Accession No

3267

Brief Description

Resistance box, by W. G. Pye and Co., English, c. 1902

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

W. G. Pye and Co.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1902

Latest Date

1902

Inscription Date

1899

Material

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

Dimensions

length 382mm; breadth 159mm; height 89mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated, 1985.

Inscription

‘W.G. PYE & CO.
MAKERS
CAMBRIDGE
PATENT No. 20321
OCT 1899’ (on top)

Description Notes

Resistance box, by W. G. Pye & Co., English, c. 1902.

Rectangular wooden base; brass and ebonite blocks supporting coils, with seven brass terminals; two copper terminal straps; fourteen removable coils, wound on wooden bobbins with brass bases and red ebonite tops.

Condition: fair (several coil holders broken); complete.

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