Accession No

2770

Brief Description

resistance box, low inductance ratios, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1959

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1959

Latest Date

1959

Inscription Date

Material

wood; plastic (ebonite); metal (brass, other)

Dimensions

length 252mm; breadth 101mm; height 203mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Botany, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1981.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD., ENGLAND
LOW INDUCTANCE RATIOS No. L-372231’ (on top)

Description Notes

Rectangular wooden box with ebonite top; seven brass terminals, ebonite-covered; brass blocks with receptors for seven plugs; six brass and ebonite plugs; six coils suspended from underside of top plate; metallic shielding inside box connected to terminal marked ‘SHIELD’.
Similar to Wh: 3338, but a later model.

Condition: good; complete.

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