Accession No

3321

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 248mm; breadth 85mm; height 170mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO. LTD
CAMBRIDGE No. 1897
1 OHM’ (on top)
‘CAMB UNIV ENG LAB’ (on top, added)
‘Instr 783’ (on bottom of box, added)

Description Notes

Rectangular wooden box with ebonite top; two brass terminals; brass blocks with four plug receptors; four brass and ebonite plugs; four coils, without formers, suspended from underside of top plate; with wooden lid.

Condition: fine; complete.

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