40-0365’ (on front on paper label)

Description Notes

Rectangular wooden box with ebonite top; two ebonite covered terminals; sixteen plug receptors flush with ebonite top; brass and ebonite plugs; sixteen coils wound on ceramic bobbins fastened to underside of top plate.

Condition: good; complete.

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